Rishikesh, India Travel Blogs

Over the River and to the Woods...
Dec 26, 2006 (5 photos)

... was bringing her sons on a photography tour, but decided to come a few days early to see me and a little more of India. She choose Rishikesh, and what a good choice it was. Rishikesh, yoga capital of India, resides in the lower part of the Himalayas on ...

Rishikesh - Day 1
May 7, 2009

... money. I finally saw my first cow of the day. It was a cute little black and white one. I noticed that the cows in Rishikesh were much smaller than the ones I was used to seeing. They almost looked like little pygmy cows. I pulled the bread from my pocket ...

Yoga and Ayurveda
Dec 14, 2006

... 10USD hotel room for 3USD (without bargaining) and this means there is some money left for other things. Well, mainly for Yoga. Rishikesh calls itself the Yoga capital of the world. The Beatles came here some years ago, they spend a month in an ashram ...

Rishikesh
Mar 31, 1983

Dahnolta / Snow Views,  Chamba, Rishikesh

Rishikesh . . . a breath of fresh air.
Mar 27, 2007 (5 photos)

... to contemplate our existence a little more acutely.       The next day we left for Haridwar and Rishikesh, cities known for their spiritual and yoga pursuits.  We found an ashram in Haridwar (Shanti Kunj) where two young men ...

Arriving into peace
Sep 17, 2009 (17 photos)

... come... :-) At last an update in Rishikesh! We stayed 4 nights instead of our original estimate of 2 - so relaxing! Rishikesh is a Hindu/yoga/meditation dream! On the second day after sightseeing (Lakshman Jhula hanging bridge and the River Ganges) a ...

Weekend Trips: Rishakesh, Yomunotri
Jul 21, 2008 (23 photos)

... . I have been to Delhi, Rishikesh, and Yomunotri. I have already written about Delhi, so I will begin with Rishikesh, a small town in North India famous for its Asharams. The Beatles actually wrote the White Albums over a 4 month long stay in Rishikesh. ...

Rishikesh
Jul 9, 2006

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Rishkesh trip
Aug 21, 2009

... on the jan shatabdi express train with two other volunteers.  The train took about six hours and then we made it up to rishikesh in the pouring rain. We spent the first night in a guest house in high bank and then made our way across the bridge the ...

Bilan des 2 derniers mois
Apr 29, 2009 (15 photos)

... '. Ctait vraiment vraiment super. Jai hate de tout partager ca avec vous... :) Apres ca mon pere est venu me rejoindre a Rishikesh...ctait super. On sest paye ce que jappelle une bonne chambre dhotel, on a chante avec des orphelins dans leur orphelinat, ...

Rishikesh - Day 2
May 8, 2009

... the only berth available for that day and there were no available spots for the next few days. I needed to get out of Rishikesh. My time in India is beginning to run out now and so I have to really pick and choose the places I want to vist and how much ...

Sunstroke, sweating and swamis
Aug 12, 2006 (28 photos)

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Day one ( camp rapid action)
Oct 17, 2008

... left for Rishikesh. The later part of the journey was uneventful as everyone except Naveen and the drivers were sleeping. We reached Rishikesh at 7:30 in the morning and the shivpuri campsite about an hour later.   On arriving the camp, I was left ...

Violence on a Bus
Sep 24, 2008

Entry to follow.

Rishikesh
Apr 16, 2008

... in Varanasi.  Then a lot of people put a small basket of flowers and candles into the river for good wishes.  Rishikesh is very different.  Here also people come to get blessed and bath in the river, but mainly to go to asshrams and ...

yoga
Aug 28, 2008 (2 photos)

rishikesh eh a capital do yoga no universo. foi aqui q os beatles ficaram em sua famosa estada na india. a cidade tb fica aas margens do rio ganges. tudo na cidade eh voltado para os asharams, yoga e outros topicos new age. ashrams sao ...

Still Alive
Jul 19, 2008 (2 photos)

... sleep, I have emerged from my coma (only slightly worse for the wear) and I am declaring myself officially acclimatized to India. I finally beat off the local bacteria. Now I am ready for anything!   I will leave the romantic prose about our ...

Rishikesh 3rd day
Nov 12, 2006 (6 photos)

... asked about alcohol. There is alcohol in India but not in this area. This is a sacred Indian city and no alcohol is allowed here. India is 85% Hindi, ~10% Muslim and both don't drink alcohol. In Delhi you can find a few bars.   Today I had about ...

"Steps" by Hermann Hesse
Oct 27, 2006

A German lady in Varanasi was reciting this poem, translating it to me from German into English; and when I looked it up and read it myself, it sounded even better. There are some very good messages here, so I thought I would share the ideas/concepts ...

Travel log created !?
May 15, 2004

Woohooo, Guess there is no chance I will persue this but I have 10 minutes left before my hour is over, so I spend it here. Woohooo !

Picture Updates
Jan 9, 2009 (2 photos)

here's those meditation caves, although the picture does not do it justice and our purification dip in Mother Ganga

Rishikesh 2nd day
Nov 11, 2006

Yesterday was a good day, walked a lot, had good food. I'm enjoying every Indian dish I order, and the sweets are also pretty good.   Today started with the Yoga class, which unfortunately screwed my back. I think the teacher was not sensitive ...

Letter #3: hi everyone! sorry for writing ...
Jun 30, 2002

... which is called 'uttar Peradesh'. it's still very touristic and Westerns-Oriented (double meaning...), the city we are here is called 'Rishikesh' and claims to be the capital of Yoga. it is full of Ashrams (India schools) where you can learn almost every ...

Indian wedding
Mar 6, 2009 (7 photos)

Last night I went to a wedding reception with several people that are taking yoga classes with me. The pictures are from my phone, so they are not the best quality. It was really interesting to see. The whole town is invited and there is tons of food for ...

Rishikesh
Mar 27, 2009

Heyhey! Nach der anstregendsten Busfahrt bisher sind wir vor 2 Tagen in Rishikesh angekommen. Rishikesh ist ein Mekka fuer alle yoga-fans und bietet dementsprechend viele angebote. wir sind nich weit von der quelle des Ganges, der diese schoene stadt ...

Turning Dogs into Cows
Dec 5, 2008

... loads of poeple about going before I went which is why I went but my favorite thing I remember now is that someone said everybody in Rishikesh is in their own private movie and if you don't fit in they just want you to fuck off and in some ways I can see ...

Rishikesh Day 2: up in the mountains
Jan 20, 2009

... view of the Himalayas to the north.   After spending about an hour at the temple, we drove back down the valley to the Rishikesh marketplace for lunch.  Indian food has really grown on me over the past few weeks, and I will be disappointed when it is ...

YOGA Sunday
Feb 2, 2009

Rishikesh didn't know what hit it when I stepped into the hall this morning to undertake a momentus 2 hour session of yoga... YES 2 hours! The hall was high up looking over the river and the bright sunshine shone through on me like I was the special one ...

Fun Rishikesh
Sep 17, 2009 (13 photos)

To see more about Rishikesh please see my album 'Timeless India'. I am posting some new photos here from visiting Rishikesh this time as well as Ananda Spa and Himalayas. More photos on Rafting still to come:)

on the way back to delhi!
Jul 28, 2009

This beautiful little village is home to some foot hills of the Himilayas. There is a cool suspension bridge for pedestrains where the monkeys and monkey babies are running around in abundance! They're great to watch as we walk across the bridge. ...