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Yogi Bahim Ashram
... the Ganga and we would leave a prayer for the spiritual water. Mostly it’s been a very slow paced existence- one that I hope to continue to lead.
Experiences in Rishikesh:
Rishikesh- The town is cut in half by the great Ganges River with most of the towns people’s homes, the market, many temples, yoga ashrams, and many guest houses on one side and two large footpath bridges (that vespa scooters go on) connecting to the other side. The other side is ...
Touching the clouds in a beautiful hill station
... see them briefly because once they see us they run away. The only animals that were not in cages were the monkeys at the deer park.
It is about a 45 minute ride from Dehradun to Mussoorie and it is pretty much vertical. It is beautiful. We hit ALOT more traffic than was expected due to our late start and the rains so our 45 min ride turned into a 4.5 hour car ride. We listened to bollywood music which amused my hosts because ...
First Week of Mussoorie
... expected to do 2-3 hours of studying on our own every day.
Devaagari script has 53 different letters that each corresponds to a different sound. For example, there are four different versions of T—Ta and Tha pronounced with the tongue between the teeth and Ta and Tha pronounced by rolling the tongue off the roof of the mouth. A lot of the vowels and consonants have no English equivalent. The script is cool looking and now that I am beginning to be able to ...
New Respect for Himalayan People
... rest of our visit. We asked questions like what they want to be when they grow up (farmer, doctor, teacher, car driver, policemen) We asked what they like to do after school and this thew me off guard a little. Every girls answer was along the lines of, "walk home, change out of my uniform, cook for my family or feed my younger siblings." The boys were, "walk home, change out of my uniform, walk down to get water, cut wood, herd, or farm." These are kids ages 11 to 13 and ...
Through queen of the hills.
... said the tea vendor in a typical Punjabi accent.
I knew there would be situations like that or may be bigger ahead. It was the time to get ready and prepare for the bigger and tougher challenges the great mountain which was in a rough and unwelcoming mood will be testing us with. The land slide took place a mile ahead from the place we were standing, I asked Mr. Sanjay Patate to accompany me to slide zone. We both started the march through the narrow, zigzag roads with ...