Blogs from Uttarakhand, India, Asia - page 11

Uttarakhand The region is believed to be the Land of Gods and is place of lots of Ashrams, Yoga Gurus, meditation centres and so on. One will find a lot of Sadhus in the area. We recommend a book by Patrick Levy (French writer): Sadhus - going beyond the dreadlocks for more understanding about their life, their purpose and their philosophy. 18/09 to 24/09 : Rishikesh: The Beatles spent time in an ashram but this one is abandoned since then and nothing much is left apart seeing nature taking over. Rishikesh is the Capital of the World for Yoga, Meditation and Ashrams. The town is separated by 2 suspension bridges (jhula) -which could do with some refurbishment. There is enough space for a man and a cow, a man and a scooter, but not more. (It ... read more

TAPKESHWAR MAHADEV MANDIR Today (23-july-2012) i visited one of the famous temple of dehradun.i heard about this temple since my childhood.but finally today i visited it.It's raining heavily in the morning,and it seems our plan to visit the temple is going to be cancelled out.we planed to move at 8am but due to rain, we moved at 9am.another person with me is NETESH.He is my neighbour and such a nice and decent guy.as we were travelling it again started raining heavily.but thank god when we reached there it again stoped for some time as we also had to walk for some half kilometers.so get saved from getting drenched. This temple is very famous in the region and is dedicated to LORD SHIVA.This is very old temple.and is situated deep inside the rocks. At the bottom,river flows.And ... read more

Day 1: Kathgodam to Birthi. This is how it all began. Rajesh and six of his colleagues were to attend another colleague, Manish’s wedding in Dharchula. It was to be a touch and go trip, as the travel time involved was a lot and these guys had only a day’s leave clubbed with a weekend… no boss would allow six of his men to go on leave simultaneously to attend the wedding of a seventh! Despite vociferous opposition from Rajesh’s friends, I wheedled my way into this all-male party as the opportunity to visit the border town of Dharchula was too good to resist. We left Dehradun by the Kathgodam Express on the night of 17th February 2011 and reached Kathgodam early next morning. Getting off at the picturesque and well maintained railhead put us in ... read more

The bus to Haridwar from Saharanpur was at 4am so I had to get up at 3am. When I got to Haridwar, the last bus to Joshimath (5:30 am) had already left so I had to go to Rishikesh. Once in Rishikesh, I had to take a rickshaw to the bus station for long distance buses. I missed the government bus and had to settle for private buses which are a bit more expensive. It was not the higher cost that I had a problem with, it was having to wheel and deal and to be really careful as they were sure to cheat me (government buses have set rates). I got on a bus whose owner said that they were going to Joshimath and the fare was 220 Rs. I didn’t trust what he said ... read more

Hallo Euch allen, und der Blog geht weiter...., nachdem mich viele gefragt haben, was mich natuerlich sehr gefreut hat. heute aber nur kurz um meine neue Handynummer mitzuteilen. 0091 8126215738, wie ueblich mit den billigen Call by Call Nummern ab 1,5 Cent pro Minute erreichbar. Bin uebrigens zur Zeit am Rande des Himalayas angeommen, Rishikesh, mit viel Yoga und Ashrams direkt am Ganges gelegen, aber auch hier schon ungewoehnlich heiss. Nach 2 Tagen in Delhi bei ca. 45 Grad zumindest etwas Abkuehlung.... Mal sehen, wie hier alles weiter geht. Geht mir gut und verbringe viel Zeit mit Dayhana, (m)einer Freundin von meinen letzten Indienwochen 2011. Mehr Details spaeter. Euer Thorsten... read more

Wwoofing Stay Chamba 27.5 - 1.6 Am 27.5 Hab ich mich also auf den Weg zu meiner Farm (Darbar Farm Organic) nach Chamba gemacht. Das liegt so ehr am Anfang des Himalayas. Der Weg dort hin war eigentlich weitgehend problemlos. Der offizielle Kartenverkaeufer wollte mir zwar nicht wirklich Auskunft geben aber aufmerksame indische Reisende haben mir dann geholfen den richtigen Bus rechtzeitig zu erwischen. Die Fahrt war dann anfangs ueber die Haarnadelstrassen etwas gewohnungsbduerftig aber im Rueckblick sehr unaufregend. Als ich bei der Farm angekommen bin, werd ich erst mal von einem jungen Mann Mann empfangen und werde durch ein grosses Zeltlager zu nem auf den ersten Eindruck groesserem Gartenhaus gefuehrt das 2 Zimmer und 2 Betten enthaelt und meine Bleibe sein soll. Ich bin erst mal beeindruckt. Das ist ja ein riesiges Farmprojekt denk ich ... read more