The river in this instance is the Ganges: for Hindus a sacred setting, a way station toward new kinds of life to be assumed rather than a spot that marks the end of things, but for modern Japanese as well as Americans, reared on antisepsis and biotechnology, a place of absurdity if not danger -- funeral pyres everywhere, and bodies of human beings and household pets floating downstream.
destination Show phonetics
noun [C]the place where someone is going or where something is being sent or taken:
We arrived at our destination tired and hungry.
His letter never reached its destination.
The Caribbean is a popular tourist/UK holiday/US vacation destination.
way station noun [C] US
a place where people can stop when travelling from one place to another
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