View of the temple at the end of the bridge at Laksman Jhula.

Leaving Rishikesh

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August 22nd 2008
I have been in India for over a week now, and I have stayed in Rishikesh for the majority of that time. I don't regret the decision to leave Delhi so early and come here. Its been far easier to adjust to life over here in such a laid back and easy going city. Since I am flying home from Delhi I have a chance to make up for everything I did not get to see on my first trip through, and by then I ... 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