Alpana Hotel Haridwar

Efter lidt flere dage i Delhi end forventet hoppede vi paa et eftermiddagstog med retning nordpaa mod byen Haridwar. Turen tog fem timer i et slidt, indisk bumletog og tog sin begyndelse paa New Delhi Railway Station, der ligger fordelagtigt taet paa backpackerkvarteret/-helvedet Paharganj. Det var ogsaa paa togstationen, vi dagen forinden havde koebt vores svinsk billige billetter paa det saerlige Tourist Ticket Office, som en hel stribe af indiske lurendrejere med stor entusiasme ...

... of AC room and at the same time two guys said ‘Rs 700’, ‘Rs 1200’…I left without a word…what can you say to things like that???!!

So yes, often times you get a room with the price according to your look

Finally, there is something I can highly recommend when you stay in Haridwar - Chitra Heritage just near Chitra Cinema, Mohan’s Travel Agency, Big Ben Restaurant, 7-10min walk from the train station. Great, new hotel ...

... t charge me for the ride because he said that I was really nice and simply asked me to tell my friends or other travelers about him. I said that I would go one step better and put him in my blog (Rahul-Jaipur at 09829734120). I found a decent place to sit down with my mobile home while waiting for the train to arrive. At 11:26 the train arrived (26 minutes late) and I made my way though the very narrow hallway of the S3 cabin to find my bed already occupied by an ...

... in a few opinions of my own, which predictably weren't welcome. When we declined their kind offer of a chillum (the Norwegians don't smoke and I don't like being stoned around strangers, especially obnoxious ones), some crusty old dreadhead woman laughed and referred to us as the 'straight gang'. Clearly intended as an insult. Quite odd, I've never been referred to as 'a bit straight' before, but compared to these nut jobs it's probably true. Anyway, at ...

... girl from the meditation reatreat being the only foreigners. i was able to overcome the unbearable heat and plug my nose to the body and feces odours around me for most of the ride. about half way into our trip, the back bus tire on our bus popped. we pulled over and all of the men (at least 50 of them) got out to watch one man struggle to fix the tire. it took a good hour. they whole trip should have taken this long ...

... Note : - For Char Dham Budget Tour, We can use Piplekoti Srinagar etc instead of Rudraprayag. Day 11: Joshimath - Rishikesh (254kms/8hr)- On day 11 of Char Dham Yatra - Early morning, visit Narsingh Temple & Shankracharaya Math. Later, Drive back to Rishikesh. Check in Hotel. Overnight stay. Note: Here we can also arrange YogaMeditation and ...

... seen the light at the end of the tunnel, but I want to make clear, with eveything I have said thus far, I enjoyed and will savour every second. This is a gonzo trip. That wasn't quite as true when the next hurdle reared its head. We, and the rafters, stopped to jump off a big rock into the water, after every rapids I was a wreck, a car crash, and panted and hacked until I composed myself some minutes later. I climb from my ******* kyack full of heavy ******* water and ...

... yoga, big breakfast. We had our last one-on-one yoga session with Sushil and he gave us our moneys worth. Each class with him went well beyond the 90 minutes allotted and he was a great instructor. Our last class with him was at a yoga pavilion on the boundary of the property and we were joined by some wild monkeys who watched us work out. But fear night...the Ananda has a "monkey patrol" and they were soon out with their slingshots and big sticks to ...

... as it's been a month since I heard it but that is the jist of it. So aside from the bustleing markets, the only real highlight here was the bathings ghats. Unlike most holy cities on the Ganges, Haridwar actually created a pool type of area for bathers, and then diverted part of the river into it. It creates a really interesting area for observing the daily activity on both sides, as well as the nightly 'Ganga Arti' the river worshiping ceremony.

... theme here in India of extreme beauty combined with extreme dirtyness. There is no garbage system and with all of the globalization that has taken place in the last few years plastic is everywhere. Some trash is burned, but most of it gets accumulated in spots just off the road, or in this case on the river banks. As we sat under the bridge even, pedestrians above would finish their snack and toss the garbage over the edge. Trash cans on the street are nonexistent and I feel ...