Rishikesh

We met our fourth person last night. His name is Neil and yesterday was his birthday. He's thirty. He's a very nice guy. I really like everyone in our group.
This morning we left the hotel at 5:30 to take the train to Rishikesh. The hotel here is really nice. We all have little balconies. We had lunch in the hotel and then had time to organize ourselves in our rooms. I fell fast asleep! They had to call me to wake me up at 4 so we could walk down into town. There are monkeys in the trees and cows everywhere. We saw a Hindu ceremony. It happens at sunset on the riverbank. Some boys who are training to be priests were chanting. There were many people on the steps - both Indians and whites. People bought little cones with flowers and an incense stick in them. They would put them in the river. Afterwards we went to dinner and came back to our hotel.