Blogs from Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia - page 31

so i've recently spent 8 days in pushkar, now i have mixed feelings about the place. Admittedly it's got a lot of culture and history to it, however it's a little too Market driven for my taste. Now as anyone who knows me knows that i love to shop, there's only so much a girl can take. Well this girl, Moran and leeio are frickin machines, they shopped every day for at least 6 hours a day while i was there and stayed longer because they weren't done yet. Meir and I decided once we were completely worn out by the market that it was time to rent a scooter and scoot around the town looking at temples and other sites. After a visit to the Brahma temple and the Ghats we decided that we weren't ... read more

so quasi als vorwort: MENSCH, es ist kaum zu glauben, aber wir sind schon am ende unserer indienreise! sitzen grad in pushkar, fahren morgen (28.1.06) nach delhi und fliegen am 29. 01. von delhi nach bangkok!..............ABBBBEEEEERRRRRRRRRR..........unsere rajasthanrunde war echt ein hammer, konnten hier einzigartige dinge sehen und dieser teil indiens wird uns noch sehr lange in seinen bann ziehen! wir haben das gefuehl, dass erst die erinnerung an diese tolle zeit, die verarbeitung all der eindruecke aller sinnes-sensoren, uns den wert dieses besuchs eines der exotischten plaetze der welt erst so richtig erkennen laesst!! WIR SIND HIN und HER gerissen, fragen uns des oefteren, wie dieses land eigentlich ist fuer uns, wie wir es fassen koennten! auf zwei dinge kommen wir am schluss immer wieder: A) INDIEN IST GANZ SCHOEN OFT EINFACH ZUM KOTZEN!!!!!!......................... read more

MMMMMmmmmmmmm how do I describe Pushkar, well for a start alcohol, meat and eggs are all banned and we are here for 2 days - did I mention alcohol was banned by the way, just thought I’d mention it again incase you missed it… The best way I can describe Pushkar is too try and imagine Byron Bay in Australia and remove alcohol and add religion - a lot of religion, and of course shops and more shops... There's definately also a real hippy feel about the place anyway which is pretty cool, one of the things to do in Pushkar (which doesn't involve drinking of course), is watching the sunset over the lake which was absolutely beautiful and definately worth doing, as for what else to do in Pushkar, did i mention there are shops ... read more

We're now in Pushkar, home of the famous camel fair that happens every November. The town is small and quiet compared to the other Indian cities we've been to, and this is a blessing! From Agra we drove to Jaipur, stopping off at Fatehpur Sikri along the way....Fatehpur Sikri is an ancient town that was at one time the capital of Mughal India, but has since been abandoned and the whole complex has been preserved in immaculate condition. Where once there must have been thousands of courtiers, now the pigeons rule the roost, making for an interesting experience in this ghost town. After a rather quick visit there we continued on our way to Jaipur, driving along the scariest road yet! Normally the "highway" is one lane in either direction, but since they decided to improve ... read more

Before we even checked into the hotel yesterday we were taken to another "friendly" travel agent and it was suggested we go on a Camel trek. Neither of us were particularly bothered so we said no. It was amazing how quickly the price came down! We ended up paying about half the orginal price just because we weren't that bothered about going! Checked into the hotel which is very nice (but it should be at the price we paid!). And then pretty much straight away went out on the Camel trek. Neither of us had even asked how long it was or anything but I was a little worried when our camel driver(?) said it would be 3 hours before we got to where we were going to have dinner. On the way we stopped and ... read more