My travels around India
Rishikesh at the foothills of the Himalayas Our first full day in Rishikesh. We had breakfast at the Hotel Prasanna, right by the river Ganges. We seemed to be the only people at the hotel. So they gave us plastic chairs and table to eat our breakfast right in the early morning sun. The air is incredibly clear so the sun feels as hot as if you're right next to it. Rishikesh's foothills I have a cold runny nose etc. which as gotten around via the three of us, living in close proximity. Especially as we've moved from a seriously hot part of India in the south to the north, where the temperature has dropped considerably if you're not in the sun and at night it's as cold as England is on a mild day. We were staying at the Laxmi Lodge, paying 1000 Rupees a day which apparently is very expensive for a hotel room for the three of us, especially since the room was filthy. We spent a whole two hours thoroughly cleaning it, making it feel more like our home in Ti