Avalon Holiday Resorts Mussoorie

So what good are plans if you can't change them. <br><br>When we arrived in Dehradun after a grueling 15 hour series of buses, we found ourselves no longer in the cool shade of the mountians, but instead the awful heat of the city. As sweat once again took refuge in my clothes, we decided to avoid the heat for a few days more and head to the mountian hill station of Mussoorie. <br><br>Mussorie was origionally conceived in 1825 ...

... smile on his face he said "Good work team" and recovered his oar. We had a quick peek at the Alaknanda River, which had emerged, on our left. It seemed to be an extremely docile river. Not like the Bhag. The confluence was the end of the Bhag. We were now officially on the Ganga. Little further down we picked up some fresh water from a waterfall and found a three-tiered beach to camp. We stopped early because the equipment on the ...

Today was our last day in Mussoorie. We took our Hindi final this morning, which consisted of reading comprehension, dictation, a one on one oral exam, and a seven page written exam. I'm not sure when we find out our grades, but I think I did well. It has been such an amazing month and I feel like I have gotten to know this little town well. I will miss the family run Internet café where I updated my blogs and kept in touch with friends and family during ...

... hillside town in India? We asked him if he had ever been to the states and he said "no I'm just a hillbilly I've only been to Mussoorie and Delhi my whole life." It was so funny, he said he had just picked it up somewhere. Also the guys at the hostel are really starting to treat Andrew like a god. The other day Androo was only wearing a T-shirt and they thought it was going to rain that day: "Androo, you have umbrella?" "No ...

... older than dirt and was born down the road, his old man helped build the damn place for the british.. I ask him casually while he makes dal,about the "stains"that are appearing...by this point two more have been cleaned up...he looks up from his pot of bubbling goo with a look that makes my boys shrivel up and my blood scream...." Not everything that is holy is good,he says cryptically"....I take thatas an invitation to take that evening off and wander the misty streets ...

... at ngoenga@rediffmail.com or ask me for more details, its the only school of its kind for tibetan children with special needs and it is really a joyful and inspiring place! phew, so after all that i'm running out of steam! Many momos (steamed dumplings not grandmas!) and philosophical talks with monks later joe and i have gone our seperate ways - he to mumbai to meet dave, and me to Rishikesh....but i'll save that for another day. Om Nama Shivaia. till next time xx

... in each of the different sections of the crowd were doing this too, and as different parts of the crowd raised their arms in succession, it kind of looked like they were doing a not-so-well orchestrated "wave." I couldn't really understand what they were saying (though maybe I'll be able to when my Hindi gets better), but it seemed like they were praying to and praising the Ganges. After the chants ended, the money collector stepped carefully through the ...

... ab** nur mit Tee und Kaffee. In Manili treffe ich Aurelian, einen jungen Schweitz** - wir haben uns ueb** ein Int**netfoum gefunden und wollen ein wenig zusammen wand**n. Die Busfahrt von Manali nach Leh, d** Hauptstadt von Ladakh dau**t 2 Tage. Wir entscheiden uns fu** den harten Sitz eines indischen Standardbusses. Am **sten Tag geht es in ca 7 Stunden bis Keylong -- ueb** den Rothangpass geht es 2000 Hoehenmet**n in engen ...

... did the hippy thing here for a few months, wrote The White Album and finally got disillusioned by their guru's overfamiliarity with female students and limos. It's a pretty peaceful place to relax in for a few days - there's not much to do besides yoga, meditation and chanting - it's a dry town (we tried) with yoga classes from 4am so not much in the way of late night entertainment. (Actually Rishikesh is something of a paradox. Not only is alcohol off limits, but egg, meat ...

... prevented our views of the lower Doon Valley. It was only once we had arrived at Masonic Lodge bus stop that we realised that there were two separate drop-off points supplied by two separate buses and that this bus stop was about 2 km from the hotel that we had wanted to book into on Gandhi Chowk (main road). We were immediately pounced upon by touts/taxi drivers but we declined and started the ascent towards the second bus stand, Library. After a few minutes ...