Arrival in Rishikesh

I've come to rishikesh, which is a gorgeous town 25 km above haridwar. It's the home of a lot of new age spirituality and hippy westerners, but I expected to be more put off by it than I am. There are a lot of indian tourists here to, come to see the ganga and escape the heat.

I'm tired, but I'm in one of those moods which doesn't allow me to sleep through the day; it's cool and I feel like I should be out, and the momentum of travelling keeps flowing through me--I can only think of my next stop, Uttarkashi on the way to gangotri, and how and when I should get there. I feel like rushing into the hills as soon as I can, and then maybe having time to chill out in Rishikesh on the other end, before I go home. I still don't know how to get there, though, that was the goal of this afternoon. I'm going to go try to find out. Or maybe I'll just go back and take a nap.