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Published: January 1st 2007
Laxman Jhula
'Pedestrian' bridge across the GangaFamed for the Beatles stay in an ashram, Rishikesh is a bustling town on the Ganges or Ganga, visited by lots of Westerners. I had passed my cold onto Geoff by this time and Rishikesh turned out to be a great place to just spend time sitting and watching the world go by. We spent a lot of time doing just this by the Laxman Jhula one of two footbridges that cross the Ganges. Footbridge is a slightly lose term, as bikes force their way across between the people, donkeys, cows and monkeys. The pictures show the fascinating hustle and bustle, especially the monkeys’ that tried to wreak havoc everywhere they went.
Something that has struck me is that apart from living on a diet of plastic bags, cows seem to have a very good life out here. They are seen as sacred animals and are therefore not eaten or harmed (apart from the occassional smack from a stick to move them on) and they can go where ever they wish and I mean everywhere; walking around round-a-bouts, in the middle of busy markets, on the beach, at temples, just outside restaurants, the list is endless. In the UK you
may see a cat but here it’s a cow.
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Jon Parkes
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Butlins ?
Apparantely Ringo Star likened Rishikesh to Bultins - Care to comment ? I've been to Butlins at Bognor and it had a lot less cows... no temples and no Monkeys. Happy New Year ........... Jon.