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It was my last day in Rishikesh: that magical city of yogis and mystics on the Ganges at the foothills of the Himalaya. I’d been there for a week-long yoga ‘retreat’ – a retreat that turned out to be more of a test of patience than a practice of yoga (more on that some other […]
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My travel choices are often a bit haphazard: as much reliant on timing and opportunity as they are on interest and desire. I’ve found it doesn’t really matter: wherever I go, there are interesting things to see and learn, and surprising connections to my own life-so-far. Take Toulouse, in Occitania, in the south of France. […]
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Posted in France,Garden,sculpture,TravelTags: architecture,flowers,France,nature,sculpture,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall
This was my first sojourn into Southern India – and I was finding everything as different as it could be! I was travelling as part of a small-group tour. We had just spent a few days in Puducherry (see: Weekly Wanders Pondicherry) and had set out early one morning in our bus for the city […]
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It was a lifetime ago. My husband and I had trudged into the Medieval town of Foix in the Occitanie region of southwestern France at the end of a 12-day walk along the Cathar Trail in the Pyrenees (see: Castles, Countryside, and the end of the Trail). As we descended through the foothills towards the […]
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Rishikesh. Heat enveloping like a wet blanket, the smell of incense and mud, and memories of the late sixties … Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the White Album … (Click for: Within You Without You from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) Rishikesh is a city of yoga, meditation, and religious philosophy. It […]
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Posted in India,Nature,Religious PracticeTags: architecture,hindu,history,India,landscape,National Park,nature,Photo Blog,Religious Practice,temple,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall
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