all right I think it's time for a little scooter adventure so I just rented the
scooter for about five dollars and I'm in Rishikesh so I'm at the foothills of
the Himalayas and this is the Ganges
all right so I'm gonna ride all all around this place hopefully get in some
amazing views and also we're gonna go to Beatles Ashram
so I know that this is probably normal for Indian people but look at these
monkeys I keep seeing here's a big family
okay I think this is the best view we're gonna get of Rishikesh are you ready for
this
so most people when they come to Rishikesh they spend all their time
right in here in this little area but I recommend if you come here to get a
scooter it's about five dollars a day you might even be able to get a cheaper
and you can go anywhere around here there are some waterfalls and there's
actually beautiful nature
so there's a lot more to Rishikesh then you first see wouldn't you've arrived
now let's continue this drive and get to Beatles Ashram okay so these days
the Beatles Ashram is within this Tiger Reserve Raja Zi tiger and elephant
reserve so you have to pay 600 rupees or seven or eight dollars to get in
there and then you can find the Beatles Ashram all of these stones were taken
from the Ganges River nearby and I can hear the Ganges flowing down here stay
cool
so this is what these meditation caves look like inside so these stairs which I
don't know if I trust these at all
Wow oh that's the Yellow Submarine and Beatles lyrics
so this was the kitchen this is where they served only vegetarian meals for
all the guests and and most likely for the Beatles
so in the early sixties this building housed the printing press which actually
printed some world-famous books by the Maharishi I now look at it
so this whole place was abandoned in 70s but in the late 60s when the Beatles
came here it was actually a very popular place with a ton of guests all trying to
learn Transcendental Meditation so this building was a lecture hall and it held
classes on meditation let's go take a look
in George
Wow look how big this room that's all this art devoted to the Beatles
so the beat was actually sat here with the Maharishi and he taught them he sat
right here behind where the camera is right now
so all of these rooms were accommodation for students when they're learning how
to meditate look at this not sure how many rooms are in here but there are a
lot
yeah these rooms were not bad for these students look at this see a large window
yeah your own balcony here with a nice view decent-sized room with a closet and
then they have a bathroom here and a window to the bathroom oh so this was
not bad accomodation for these students of meditation
and here's the view from people Sasha so the Beatles came here to this ashram
in 1968 and it's here where they practiced Transcendental Meditation and
it's also here that they were really inspired and they wrote a lot of their
famous songs a lot of their songs for the White Album and then I guess a few
for Abbey Road some of the Beatles best stuff came out of this place
so this is where the beetle stayed when they were here Wow want to take a look
oh yes these rooms really basic they didn't come with much especially because
these were students of meditation and so they're not supposed to have all of
these distractions but when the Beatles came here they made it pretty special
for them they brought in new carpeting they brought it in chairs from England
supposedly and everything to make it feel like home so just picture that I
wonder whose room this was I wish there was a way to tell whose room was whose
I can see how this place was so inspiring to them look how beautiful it
is here
okay so that's about it - the beetle sauce shrimp I highly recommend it if
you're a fan and even if you're not a fan this place is pretty cool it's all
just ruins all abandoned there's some really good street art graffiti messages
to the Beatles and a lot of history here come here if you are in Rishikesh you're
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