From the bright bustling lights of Delhi we worked our way up to Haridwar, a holy town in Utterakhand. In Hindi, Haridwar stands for' Dwar of Hari' or ' Gateway to God' and is regarded as one of the seven holiest places to Hindus. According to Hindu scriptures, Haridwar is one among the four sites where drops of the "elixir of immortality, Amrit, accidentally spilled over from the pitcher, in which it was being carried away by the celestial bird Garuda, after the Samudra manthan". The place itself... a bit of a hole to be honest, it's like stepping back in time and then you take 10 steps back in Indian time, that is where Haridwar operates from. There is about two computers in the whole town and the internet is slower then most of the
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