Up early & made my way to the gym since I'm still hoping to go some trekking somewhere in India so need to keep my fitness up. Unfortunately, the air con in the gym wasn't working so I did a Bikram workout! I don't think I've ever sweated so much during a workout! It was constantly dripping off my nose & my gym towel was soaked by the end of it but I still managed 45 min or so. Immediately went to the pool to cool off before the impending storm hit,...

Woke up around 6.30am & turned on my laptop. So nice to have a real computer to use again! Answered some emails etc before heading down for a quick breakfast then off to my slum tour. Eventually figured out how to get to where I needed to be and ended up arriving only 5 min late. There was a very cute 4-5 year old girl selling roses with her mum nearby for about 5 Rupees each (10 cents). I would've bought one or some if I had someone to give it to! ...

Breakfast with Angitha today (the others joined us briefly at the end) Our plan for today is to go & see Rishikesh but we both agreed, no more temples! We hired a nice air con taxi for the day as it was hot & humid again (No surprise!). Bought some cold & flu medicine in Haridwar for about $2 but it was pretty weak so only helped a little - better than nothing I guess. Looking forward to getting some Codral tonight. Rishikesh is described as ...

Had a bit of a sleep-in until 7.00am today as I think we've earned it! Breakfast, clean up then packed our bags, said our goodbyes & started the 10 hour drive back down the mountain. The temperature up in the mountains was a little cool so it was good to have a jacket on. This quickly turned into a hot, humid furnace as we descended to lower altitudes (no air con of course)! Everyone felt so hot & sweaty! Urgh ... it was so disgusting! Especially...

Woke to the sounds of someone throwing up in a different room (for a change)! A little later, could also hear the gentle sound of donkey bells on the path outside, which was much nicer! Packed up everything, had breakfast, took some group photos, then headed back down the mountain. Even carrying my pack, it was so much easier going down compared to going up! The km seemed to fly by! Sandeep was in an especially good mood and was dancing with Jagmeet cons...