Sorry my readers. I was out of wi-fi connection for the last few days. More blogs will be shortly.
Our train journey from Amritsar in the night was peaceful except for the noises tea vendors made when train stopped at some limited stations on the way. We had a cabin to ourselves; slept well, and by morning around 7:30 we arrived Haridwar, some 25 kilometers from Rishikesh, our destination. The passenger, traveling by herself in the next cabin, was also an Indian coming from the US visiting relatives in Rishikesh. She said her nephew will pick her up from the station and he would help us hail a taxi for us to our Ashram. When he came he said he would give us ride as his place shared the same compound with our Ashram. What a blessing! He took us to our destination by a scenic route through a National Park. We saw some deer, peacocks, and some birds probably only unique to that area. The Himalayan mountain peaks with its thick lush growth in the distance and the waters from its many ravines now converging in the river Ganges flowing close to us made the scenes quite picturesque and us feel calm and peaceful. What made us this long to come here!
Our train journey from Amritsar in the night was peaceful except for the noises tea vendors made when train stopped at some limited stations on the way. We had a cabin to ourselves; slept well, and by morning around 7:30 we arrived Haridwar, some 25 kilometers from Rishikesh, our destination. The passenger, traveling by herself in the next cabin, was also an Indian coming from the US visiting relatives in Rishikesh. She said her nephew will pick her up from the station and he would help us hail a taxi for us to our Ashram. When he came he said he would give us ride as his place shared the same compound with our Ashram. What a blessing! He took us to our destination by a scenic route through a National Park. We saw some deer, peacocks, and some birds probably only unique to that area. The Himalayan mountain peaks with its thick lush growth in the distance and the waters from its many ravines now converging in the river Ganges flowing close to us made the scenes quite picturesque and us feel calm and peaceful. What made us this long to come here!
Rishikesh sounds like a beautiful place.
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