Blogs from Uttarakhand, India, Asia

22.5 Haridwar Rishikesh Urspruenglich wollte ich direkt zu meiner neuen Wwoofingfarm gehen. Dazu bin ich aber absolut nicht in der Lage. Ich lasse mich zum Ganges kutschieren und nehme noch ein kleines Bad im eiskalten heiligen Fluss mit extrem starker Stroemung. Auch begleitet von einigen betrunkenen froehlichen Indern die mich gleich zum trinken zu sich nach Hause einladen. Klingt ja spannend aber nicht heute. Danach Gehts nach Rishikesh. Ich find ne schoene Behausung und leg mich erst mal schlafen. 22.5- 25.5 Die ersten 2Tage sind noch von den Gleiderschmerzen gepraegt Ich lieg vor allem rum. Als die aufhoeren schlaegt dann doch noch der Durchfall durch. Eiskalt. Am 25.5 gehts mit besser. Mal schauen.... read more

Kuari Pass Trek For me, trekking has been that one thing that I have wanted to do much more than I have been able to in real life. Though that is true for a lot of other things like playing the guitar, taking looong drives, playing Angry Birds the whole day, flying a plane etc etc, the yearning (and practicality) of being able to undertake trekking been much greater. And here I was, in between jobs, with a break that I could use as I chose to! I had one week before I had to join my new job on the 7th of May. I frantically began to search for trekking options. My criteria was clear; the trek had to be - a 4-5 day trek (excluding travel ex-Delhi to and from trek start point) ... read more

There’s the time in every man’s life when the days of ultimate freedom start counting down. This time had arrived for my friend Deva, living in North India near Rishikesh with his family and working in Goa for the season.A typical Indian but yet controversial life…. 6 month living at a place of no meat, alcohol or smoking and 6 month the total contrary at Indians top tourist spots. Everything possible… Once again I made the mistake of interpretation but not asking ALL the details, the fact that he lives near Rishikesh, having me invited to his wedding, asking when I arrive in Rishikesh, having heard me confirming I would come to his wedding IN Rishikesh…of course doesn’t mean the wedding was actually in Rishikesh nor that he’d tell me in beforehand where it was held, ... read more

Having freshly arrived in India from Switzerland we sought refuge from the busy touristy places high up in the Himalayas. When we realized that Nainital can be as busy as any other tourist hotspot during the Easter holiday, we decided to undertake a two-day trek away from the crowds and noise of the city.... read more

Well I am in Rishikesh, laxmanjhula to be exact and this place is pretty nice! Touristy yes, but thats kind of nice when your travelling by yourself. Just as the Beatles came here to do yoga I have also given it a go! Fun fun, but not so great for my dodgy shoulder... My first lesson was pretty intense, beautiful view over the turquiose Ganges from the rooftop of my Ashram, with the sun setting towards the end of the class. Nice. The 'intense' part is because my ashram is a retreat for yogaholics that are training to be teachers- so they are all considerably better than me!! I was once again the class comedian falling over! This position was rivalled however by the local monkeys who was making us laugh with their antics quite alot. ... read more

It’s been over a month since my first Vipassana course. In that time, I haven’t done much. In that time, chance – or fate, or karma, or however you want to call it – brought me to a century-old house in Dehradun, where the kindly proprietor fed me a healthy diet of vegetarian curries, and dreams. He filled my belly with tasty food and my mind with lofty plans, lots of plans. I was going to visit this temple and that monastery, learn this meditation technique and that yoga pose, attend this healing course and meet that exalted teacher. I was on my spiritual path and running full speed. I couldn’t see that I was trying to sprint a marathon, untrained. I didn’t recognize that I was bound to exhaust myself and fall short of the ... read more

Tettem meg fel nehany kepet az elozo bejegyzeshez.. Voltunk ayurvedikus masszazson es rogton utana a shirodhara nevu homlokramelegolajcsopogtetos kezelesen, ami nekem olyasmi erzes volt mintha egy angyal cirogatta volna a koponyamat. Megmasztunk ket meglehetosen magas hegyet, hogy atzarandokoljunk a 10 km-re levo ( a 35 fokban tunt az 40 km-nek is ) a Neelkant Siva tempomba. A Neelkant Kek Torkot jelent ami Siva egyik neve, a mitosz szerint amikor a demonok meg akartak mergezni az oceanokat, hogy minden ember elpusztuljon, Siva megitta a merget es a felesege a torkanal megallitotta igy csak az kekult be tole. Megvolt a ritualis 3x alamerules a Gangeszban is, itt meg tiszta es gyorsfolyasu, egeszsegugyi artalmak nelkul is eleget tehet vallasi kotelezettsegeinek a hithu hindu, meg mi is. Valoban tudatmodosito hatasu. Meg szoktam nezni a naplementet a Gangesz parton az ashramunk ... read more