Hotel Filigree Mussoorie
Camel's Back Road Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, 248179, India
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Touching the clouds in a beautiful hill station
... some of the words! (google "Jalebi Bai" from the movie Double Dhamaal - that was our favorite) We had a great picnic lunch in the car. The pictures and sights were amazing. We were literally in the clouds most of the day. We got out and walked for a little bit (as many others were doing) to stretch our legs. We let the car catch up to us. It was wild to walk so close to the edge of a cliff.
When we reached Mussoorie - ...
Eureka
... dip in Ganga or
pay their respect by simply visiting the ghats. This is the beauty of
Hinduism where we worship every aspect of nature, be it river, trees,
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Yoga, bikes and nomads
... placed in front of me - the books were cheap, the motorbikes lifts from the locals were free and the way the fruit was displayed was even more wonderful than the chosen hostel. I eventually realised that trekking just, simply, was not going to happen in rishikesh...it was too cold and people had packed up and left for the season.
Despite this setback, my first experience of religious ceremonies on the ganges took place in rishikesh...and that was a ...
An Indian Hill Station
... 20 people sleeping in a very tiny space and they were paid 100 rs for each completed shirt that was later sold for 2100 rs. That was back in the 80s but I’m sure Gap has a social conscience now. No choice.
We have found the people we’ve met to be so kind and generous. Vikram, the manager of the hotel, does intricate tribal paintings on the side. He sells the paintings and uses the money to send young girls from poor families to school so we contributed ...
Rishikesh is NOT holy
The ride from Nahan to Rishikesh was beautiful, in two minds about whether or not to torture our finely tuned machines Alberto and I eventually jumped the hurdle of being careful with our bikes and opened them up on the sunblessed highway leading towards our destination. Once again stopping through backwater towns while locals stared in awe at the dust caked faces disembarking their rides to simultaneously smoke a pack of cigarettes ...



