Walking in the labyrinth of narrow streets in the quaint old town of Pushkar could in theory be a fascinating experience, given the nice old buildings, temples, shops, the friendly and colorfully dressed local people. However there are a few things in the streets that make walking there a bit frustrating and even hazardous. For a start there are the persistent touts, really annoying shopkeepers, con-artists, scammers, fake gurus, pilgrims, armless beggars, legless beggars, beggar women with scruffy kids and skeletal babies, beggars with every kind of exotic skin disease, little kids who want to shake your hand and practice their English, stray cows, cows with five legs, big dogs incredibly sleeping in the middle of the road, piles of excrement of all kinds, open urinals, potholes, dust, rubbish, countless plastic bags, cycle rickshaws, carts, camels,
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