Today, after a refreshing early morning walk at a park near our guesthouse and a lovely breakfast of toast and eggs, we set off for Rishikesh, 22 km away. The temperature at 10 a.m. was a blazing 40 degrees celsius... and during the day went up to around 45 degrees celsius... so sunscreen and caps really came in good use!! The Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam Limited (GMVNL) had a tourist help centre near the Lakshman Jhula.. After asking a few questions we came to know that there is a provision for rafting a few kilometres down the road... and at a place called Kaudiwala some distance away... We parked our car near the tourist center and hailed one of those famous blue autos to take us to the Lakshman Jhula, a kilometre away.. The jhula (bridge)was
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