Rishikesh, India

Experiencing life at an ashram.
Monday, October 10, 2011, Rishikesh, India. By: taikuncio

"So I decided to spend a week at an ashram partly to see what it was like, partly to get back into meditation which I used to do a lot more of and partly because someone I met recom..."

Celebrating Dussehra in Rishikesh
Friday, October 07, 2011, Rishikesh, India. By: taikuncio

"Lately it seems like every other day is a different festival in India. Not that I'm complaining but all the celebrating makes it hard to get around sometimes. :-) Anyway, yesterd..."

Practicing sun salutations in Rishikesh
Thursday, September 29, 2011, Rishikesh, India. By: taikuncio

"The train ride to Haridwar was pretty uneventful... just very hot. I chose to go cheaply (107 rupees for 4.5 hours) and all was fine until it got dark and bugs started to fly into ..."

Rishikesh Rocks
Thursday, February 10, 2011, Rishikesh, India. By: wonderer

"Had a great and serene time in the banks of the Ganges. Thought the journry from Delhi was a bit more bumpy than I expected. But the sunset from the bank of the Ganges compensated ..."

Kumbh Mela
Tuesday, April 13, 2010, Rishikesh, India. By: yogibeari

"Kumbh Mela: Where on earth can you find two million plus people trekking endlessly for three months, barefoot and wearing a long dress with veil (saree), decked with fashion jew..."

Back Again - This Time with a Donation and a Yoga Course!
Friday, January 29, 2010, Rishikesh, India. By: yogibeari

"27 Jan It has been less than twelve months since I left India. In fact, it is eleven months and eleven days to be exact. How fortunate of me to afford this travel so soon. The uni..."

India Weeks 7 & 8
Friday, January 30, 2009, Rishikesh, India. By: india2009

"Hi people. Here's roughly what we did in our last couple of weeks in India: We seriously contemplated flying to the Kashmir region to go skiing in one of the most beautiful plac..."

Rishikesh - Final Chapter
Saturday, January 17, 2009, Rishikesh, India. By: yogibeari

"Putting the stolen mobile aside, overall, my experience in this town is good. The three classes kept my schedule pretty full starting with Ayurveda in the morning until noon, br..."

Rishikesh Part III
Saturday, January 17, 2009, Rishikesh, India. By: yogibeari

"Studies got really intense. There was not much time left for anything else. I am three days away from full completion. I started shifting my thoughts for the next leg of my journey..."

Rishikesh Part II
Friday, January 16, 2009, Rishikesh, India. By: yogibeari

"Despite my stolen mobile, I must move on and look at all the good things about Rishikesh. From a different view, here is a history of what I know about this place. Rishikesh li..."

My Mobile Stolen - Rishikesh
Thursday, January 15, 2009, Rishikesh, India. By: yogibeari

"Continuing on the story from Haridwar train station, Yogini Medori, Yogi Petiy and I all took a rickshaw from Rishikesh to Ram Jhula, three kilometers away. Yogi Petiy was assured ..."

Rishikesh
Sunday, July 15, 2007, Rishikesh, India. By: UTtraveler

" Saturday morning we headed for Rishikesh which is "the yoga capital of the world" and is located about 35 km outside of Dehra Dun right on the Ganga (Ganges) river. We stayed at a..."

Life a la Laxman Jhula
Monday, January 08, 2007, Rishikesh, India. By: sbfeley

"Hola friends and family! I am here sitting in an internet cafe with Eric Clapton playing in the background, it's almost as if I'm back at home.... My time in this heaven is a..."

In India!
Monday, January 08, 2007, Rishikesh, India. By: sbfeley

"Well... I made it! It is quite the amazing, bizarre, wonderful, beautiful, large, friendly, contradictory, tough, poor, colorful and did I mention, impoverished country. I can of..."

trains, planes and further trains
Sunday, June 22, 2003, rishikesh, India. By: lomotravel

"the shatabdi express left haridwar station. the forests merged through the windows of the train into a long green pastel. they served drinks and a few snacks. i leaned back into th..."

hazy hazy dayzzzzzzzzzz
Tuesday, June 17, 2003, rishikesh, India. By: lomotravel

"rishikesh.. what can i say.. 14 days of waking late, walking with the steadily increasing group of friends down to laxman jullah, over the bridge and down to the jungle waterfall, ..."

dehra dun-rishikesh
Wednesday, November 14, 2001, rishikesh, India. By: lomotravel

"dehra dun announced its presence, we awoke, ran out the train, met a policeman, asked him where the best food in dehra dun was, he said moti mahal, we caught a rickshaw, sure enoug..."

lost in rishikesh
Thursday, November 15, 2001, rishikesh, India. By: lomotravel

"so far the north of india has been crossed, 22 hour bus rides to kathmandu and back, annapurna range seen early morning from the roof of the hotel in pokhara, back to indi..."