In the morning, I went to the railway station to book the ticket to Varanasi. The queue was long and there was only one counter serving. While waiting, the man in front of me told me that there was another ticket counter in the other side of the station. He said the waiting time would be long as the efficiency of the staff was very slow. But I said I had some time and could wait. He was a friendly person. He also asked me how to write his name in Chinese. As the time took too long, I left and went to another booking office.
After the lunch, I took an auto-rickshaw to Allahabad Fort. Next to the Fort that was a large area where the pilgrims gathered as there was a holy place for the Hindus. In the fort there was a temple there. When I went inside the security stopped me. He couldn't speak English but seemed like tourists were forbade to visit. So I went to Hanuman Temple. But the temple closed for lunch time which was a long lunch time. Then I went back to the fort to try to get inside again. This time the guard saw me again. He didn't let me in at the beginning. But he saw me really want to visit. He indicated me to put the camera inside the bag and didn't take any picture. I could go inside at the end. In the fort, I followed the local people to take off the shoes and go inside the temple. The temple located underneath the fort. There was really dark and the Hindu gods were everywhere. There were some people gave blessing to all pilgrims and asked for donations. That's an exceptional experience.
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| Allahabad Fort |
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| Entry for the temple |
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| Boat for visitors |
Then I picked a very Indian way to went back to the main city. I took a big auto-rickshaw back to the city but with more than 10 people together. I sat at the front with the driver and 2 more passengers. Before I went back to Hostel, I went to Khusru Bagh to visit the royal tomb.
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