Kwality Motel Dehradun

... Nageshwar Parshvanath near Ratlam, Smt Pani Bai (73) from Mumbai, Mr Pravin Bhai Jain (55) from Mehsana, Mr Lalji(19) student from Ahmadabad,Mr Badal(19) student who walked from Devas(MP) to Gandhinagar reaching Uncha Kotda in Gujarat, Mr Ladumore Ahir (61) retired Naib Mamalatdar Talaja,Mr Pravin M Karia (50) BM SBI ...

... bent back Smt Pani Bai Kuchhi, also climbing up hill with the help of a walking stick only in her hand. While some others who were not so old had to hire Dandi, Doli etc, lot many were climbing up hill like me only. At 07.00 am, Pani Bai shared about her Mumbai based retired businessman husband, her Doctor daughter ...

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... rock that extends like 16 meters over the river. It was crowded with Indians, but they let us cut in front of them and we jumped off. It seemed so rushed when it was happening, and looking back on it is so ridiculous. We rode the river back into Rishikesh, and it was hilarious because while all the other rafts kept passing us with their "real" rafting guides yelling at the passengers to row, our team was almost foolish in its lack of order. Our guide would yell "Team Forward ...

... idealist and his opinions occasionally clashed with my cynical world view, but I enjoyed his company greatly. Tamar is also a nice girl, but is very quiet and seems content to let Boaz do most of her talking. Boaz spent a year in India 7 years ago after he left the army, and says he's been dreaming of a return ever since. They'll be spending most of their time trekking, but will be in Rishikesh for at least 5 or 6 days which was good to hear.

... reverse in the breeze, criss-crossing to form hundreds of thousands undulating, light kissed waves and rivulets. She evokes a lightness of being, and a natural, flowing happiness that I lost access to long ago, if I ever knew it at all in this lifetime. At some point, I chant the 108 Names of Baba Lokenath with her water gently lapping over my feet. Then I walk barefoot the short distance away to the Sivananda Kutir - a small little chapel where the great Hindu ...

... But foolishly this was only the beginning. As we pulled in further downstream, we realised that this is the spot where rafters can really give their heart a fright as we saw another group mounting a 30 foot tall rock and then jumping into the water below. Now I´m not sure whether it was the adrenalin still in my system after the bodysurfing, but I actually went along with this madness! But however high up it looked from below, once we climbed up to the rock and I looked down ...

... games on his phone. Theres no chance of you going hungry on Indian trains, the many food sellers make sure of that, walkiung up and down the train shouting their own mantra of food, some are quite interesting to decipher. "Tarraa marrta zoooop" one says, going up at the the end, this is tomato soup man. My particular favourite was one with a rather high pitched voice shouting "chiiiiiiiips, crisppppies", I enjoyed that. The train hurtled across India, which ...

... as he flagged down a bus and then spoke with the driver motioning for me to get on. The bus took a left and I thought "this was the 'minor' detail nobody mentioned." We headed down the unpaved road for a while until I saw a sign: "Tibetan Temple" with an arrow pointing up a trail. I got off the bus and started walking up the path and, finally, I could see the world's tallest stupa in the distance. The houses I passed started to resemble the ones I ...

... populations are being threatened, and the govt. is making efforts to keep industries out of corridors and population concentrations. In response to some of our questions, tigers ages are estimated by looking at their canines through binoculars and seeing the wear and color, and tigers do see humans as prey. A lady then talked about govt. policies to protect the environment. We asked about solid waste management (because ...