After Delhi and Haridwar, it feels good to be in a city where the smell of incense and spices are to replace the smell of diesel.
self-proclaimed world capital of yoga, Rishikesh has everything to please the tourist who wants to stop time. Small cafes along the Ganges, restaurants veges-like hippies, yoga, meditation, Indian music class, etc..
We take this opportunity to replenish your energy. We subscribe to several workshops and we spend long afternoons drinking wine cellars (we definitely created a dependency on this ultra spicy sweet tea!)
Every day, we travel the pleasant road two kilometers connecting the two main districts of the city. On our way we passed monkeys, cows, mopeds and sellers of just about anything, all in the pleasant surroundings of a lush forest bordered by the sacred river.
At the end of the trail, we arrived in the largest districts, those of Swarg Ashram with its temples, ashrams (retreat) and its ghats where religious ceremonies take place at sunrise and sunset.
A special all energy emanates from this place where we would we try to perpetuate ...
But we must continue our journey!
A little history
Rishikesh owes its popularity to the Beatles. In 1968, the city made headlines worldwide when the famous British group stays in one of his ashrams (retreat). According to rumors, Ringo and his wife would have shortened their journey because they did not like spicy food, while others stayed nearly two months. Many songs became popular originated here. In fact, disillusioned by the greed shown by their guru, the Beatles left India by calling You made a fool of everyone (you're fucking everybody!).
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