Distance and Time in India
The steamy south of India which is pre-monsoon makes the city of Chennai a melting pot of short tempered locals as we inch our way from Chennai airport to our hotel. What was to be a 5 hour journey from Cochin to Chennai turned into a 16 hour experience. This has been the longest of our delays so far. Our tour guides are of course doing their best to laugh it off. “It's India ho ho!” Or " remember when I tell you that today we must travel 190km, it is not the distance, it is
The Holy Waters
It's 2.30am Thursday morning. I’m unable to sleep any longer. We made it to Rishikesh. A bus ride that was to be 5 hours took 8. Girls on the bus wanting to make toilet stops, the bus driver trying to find an appropriate deserted tree. In India. Not very likely. We also got lost several times ending up in back streets of unknown cities. Even with the driver on GPS. Maybe he needs to upgrade his app. We made our way to the Ram Dev Ashram. A HUGE complex with hospitals, researc
An Invitation to meet the Prime Minister of India - Mr Narendra Modi.
We boarded a bus at 3.30am to attend World Yoga Day in Chandigarh, India. It's been a very busy schedule with Indian Tourism entertaining us. They clearly feel that we must somehow experiencing EVERY THING. There are 22 of us, of which I will add that I'm the only yogi, on tour with 21 travel agents from various parts of the world, including; Italy, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Greece, Holland, Malaysia. We boarded a bus in the early hours to travel to Chandigarh. The total attendanc
