Astha Hotel Haridwar

Near Laltaro Bridge Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 7024, India

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The Utkal Express

A travel blog entry by bootsmade4wlkin

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... one arm, his wife and an old granny who seemed to be traveling on her own. We both knew that seat assignments really meant nothing in sleeper class, but the cars were so packed that we also knew we would have no chance at getting a seat unless we fought for those assigned to us. So we fought. We showed our ticket, pointed to the seat numbers. Jason yelled in a very Indian fashion. But still they wouldn't budge. Not even to scoot over to accommodate us. ...

Arati

A travel blog entry by elenimia

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... down to the river and check our

shoes. There were thousands of people. I felt like I literally

stepped into a bath of warm buzzing energy. It was so abrupt I

panicked at first but then realized it was all love.

A priest brought brian and I over to take part in an Puja (worship

to the gods). He dotted our foreheads with red dye then rice then

salt. All the while chanting sanskrit. He covered our heads with a

piece of red ...

Haridwar

A travel blog entry by annefrederickx

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... niet dat er aan mij een groot talent verloren is gegaan: de meeste opmerkingen die ik krijg zijn "you are so stiff" en "wait, try this one, it is easier". Maar ja, blijven proberen zeker? Het eten zit hier ook in de prijs inbegrepen dus is het een kwestie van steeds braaf op tijd te zijn, maar aangezien het hier een van de betere keukens is die ik Indië heb mogen eten (het smaakt hier bijna altijd hetzelfde, wat ge nu ook bestelt), was dat niet echt een probleem.
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First meeting with India

A travel blog entry by marieloslo

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... og taler kloke, vennlige og innsiktsfulle ord), meditasjon,
synging av Kirtans, kveldyoga. Pluss gjore karmayoga, dvs vaske gulv daglig.

Jeg har blitt opploftet av PremBaba, og jordet av ShantiMai, som holder satsang i nabohuset: De tilhorer begge samme tradisjon og ashrammen tilhorer deres felles guru, som naa er eldgammel og ikke sier saa mye lenger, men overforer visdom og kjaerlighet med sitt rene naervaer. Sitter alltid mange ...

Spiritual

A travel blog entry by helfin

... m thinking and
praying for all of you

There
is a guy hanging out over my shoulder ready to pounce (I'm sure he has
some trip I need to take) act crazier than them and they go away. A
young fella with a long bamboo stick with a rubber and maybe magnet
attached is busy taking coins out of the mother Ganges (very enterprising). I imagine the money goes straight to the holy
people!!!

So I start walking along ...