The temple on the top of the mountain over looking Haridwar
Our view from the cable car.
Another view of the river.
Most people walked but we just didn’t have the time: we had a 6 hour drive back to Delhi.
We had to remove our shoes…the floor …
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Haridwar Festival
Randal opted out, but Linda, Michael and I went off to watch the nightly ceremony along the Ganges in Haridwar. Sandeep told us that twice each year, villagers come to Haridwar to collect water to “walk” back to their villages. Some of the water is…
Ganges, Rishikesh, and Haridwar
On my list of things to see on our trip up north was the Ganges River. Sandeep always referred to the river as Ganga and it seems odd to me now to call it anything else. We had thought about going to Varanasi, probably the most famous bathing ghat, but…
Marble Crafts Palace
The Danish sailing vessel, Ing, was taken by pirates February 24th. There are 4 adults and 3 teens on board. We had often seen Ing along our way.
Marble Crafts Palace
My sister wanted a “mini Taj Mahal” so our next stop wa…
Taj Mahal # 2
Putting on our shoe coverings to visit the Taj Mahal
This certainly beats taking off and putting back on sneakers and also walking around barefoot on floors that, even if they were clean, were quite cold.
In the very center of the mausoleum are the ce…
Tour of Northern India
Hi All
After a whirlwind tour of Delhi, Jaipur, Haridwar, etc… we are back on DoraMac. It was quite the adventure. We saw the sun rise over the Taj Mahal. We watched as people bathed in the Ganges in Haridwar. We had a to…
Bad things happened in paradise
Sometime in January the single hander “Don North” with his little dog “Kuna” on his sailboat “Windancer was reported missing and a search for him started on the SSB Panama Connection Net which runs daily at 08:30 a.m. on 8107.0 KHz. (Continued…)
The "Levante"
“Jean-Pierre Bouhard’s” boat the “Levante” and then renamed “Twyss” was found and does not display any names now. (View Post…)
Still At It
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Taj Mahal
Hi All,
Saw the Taj Mahal at sunrise today and it was quite an experience. We actually could stop thinking about the cruising world for a bit of time. India is, well, "all things are possible in India" is the thought of each …
