Today we were slightly more motivated to get out and about. We walked through the town again and crossed the suspension bridge known as Ram Jhula, an iconic landmark of Rishikesh.
On both sides of the bridge it is surrounded by holy sites & the Hindu people believe that the swaying the bridge is the gods pushing it.
crossing this bridge can be a bit of an ordeal. Lots of people travel to see the bridge & the crowds coming out fo the temples constrict the entrance ways, as do the people standing in the middle of the bridge taking selfies.
The second time we crossed this bridge, we had to stop & wait for 10 minutes while traffic police came to direct people on how to walk across a bridge & move along. Amazingly motorbikes will cross the bridge causing a lot of the problems & of course the holy cows will cross it as well.
Unfortunately for us the best markets & our favourite cafe is on the other side of the river, so we have to cross the bridge!
The coffee, salad & burgers at the Little Buddha cafe make it so worth it!
Later that night I participated in my first Indian cooking class, unfortunately we made a recipe that I already knew of & that was fairly simple. I didn't really learn much except the reality of the huge amounts of oil that are used in Indian food !!
- Alli
On both sides of the bridge it is surrounded by holy sites & the Hindu people believe that the swaying the bridge is the gods pushing it.
crossing this bridge can be a bit of an ordeal. Lots of people travel to see the bridge & the crowds coming out fo the temples constrict the entrance ways, as do the people standing in the middle of the bridge taking selfies.
The second time we crossed this bridge, we had to stop & wait for 10 minutes while traffic police came to direct people on how to walk across a bridge & move along. Amazingly motorbikes will cross the bridge causing a lot of the problems & of course the holy cows will cross it as well.
Unfortunately for us the best markets & our favourite cafe is on the other side of the river, so we have to cross the bridge!
The coffee, salad & burgers at the Little Buddha cafe make it so worth it!
- Alli
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