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the best opportunities in India for a place to come to the next, are individually decorated rickshaws.We were on the way from laxman Jhoola to rishikesh
On the banks of sacred river Ganga in Rishikesh, this is Parmarth niketan ashram riverbanks where the...
This is Parmarth niketan ashram on the ganga riverbank where the most famous ganga aarti is performed...
Parmarth Niketan Ashram is one of the largest ashram in Rishikesh having approx 1000 rooms providing ...
On the banks of ganga a pleasant morning sun.
On the banks of river ganga this is Omkarnand Gyatri temple in rishikesh at early morning. You can se...
Swarg(means heaven)ashram in Rishikesh founded by Swami Vishuddhananda popularly known as Kali kamli ...
Cable bridge between the Shivanand Ashram at one side & Swargashram on the other side.
Monkeys as guardians of the bridge
The pedestrian bridge over the holy river. This bridge was built in 1930 by English engineers. It is...
Asia is the biggest continent on Earth, a darling little gem floating around in space.
Hm, what is Asia? Who's in on it?
China and India are safe bets for Asian nations. Korea, Japan, Thailand, you're fine.
Europe? No. Europe would sort of be on the "Asian continent" if not for those pesky Ural mountains dividing things up in the middle, and then also the whole lineage of kings and wealth and nations and the EU and all that "give me my respect" stuff.
Russia would probably be happiest as its own continent, so for now we'll leave it in "Eurasia" and just hope the natural gas supplies keep flowing.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are dang close to Asia, but politically they show up in "Middle East" news stories an awful lot. Verdict: Eurasia.
I guess we'll actually have to consider everything from Turkey on eastward to be "Eurasian", although the moniker seems overlappitory of the territory.
The Asian economy is now officially raging like a wild furnace of lava that consumes everything in its path. Japan has had the largest individual economy in Asia for decades, but it is forecast that both India and China will outstrip Japan within twenty years.
China is the largest holder of United States debt and is positioned to become the world's next superpower, provided that Godzilla doesn't return and decide to stomp everybody back into the Shang Dynasty.
Text by Steve Smith.