A Soul Dyed With Colour – India’s Rishikesh
10 Feb-11 Mar 2019 Well this is sweet. We’re in a huge airport lounge with everything we could want – …Continue reading →
View ArticleRishikesh Redux: baggage and street vendors
10 Feb-10 Mar 2019 and 10 Feb-9 Mar 2020 Rishikesh, India Twice she asked us. Would you like to take …Continue reading →
View ArticleWorkin’ Man Blues – daily working life in Rishikesh, India
10 Feb-10 Mar 2019 and 10 Feb-9 Mar 2020 Rishikesh, India India’s unemployment rate of about 7% is lower than …Continue reading →
View ArticleA Hindu Hallelujah – India’s Ganga Aarti
Our first introduction to the ritual is from a boat on the river in Varanasi.Looking towards the “stage” we see …Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Life of the Town: the people and wildlife of Rishikesh, India
10 Feb-10 Mar 2019 and 10 Feb-9 Mar 2020 I recently read an opinion piece in India’s The Telegraph by …Continue reading →
View ArticleBorn Of All The Sacred Waters – rituals and devotions to the Ganges River in...
She begins high in the Himalayas, a rivulet from the Gangotri Glacier that becomes a stream that becomes a river …Continue reading →
View ArticleA Portrait of India – a photo essay
When I travelled in my twenties and early thirties I never wanted to go to India. I’d heard of the …Continue reading →
View ArticleGateway to God: Haridwar on the Ganges
5 March 2019 We first went to India in 2012 and lived in Tiruvannamalai in the southern state of Tamil …Continue reading →
View ArticleHello to the Queen! And other tales from Rishikesh, India
Feb-Mar 2019 and Feb-Mar 2020 Rishikesh, India. Back in August I wrote this to close a post about India: In …Continue reading →
View ArticleFantastic Fiestas: three of the world’s great festivals
This is the second post in the Travel Highlights series sharing some of the most enduring highlights of all our …Continue reading →
View ArticleYou Had Me At Hello: Venice, Bali, Varanasi
This is the fourth post in the Travel Highlights series sharing some of the most enduring highlights of all our …Continue reading →
View ArticleA Portrait of Varanasi – a photo essay
*It’s coming on Christmas They’re cutting down trees They’re putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace . …Continue reading →
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