India, part 3

India, part 3

Day 6 – We are in Rishikesh, the holy and spiritual city, the world capital of yoga, situated on the banks of the Ganges River. These days, Rishikesh was hosting the International Yoga Festival, so there were many interesting, “enlightened” people...
India, part 2

India, part 2

My mom and I flew out to Istanbul on the evening of the 23rd, with plans to meet my brother in Delhi early on the 24th—our flights were supposed to arrive 1.5 hours apart. But things didn’t go as planned. While sitting on the Istanbul-Delhi flight, it became clear...
India, part 1

India, part 1

A lengthy story about India—there’s no way to be brief about this country. So, part 1: So, part 1: About the organization and preparation—I had dreamed of going to India for a long time, about 15 years… It finally happened. In 2008, I bought a Lonely Planet guide—it’s...