Rishikesh

Right now im hanging out in the state of Uttaranchal, in the small city of Rishikesh, which is right on the Ganges river. This place is absolutely amazing as far as scenery goes, its alot like the interior of british columbia i guess and i dont know its just a really nice place. Its dubbed the yoga capital of the world as well so its got a crazy yoga, ayerveda health scene as well. The town is super cool and is seperated by these two suspension bridges that god from district to district over the ganges. Really cool and i defintly throw some photos up. On one side of the river, theres no rickshaws or taxis allowed either so its just an amazing little walking market place with all these cool temples and ghats. Overall Tons of spiritual seekers and lots of beautiful temples and scenery to go along with it. Im staying at this really nice little guest house, up in the hills above the town area of Laxmhan Jula, pretty well you can walk anywhere here and i dont know its just a really cool place. Theres a yoga studio right behind my guest house which has drop in classes 2 times a day which ive been going to quite frequently and ive made my way north of the city to hang out on the sandy beaches of ganges, which are amazing. The water is freaking cold tho, and there was alot of nude old hippies around that im pretty sure were tripping out on acid (atleast i hope they were) so it was a little weird of being there by myself. I was thinking of checking into a yoga ashram, which is where you study and meditate for like 10 hours a day but i decided it might be a little to intense and i like what im doing know. I met some cool people at the guest house im at (Jess and knowl, there irish) and i think were going to go white water rafting some time in the near future. Other than that life is good and again (i know ive said this like 10 times before) this place is really to amazing and beautiful to describe, totally a place you have to experience to appreciate. The people are totally freindly and so - not in your face- aswell. Which is a total change from agra and rajasthan. Ok well life is good and il update this again with some pictures soon or if i have anything i need to say that havent said already. The terrorist shit thats happening in Mumbai is crazy, its scary to think that i was actually at all those places that they hit like a month ago and im going back there in about 3 weeks to catch my flight home. The media here is having a feild day over it to, its absolutly everywhere...i just hope they get this under control by the time i get there...which im sure they will its just a bit freaky.
steve