DAY 175 - BENARES / VARANASI

175) MONDAY, 19 DECEMBER 1977 : 239KMS. - BENARES / VARANASI

 

We encountered the same old problem  this morning…... Tilo could not start our campervan. We had to ask for assistance from villagers to help pushing it to a nearby garage but it did not help much. Repair cost  RS. 5.- .  Finally, a truck driver volunteered to tow it about 200 meters  and it could be started.  So we drove further  to DEHRI, SASARAM, MOHANIA.

Munshi Ghat, VARANASI - Photo : wikipedia.org / Bing images search

 

Shortly before arriving in  BENARES (VARANASI) ,  a truck collided slightly against a signal light on the front bumper of our campervan, on the right side where I sat.   It was broken but luckily I was not hurt.  Because of the small accident, we arrived rather late in  VARANASI, we got to a camping site at  the Tourist Bungalow, where we paid RS. 2.- for each (to sleep in our campervan !)  and RS. 1.- for parking fee.