I went up North towards Nepal by train the next day while you were in flight.
I stayed in an Ashram www.parmarth.com in Rishikesh for 4 days. There was an international yoga and meditation festival going on for 7 days and I caught it just right... 30 bucks a nite.. (120.00 total USD) included a room,,, 3 meals a day... loads of backpackers and new friendships, and all the yoga and meditation classes one could handle... the first day I did four different types of yoga classes... The Condolini yoga class was 2 hours alone... was awesome... my legs are still sore... The sight seeing after classes up in Rishikesh was outstanding... I went for a short walk from the Ashram I was staying and discovered (with the help of my Lonely Planet guidebook) the now defunct and jungle overgrown Ashram of the Maharaji Mahesh Yogi (founder of the meditation that I learned in my college days / and still practice occasionaly - Transendental Meditation or TM for short) I went into his house which is now all delapidated... the jungle moving in... was like a Raiders of the Lost Ark experience... PS... it is also where the Beatles stayed for 2 months in 1968 and wrote their "White Album" I was in their old room,,, was strange!!!

anyway...

So now I am in Singapore for 4 days and experiencing another contrast...
Singapore is sterile... and a shoppers paradise... not my cup of tea,,, I really enjoyed the colors and diversity of India, but there are some great things to see here... like the worlds largest observation wheel (bigger than the one in London) did that today... and great botanical gardens... the list goes on... don't want to bore you... I leave for home in 2 days... one month sure went fast!!!

Best Wishes to you!!! Gary