the fab four are back in rishikesh!
*here is something for all my loved ones other than forwarded porn... sorry guys, still working on the new email account*
at a whoosh and a gallop we have gone west sweeping up noah and then kerria into our loving arms. eb, noah and i spent a few days in varanasi; a city of cow poo (and those who make it), low speed collisions (and ensuing fist fights), drug dealers (and their saree shops), o yes and spiritual absolvation for all hindus who die there. what a madmad beautiful city of small alley/streets spilling you out towards cremations and ghats on the holy (and dirty) ganges river! if you want to go on a boat ride, i know a few hundred men who might just be able to offer you the service.
a night train took us further up the sacred river to haridwar, which is home to the kumbha mela festival every 12 years. the river there was crisp, blue, beautiful and once again filled with hindu people. men strip down to their teeny tiny underpants while women go bobbingly bathing in their full sarees. it was there that we picked up a certain red haired ragamuffin, miss kerria gray.
next stop along the ganga- we are now in rishikesh, famous for at one point being visited by the beatles. in honour of this, i have now got a fine moptop hair do, crudely rendered over the bathroom sink. the rest of the town celebrates this past honour by selling overpriced western food delights to people like us. we have all been debating the dark chocolate so enticingly waiting across the street. damn you tourist towns and your available luxuries!
soon we will head up north for a few days of trekking. well, that is if everyone can contain their bowels long enough for the bus ride there... we've all indepedently managed to pick up ailments that result in long bathroom lines. but it's great to see old friends and remininisce about the good old days. like the days when you had predictable and solid bowel movements.
quoth joni: you never know what you've got till it's gone.
at a whoosh and a gallop we have gone west sweeping up noah and then kerria into our loving arms. eb, noah and i spent a few days in varanasi; a city of cow poo (and those who make it), low speed collisions (and ensuing fist fights), drug dealers (and their saree shops), o yes and spiritual absolvation for all hindus who die there. what a madmad beautiful city of small alley/streets spilling you out towards cremations and ghats on the holy (and dirty) ganges river! if you want to go on a boat ride, i know a few hundred men who might just be able to offer you the service.
a night train took us further up the sacred river to haridwar, which is home to the kumbha mela festival every 12 years. the river there was crisp, blue, beautiful and once again filled with hindu people. men strip down to their teeny tiny underpants while women go bobbingly bathing in their full sarees. it was there that we picked up a certain red haired ragamuffin, miss kerria gray.
next stop along the ganga- we are now in rishikesh, famous for at one point being visited by the beatles. in honour of this, i have now got a fine moptop hair do, crudely rendered over the bathroom sink. the rest of the town celebrates this past honour by selling overpriced western food delights to people like us. we have all been debating the dark chocolate so enticingly waiting across the street. damn you tourist towns and your available luxuries!
soon we will head up north for a few days of trekking. well, that is if everyone can contain their bowels long enough for the bus ride there... we've all indepedently managed to pick up ailments that result in long bathroom lines. but it's great to see old friends and remininisce about the good old days. like the days when you had predictable and solid bowel movements.
quoth joni: you never know what you've got till it's gone.
posted by natalie at 8:26 AM
2 Comments:
all I have eaten in the last 24 hours are chips, a snickers and gummy bears. I am waiting for the inevitable.
you are right. 12 hours bus rides suck.
Interesting website with a lot of resources and detailed explanations.
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