Blogs from Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia - page 27

Pushkar etait sans doute une destination dingue dans les annees 70 (passage des Beatles pleins de drogue ) , depuis il reste quelques soixante huitards sur le retour completement decrepis. Une nouvelle vague de jeunes hallucines tente faiblardement de prendre la releve et le resultat est plus que consternant. Des hordes de Baba pseudo-cools mais totalement avaries deambulent l'air hautain en arborant des tenues loqueuteuses savament travaillees et des tignasses horriblement crasseuses... Le pire c'est que la plupart de ces creatures sont francaises. Ils adorent se mouvoir en mobilette de location, en polluant un endroit deja crado, alors qu'on fait le tour du patelin en 15 minutes a pied ! Quant aux autochtones parlons en !!! Ils sont agressifs et insistant pour vous arnaquer des milliers de roupies avec leurs histoires: Pat s'est faite brancher des ... read more

although it has been nice to just sit here in the desert for almost three weeks, it is time to move on... i leave tommorow on an overnight train to Mumbai (Bombay)... from there another three hour train to Igatpuri and Dhamma Giri for another 10-day vipassana retreat... i look forward to this time as an opportunity to change the habits of daily life, the habits that have been emerging over decades... every retreat is supposed to be an operation on the mind to change the ingrained habits... let's operate... i have been attempting my meditation but still feel the need for the support of a sangha, a community of dhamma brothers and sisters... my time here in pushkar was spent wandering through the desert, wandering through market streets with camels, watching beautiful sunsets while spinning ... read more

have headed south since i last posted... not a very hardy canadian any more i guess since i am trying to avoid the cold ;-)... why put yourself in the situation if you have a choice, better way to look at it... pushkar is just a small town built around a holy lake and what i believe is the only Brahman temple in india (would have to look that one up if your intereseted)... the place is fairly peaceful, the entire lake, save for a bridge, is surrounded by ghats (no beach;-), there are many places to see over the lake from rooftop restaurants... camel rides seem to be the thing to do here since it is desert... there are camels in town everyday, first time for me, i appreciate it greatly... i have just been ... read more

The Main Temple is open three side with a traditional roof over the area where the deity is seen blessing the devotees. They allow photography everywhere. There is a temple of lord Shiva in the Paataal (meaning: Nether World ) here. The surrounding village is also worth exploring. Localities here are polite and co-operating. Very simple and traditional you would see most of the road side dhabas here featuring a lady clad traditionally preparing the Chapaattis (a delicacy similar to tortilla). Food is good. Apply some common sense and be observant to avoid food poisoning though. To conclude this post I would say keep your cameras ready when you are there. You should visit the temple if you are: * An artists, writers etc, to seek blessings from Godess Saraswati the consort of lord Brahma. * ... read more

De retour sur le circuit touristique apres mon intermede fabuleux dans la desert. Nous sommes a Jodpur a l'interieur de la vieille ville. Mon chauffeur m,installe encore une fois dans un hotel avec une magnifique vue et une belle chambre propre avec eau chaude bien sur! J'ai rencontre mes copines de voyage et nous sommes allees avec mon chauffeur prendre un lassi au safran. Du lassi c'est une boisson tres populaire ici en Inde composee de yogourt et de creme de beurre et aromatise au saffran. C'est DELICIEUX!!!!! On le mange a la cuillere tellement c'est epais. Nous etions les seules femmes dans la place a 7h pm! Ici, les femmes sont invisibles le soir et la ville appartient aux hommes et aux goris et goras (etrangers comme nous). Nous avons visite un autre fort de ... read more