Jean-Paul started a journey, a world travel in 2003. It was for the adventure and I'd hoped some where along the way I would find some soul related answers. I followed the yellow brick road you could say, and I met many characters along it.... Some of them have even left messages on this website. You can too.
And the journey became longer than expected. You can see this in my Archives.
Yet somewhere along the way I lost that 'yellow brick road', but in essence I am still on that journey.
This website is about my travel, in all its aspects. A World travel with an Inner travel. The story of the walk.
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[Road Side Chai- North India]As we left Amritsar we were treated with a most bizarre performance normally left for private side shows. On the national high way a Sikh was 'riding' his motorcycle in the left hand land by merely standing straight legged on the seat with his arms folded, his face a mix of concentration, peacefulness and devil may care daringness. He had somehow fixed the throttle with a device and he stood this way for many minutes, it was simply a sight that I wish our camera could have captured (packed away in the moment).
We meandered our way into Shimla (2200m), a hill station that was once created by the English to rightly avoid the Indian summer heat. It still has an English feel to the cottage based village but it is predominantly an Indian holiday vacation spot and somehow the atmosphere here didnt fit with us.
By a brief mention of the guide book Shael led us to Tattapani (means hot water) which was a delightful small village 2 hours north of Shimla nestled in a valley of the Himalayas. Natural hot (read VERY hot) sulphur springs were easily accessible and the place was just naturally quiet and chilled, with out having to try.
A few guest houses spotted the river and one could walk along the river beach and be peacefully alone with the nature. One of those places that rarely gets talked about but turns out to be a real gem when you arrive.Over a number of days we slowly travelled via twisty mountain roads, cups of chai by road stands over looking green valleys, countless pot holes, landslides, small villages and monsoon rains to finally reach Rishikesh (on the Ganges river).
And can it rain! Rain is not the right word for it, and deluge would not be in anyway exaggerating. Our newly purchased wet weather gear (for motorcycle touring) was exactly that - wet with everything in, under and around it :-(
Although Rishikesh is known for its ashrams and numerous yoga centres, it is surprisingly alot busier and less shanti here than I expected. Which is a pity after having travelled through some remarkable and quiet scenery. We have discovered that India is not all noise and buses, once you have the freedom of your own transport!Rishikesh lies at the foot of the Himalayas (we have moved east from Amritsar) and from here we will once again head up and into them.
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