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My love affair with Rishikesh
... that seem to attract every kind of bird in the region to feast on the flowers. It’s not uncommon for me to lose track of time gazing up at the trees watching all those beautiful birds coexisting peacefully.
For me, Rishikesh is special for more than just its beauty. The entire town is completely vegetarian. It’s hard to even get eggs and though I have heard there is an underground meat market I have yet to see ...
Natural disaster, and natural beauty
... to do the Valley of the Flowers trek, but had a stack of landslides which meant that we stayed the night in Srinagar before heading back to Rishikesh. It was a bit of a shame... but had a good time in Rishikesh in the end.
I think the thing we've discovered the most since we've been here is that you've got to leave time for things. The journey form Rishikesh to the Valley of the Flowers involves a 10-hour bus journey to ...
First Week of Mussoorie
... with craft shops, mango stands, and delicious eateries. All the kids smile at us the say “Namaste” as we pass. The town is small enough that all the locals already know that we are the EAP students living in Oakland Cottage from California.
The Indian food is amazing, but the Tibetan and Chinese food is also great. Yesterday I went into town and got a huge plate of beef chow mien, spring rolls, and tea for about 2 dollars. When I was in Delhi I had ...
New Respect for Himalayan People
... so I was put in the group for the shorter school. I was bummed at the time, but those of us on the short one were grateful we went on the short one afterwards. Going down to our school was not difficult. The only hard part was the fact that it was steep in areas with loose gravel. We took a short break about halfway down though and it ended up being an hour hike.
Returning to our camp up the mountain was the challenge. While the school we went to could be easily ...
Through queen of the hills.
... Sonu told that Yamunotri roads were not clear by then because JCBs don’t work while raining and rain did poured all through the nights. According to him we shall be stopped near Yamunotri – Gangotri diversion ahead of Burkot. We decided to move right there and be in the queue and as soon as the road gets clear we will roll forwards. We started the morning journey. Prayers and bhajans were on in the van and that time I too joined. We went pass the beautiful hill town ...