Sandra, Day 11
As usual Rajan picked me up at 9am and we started our journey towards Rishikesh. First of all i wanted to visit the Rajaji National Park to see elephants and other wild animals. Pretty fast i found out that the Park wasnt really on our way and when we finally arrived after 2 hours the park turned out to be closed … 
Another 90 minutes of driving and we arrived in Rishikesh. Rishikesh aka Hrishikesh is a holy city for Hindus and a famous centre of pilgrimage.It is also known as the gateway to the Himalayas. We had to walk over a bridge called “Ram Jhoola” to get to the other side of the Ganga, which doesnt sound exciting at first but it was freaking scary. As you can see in the back of the pictures this was a hanging bridge and the floor was made of wood. There were hundrets of people and even motorcycles passing the bridge at same time and it made the bridge bounce and swing which caused a funny feeling in my stomach.
We wanted to visit the Trayambakeshwar Temple at Lakshman Jhoola Bridge and had to walk like 4 kilometres along the shore to get there.
The Trayambakeshwar Temple is 13 stories high, with different deities throughout. We were not allowed to take pictures inside the temple but we walked up to top floor and then took some nice pictures of the area.
Long walk for a temple where we couldnt even take pictures and i didnt feel like walking all the way back to the car so we paid for a hell ride on a Jeep. I also didnt want to cross that scary bridge again so we crossed the river by boat on the way back 
Since it was getting late and there wasnt so much to see in Hrishikesh we were heading back to Dehradun and wanted to stop at Lachiwala on the way back. Lachiwala is supposed to be a nice picnic spot with water and surrounded by forest but the road was closed
Last but not least we visited the Gurudwara Nanak Niwas. Like in all Gurudwaras we had to take our shoes off and cover our head. Out of a sudden Rajan was gone and i started looking for him but couldnt find him. When i was starting to get worried he stuck his head out of some building and made a sign to come over there. Like always Rajan was hungry and he found the place where they hand out Prasad. Prasad is food which everyone can get there for free. So we sat down on the floor and were served with a plate full of food, which i enjoyed less than Rajan since it was almost cold, so he ate most of my potion too.
Overall i was a little disappointed because there wasnt so much to see in Hrishikesh, Rajaji National Park was closed and the road to Lachiwala was also closed. Hopefully more luck on next trip.
