Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Day Pieces in Rishikesh


A day in Rishikesh relaxes me so well.  I spend a large portion of it taking pictures and walking around to take more pictures. I stop here or there for a tea and a bottle of water and by evening, satisfy my hunger at an outdoor restaurant, sitting on cushions on the ground and watching the sun drop over the Ganga River.

It’s a great way to live but uninteresting to narrate at any length.  I suppose I’ll just go over the highlights of the day, instead.

1)     Coming out of my hotel room, there was a cow in the lobby. It wandered in off the street.  They hit it with a stick until it left.
2)     I took a few of my all time favourite pictures today. 
 
3)     I discovered that I have trouble making friends with somebody who insists on being pretty weird and seems to be pressing me to parrot him. 

4)     I ate a whole pizza for dinner.
5)     I washed my clothes in the shower, killed three cockroaches and I’m puzzled by the number of fruit flies that live in my bathroom.
6)     I returned a book lent to me by the yogi who taught me pranayama.
7)     I saw more sadhus today than I have ever seen in one day. They’re all completely broke and a lot of them are pretty giggly. 

8)     I realized that my beard is growing in pretty well. And I combed my hair with a toothbrush.
9)     I took so many pictures of the sunset that I saw spots in my field of vision for almost 10 minutes afterward.

10) I can’t think of any more. . . so here are a couple pictures instead. 



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