The day after we got back from Mussorie, we met Sunny, Shveta's cousin in the army, and headed for Rishikesh. Poor Sunny had just gotten off a train earlier that morning, and was now our driver for the day. On the way to Rishikesh we stopped at her uncle's school, built in honor of his daughter Neelu. It was a cute little school with about 8 classrooms. We were a huge distraction for the cute kids as we walked around and looking into the classes going on. 
Then we headed on to Rishikesh, a city right by the holy Ganges river. The river was a beautiful alpine blue, and was full of devotees bathing. After we parked we crossed a "pedestrian" footbridge full of monkeys, cows, scooters, and people to the Swarg Ashram. There we had lunch at the famous Chotiwala, and visited a few ashrams and temples. We decided to walk down one of the staircases and splash around a bit in the Ganges as well, and Shveta joked that, "You are now official converted into a Hindu!".
We then drove down a bit further down to Lakshman Jhula, a famous old bridge anchored on either side by temples. After looking around a bit it was starting to get dark so we decided to head back to DDun.
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