Rishikesh, India Travel Blogs

More Rishikesh
May 11, 2009

... an issue as my involvement with Delhi Belly had been less than pleasant, and I had no desire to meet his lesser known cousin, Rishikesh Rumble. And I didn't get stoned once. Pretty good going eh? What a clean living chap I am. Raft: The River Ganges ...

Wanted: One Million Cavitrons
Jan 8, 2006 (16 photos)

... so we've only been able to extract teeth that aren't restorable and do loads of hygiene (there are no hygienists in India!!). What an experience this has been!! About 30 cleanings completed with one day to go. People that want treatment are waiting for ...

Our Trip to Rishikesh
Mar 30, 2009 (21 photos)

... a day recording a few Ragas as well as some improvised tracks that we were inspired to play from our time here in Rishikesh and India.     We also spent a lot of time exploring the town and shopping for more souvenirs and clothes to take ...

Indian Time
Jan 20, 2007

... the better of me. When in India... After quite the journey from Pushkar to Agra and then Agra to Haridwar and then Haridwar to Rishikesh, I am thrilled to be in Rishikesh. The 12 hours of sheer terror on the bus to Agra, the 13 hours on the train and ...

Rafting in Rishikesh
Nov 8, 2006 (2 photos)

... the final Delhi entry for a few shots of New Delhi and the entry before this one for some of our first two days at Rishikesh. The day before yesterday we decided to try to book a guided trek (a shortish one to ease ourselves into a slightly more active ...

Extracurricular Activities
May 24, 2008 (34 photos)

So the hours between we filled with miscellaneous activities.  Some days we would just lounge around reading and using the library.  Others we took off on some excursions. One day a handful of us took a cab up to Neer Garh Waterfall.  It ...

Leaving for 10 Day Vipassana Retreat in Silence
Mar 12, 2009

Tomorrow I am leaving for a 10 day Vipassana Retreat in Dehradun (about an hour from Rishikesh). 10 days of silence, full time meditation, no internet! So my dearest and closest, please do not worry about me if you do not hear anything for 10 days. I ...

De retour de roues en Inde
Nov 18, 2008 (10 photos)

... km pour atteindre Rishikesh et me posr quelques jours avant d'aller a Dehra Dun pour mon cour de meditation Vipassana. Avant Rishikesh, on traverse Haridwar, une de sept villes sacree de l'Hindouisme. A l'approche de la ville sainte, je longe le ...

Still in Rishikesh...I can't seem to leave
Aug 3, 2004

... The rest of the afternoon was spent figuring out a way to get there on our own. It's not an easy task in India...but there must be a way. In the evening, Mano gave us a meditation session instead of yoga...which was exceptionally refreshing. I never ...

The Wedding and such
Apr 16, 2009 (13 photos)

... the bridge is pretty touristy so at lunch I asked the waiter if he could recommend something better. He mentioned the local Rishikesh market so we headed there instead. What an adventure that was! Of course, everything is an adventure in India but it's ...

The Wind in the Willows
Nov 7, 2006

"He thought his happiness was complete when, as he meandered aimlessly along, suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river. Never in his life had he seen a river before - this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things ...

Your head's shaking...your arms are shaking
May 8, 2006 (14 photos)

... justice here. It is kind of challenging to describe. Basically it is a city split across the Ganges with three main areas: Rishikesh, Lakshman Jhula, and Swarg Ashram. We crossed one of the footbridges to Swarg Ashram. I think we may have chosen the least ...

Je me suis fait masser les fesses par un indien...
Oct 16, 2007

<By Jay> ...pendant une heure, et j'ai paye pour !! Nous avons essaye pour vous le massage ayurvedique. Le masseur masse (c'est son boulot d'un autre cote) vigoureusement tous les muscles du corps, de la tete aux pieds en evitant de justesse ...

Sommerherbstwintersommer (in INDIEN)
Oct 10, 2007

... sind als die chinesischen aber orthopaedisch weniger zu empfehlen (enger, voller, schwitziger als in China)) bin ich in Rishikesh und erlebe zum ersten Mal das schoene, gemuetliche, wohlschmeckende Indien. Ich treffe einen Osterreicher, einen Schweizer und ...

The Magical Mystery Tour: Part 2
Apr 27, 2009

... on the White Album.    Kate and I are staying in High Bank, the unquestionable backpackers favorite haunt in Rishikesh, the mountain town once renowned as a peaceful stop for priests on their way to the mountains, but now better known ...

The magical world of Tantric yoga
Oct 26, 2008 (66 photos)

... a bizarre show of pomp and preposterousness - before we jumped on a night train to Haridwar and then caught a bus to Rishikesh, arriving as planned, the day before our month long yoga course started, having travelled over a thousand kilometers in record ...

RIshikesh - Shivpuri on the bike
Feb 25, 2008

... .. that was awsome... Rishikesh was around 16-18 KM. from Haridwar. But that was not our destination. we crossed Rishikesh and reached Shivpuri within Half an hour. We left our bikes on the road and reached to our destination Ganges river bank. ...

About Rishikesh
Mar 1, 2009 (25 photos)

... sadhus (Hindu monks in orange robes), other beggars, and roaring motorcycles recklessly blasting their way through the crowds, Rishikesh town sits along the quickly rising banks of the hillsides above the Ganga's alternately sandy and boulder strewn ...

Day 37 - Return to Rishikesh
Sep 8, 2005 (4 photos)

... pots and pans, the smell of chai, and the sight of trekkers and porters making their way up the mountain. Magic! The ride back to Rishikesh didn't seem as long as it was on the way up. Only one hold-up and that was a fallen tree across the road. One of ...

Chillin at the Ashram
Apr 11, 2009 (4 photos)

Arriving in Rishikesh was a bit stressful. Staying in Rishikesh is not. My first night I stayed at a rather nice hotel for $10 a night but it wasn't really was I was looking for. I came here to get the ashram experience but I had no idea where to go. ...

Where the Beatles and Larry studied Yoga
Jun 6, 2005

... and absolutely obscene. I honestly don't understand how the perpetratorS of this noise were able to sleep themselves. ----------------------- Rishikesh (6/2-6/6) We arrived in Delhi, and had lunch at McDonald's. There's was no beef at McD's but I ...

Are You Experienced?
Jun 24, 2006

Ashrams aplenty.

Still in Rishikesh
Sep 16, 2008

... ; I was going to head into the mts this morning but I didn't feel like waking up at 4:30AM, I'll wait till tomorrow morning.  Rishikesh is better than the other cities I've seen thus far.  The town is only about 200,000 and there are quite a few ...

Welcome to heaven
Jul 29, 2004

... he he At the temple, the priest performed a ceremony and blessed us before we left. This experience made me fall in love with India once more. After a few days of almost going mad, this is exactly what I needed. In the evening, I met the resident ...

Yoga Capital of the World
Jul 10, 2007

We have spent the past two days in Rishikesh, just north of Haridwar on the Ganges River.  Rishikesh is where the Ganga flows out of the Himalayas so in addition to the heat, we now have added climbing up hills to the mix.  It is beautiful here, although it ...

Himalaya Adventures
Apr 7, 2009

... that I had run the Shut-In Ridge Trail Race only five months ago?)  We were happy to reach the highest Hindu Temple in India to which many Indians make pilgrimages by foot from farway places, but we were still about 1 km from the summit.  At this ...

Rishikesh Himalayas Scenes & Faces, Photojournal 2
Mar 31, 2009 (45 photos)

March 31, 2009 Photos with a story are noted by an asterisk next to the title. I am headed back to Rishikesh today, since I have never felt comfortable in Uttarkashi. It is a lovely setting, but there is only one less than inspiring restaurant that ...

The last days of Rishikesh
Apr 20, 2009 (18 photos)

... . We ended up chatting the whole day, about the world, life, we got all deep and stuff. These conversations are the norm in Rishikesh, sometimes they are superficial but this one was real and lovely. And he's just a friend and I like it that way. I took ...

Get thee to an Ashram...
Nov 7, 2006 (11 photos)

... more time spent with eyes in my book and ears tuned into my MP3 listening to Rascal Flats - ADAPTATION. Sharing a taxi to Rishikesh with Ulla Lenze, a famous German author, and sharing information on the Shangri-Las of Ashrams we had been privy to from ...

Rishikesh: Yoga Central
Oct 30, 2007 (3 photos)

We moved up the Ganges about an hour on a bumpy bus to Rishikesh. It was where the Beatles came in the sixties to find themselves and has a bit of a "scene" attached to it even today. Lots of healing crystals, heral remedies and astrology. Not really my ...