Rishikesh

We are on our way back to the Himalayas but this time on the Indian side. Thanks to an old work friend Elyssa, we found out about workaway, which are volunteer opportunities for people travelling. We have stopped in Rishikesh for 2days on our way to our first workaway. Rishikesh is an interesting city on the banks of the holy river Ganges in the Himalayan foothills. It's known for its yoga retreats and ashrams as well as a place for local indian tourism visiting the holy river. And there are literally ashrams, organic sonething and Ayurvedic treatment places every corner you turn. This was a bit of an unplanned stop, as we were originally planning on staying in another town, so we spent our time visiting the same river we visited in Varanasi (this time Jean didn't go for a swim, but we saw someone happily drinking the water from the river), indulging in some expensive but very nice food at an organic cafe (after 2 other places we wanted to eat at were closed for monsoon season), chilling at a lovely cafe and Lila went on a lovely hand operated ride (which she loved!)Read more