Agra to Rishikesh

We had an early breakfast and hit the road to Rishikesh. We piled 10 people with mountains of luggage into two taxi's for a 4 hour ride to the train station in Delhi. On the way, we stopped at Vrindivan, the home of the main temple of the Hare Krishnas.

We sat on the floor and chanted with them for a while. While clapping and chanting

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Hare

I felt like I was floating.

An intuitive in our group told me he felt an amazing connection between me and the Hare Krishnas and asked me if I was going to join them. I told him I was polyspiritual. I'm polyamourous, so why not polyspiritual too?

We piled back into the taxi's and continued on to Delhi. Some of the road signs are hilarious.

LANE DRIVING IS SAFE DRIVING

Ha! Lane lines are merely a suggestion here. I've been in a vehicle on a two lane road on a clif and we were three wide!

HELL OR HELMET - YOUR CHOICE

I've seen whole families, including infants, hanging off the side of motorcycles. Besides, I thought Hell was a strange concept in this culture.

After a short wait we boarded the train for the 6 hour ride to Hardiwar. We were all pretty fried when we got there. The feel of Hardiwar near the train station was completely different than Varanasi. It was a 3rd world version of a mix between Times Square and the Myrtle Beach Pavillion.

There were many more trees and hills and bridges over water. It was a refreshing change. We soon arrived in Rishikesh to our waterfront lodging on the Ganga. Heaven.