Cycling in Northern India – 1995

Rishikesh – Hardwar

The encounter of the day was, without doubt, with a brightly painted holy elephant. A perfect opportunity to make some good pictures for this website.

Because Hardwar is the town where the Ganges officially enters the Indian plains there are even more bathing places and places to stay then in Rishikesh. Many hotels have their own ‘ghats’ where guests can descend into the icy cold water directly from their room. Although the mountains are a day ride (by bicycle) away the current is still so strong the actual bathing places are protected with steel bars to prevent pilgrims from being ripped away by the current.

What did we have for dinner?