I feel like I can now call myself a back packer.

Yesterday we discovered that if we took a bus from Dharamsala we could get to Rishekesh in 13 hours instead of taking a train all the way back to Delhi and then another train back up.

This bus ride was unlike anything I have ever done before. The boys sat on the aisles because the bus was overbooked and there were men rubbing up against them the whole time. The seats felt like wood with a thin blanket over it. I'm still sore. We discovered after the fact for about 5 hours of the trip the police were transporting a prisoner on our bus, fully loaded down with hand cuffs and chains. The bus ride was supposed to last about 13 hours. We made it in 17. Talk about Indian time.

Once the sun came up it was a pretty beautiful drive. We went through jungle with mountains on either side of us( Most of them the foot hills of the Himalayas.)

Long story short we arrived in Rishekesh which is situated in 5 differnt parts all surrounding the mouth of the ganges. The side that the ashram is on there are no cars allowed to cross the bridge so we took a boat across.

Have to run! We're checking into the ashram today so I probably wont be online for the next few days

much love!