Hotel Neelkant Haridwar

I haven't updated in a while due to lack of technology in the areas I've beem so I'll try to keep the next week's worth of updates as short as possible to do us all a favour!

Woke up at 10am, checked out, sat on the Internet waiting for a call from Bharat to tell me when my Rudraksh would be ready for collection. Around 1pm I meet ...

... the bus stand in Haridwar, you will need to ask around as there are no numbers or timetable etc, one way Rs 20 and you get at the bus stop in Rishikesh where you will have to take autoriksha to the bridge - ‘spcial‘ means only for you and it will cost you about Rs 60-80, ‘public‘ with other passengers about Rs 10; or autoriksha - ‘special’ one way about Rs 200-350; ‘public’ about Rs 40.

‘There is a world within ...

... by a cluster of rocks blocking off the main river flow...but still allowed water to flow through at a reduced current. We made our way over some tricky terrain and settled down on the nice flat rock. We immersed ourselves in the great Ganga river for a good 30 minutes I'd say. Some spots were a bit colder than others...but overall it was just a nice cooling experience. We dried off on the rock a bit and then drove back to main road and stopped by this little temple ...

... area) and met up with some more friends. I found a nice single room at the same hotel two of the girls were staying at. The two Asian boys (David and Sunny) got a room there as well. I took a 45 minute shower (washed my hair and the multiple layers of grime off me) and then had a most delicious 3 hour nap. I am telling you...getting out of bed after the nap was SO hard. All I wanted to do was keep sleeping. But, I managed to pull myself together and got dressed to go out ...

... all of that if I were here alone, but with a family of five we were looking for adventure! The streets are lined with hotels, ashrams and outdoor adventure companies! Jack homed in on an excellent company, De-N-Ascent who, with maps and expertise helped us to plan a 5 day adventure in the high Himalaya Mountains! We spent 3 nights nights/days camping and trekking and two nights/days rafting the Ganges River. Despite our long drive getting to Rishakesh, we ...

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... had just been in, drove away from us revealing a large sign that said: 'Rishikesh - 22km'... Hmmmm. So we got in a larger auto rickshaw, build to carry 7 peoples max - we had 13, and it was a ******* crush for the 40 mins we were in transit, all the way a couple of indian girls stared at me, and whispered into one anothers shell-like's, I suspest the good looking one fancied me and was discussing with her mate/sister how the nature of the caste system here in India held ...

... sat in the centre (we took turns). Needless to say, I was the only person that felt no effects from the activity - even Anna-Rose and Bob reported feeling glowing, warm, tingley, floaty feelings throughout, as if sat inside a cloud. Clearly I am in need of some heart chakra surgery! But enough of the meditation, I hear you shout, what about the tantric yoga, spill the beans on this sexually oriented dark art. The problem is, as our lecturer so ...

... I felt a tug on the bag which ripped right out of my hands. A little monkey had stolen my prasad and was helping himself to the bag of rice which, along with everything else, had fallen to the ground. I couldn't get angry as this was a hilarious site and a couple of young Indians helped me salvage the remaining food. When reaching the temple there was a place to leave shoes before entering and, crossing into the threshold, a man placed a mark of orange ...

... hot. There were two men already there enjoying the water and I was skeptical of whether or not it would be appropriate for me to go swimming. The day was hot and the water looked too good to pass up, so I snuck into the bushes and changed into what I had brought as pajamas. I was so glad that I did! The water was so refreshing and it turns out that one of the men there actually works in Hyderabad and gave us his card and invited us over for a weekend, something I really hope ...