Hanging out in Rishikesh

Rishikesh

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May 4th 2007
Rishikesh is the yoga capital of the world. It is on the holy Ganges river and is full of Ashrams, which are basic accommodation where you can stay for cheap and practice yoga. Rishikesh is also the place the Beatles came to in 1967 and wrote many songs for the White Album But it is not as I had expected and had none of the good feelings that radiated from Dharamsala. Robin and I spend a lot ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more