Day 1 - Aboard the bus to Pushkar, we met an Irish girl called Laura whom we'd previously met in Jasailmer's Bhang shop. The bus journey lasted around 10 hours, getting us to Pushkar for around 4am. Stepping off the bus we met by the usual swarm of touts trying to entice us to their guesthouse. Going off a recommendation, we decided to make a beeline for Hotel Sunshine, so ourselves and Laura hopped into a rickshaw .... along the way we noticed that the streets of Pushkar were lined with hoards of people sleeping outside the temples. Taking an unexpected 10 min journey down a pitch black country road, we finally arrived at the Guesthouse and were greeted by the owner who insisted that we all share a room free of charge (equipped with a
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