After leaving Gorakhpur, we did another overnight journey travelling towards Sravasti (via Gonda in Uttar Pradesh). This is often considered as a minor Buddhist Pilgrimage site since Lord Buddha spent 24 rainy seasons here after he had attainted enlightenment. To be very frank, I do not know this place well (it did not even appear in the guidebook) and would had skipped it if I was not on a tour.

As of what happened in both Bodhgaya and Kushinagar, the bus pulled into the Lotus Nikko Hotel in Sravasti (confirmed with the guide that we had just completed the grand tour of the Lotus Nikko Hotel chain). Had the usual breakfast (by this time I was already sick of porridge and peanuts) and did a quick walk around before the main program. Realised that the town was tiny (even smaller than Kushinagar) and there were absolutely nothing apart from a couple of monasteries along the road (in fact, I went into a Burmese monastery and there was no one!).

I followed the main group on their tour in Sravasti. Maybe it was due to the heat (yes, it was getting warmer as compared to a week ago) or my worsen bouts of Delhi Belly (visits to the toilet was getting more frequent), I was not really following on what the guide was talking about. Basically, we visited a couple of stupas which was erected at certain locations where it was believed that Lord Buddha had apparently performed miracles (i.e. Yamaka-pátiháriya or the infamous twin miracles). We also spent some time in the Jetavana Monastery (Rs100/S$3.23 per entry); a place where Lord Buddha stayed for the longest period of time while he was here.