Week 11 – Pushkar – Jaipur

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After a freezing overnight bus trip we disembarked at 4am in what we were told was Pushkar. The dark, empty streets gave no indication that this was a “mystical town around a holy lake”, as described in our guide book.

As we got our bearings, and our bags, a smiling young man with a limp appeared and escorted us to our hotel. We were given blankets, shown to our room and left to enjoy the sleep our bus journey had denied us.

We awoke late, opened the doors to our balcony and were greeted by a view of a mystical town around a holy lake, drenched in sunshine with a huge blue sky rising from the distant hills. The balcony became a prominent feature of our time in Pushkar, where booze, eggs and meat are frowned upon but marijuana milkshakes are on the menu at all cafes and restaurants.

After doing not very much for a few days, we moved on to Jaipur to see our friend Woody from Mumbai perform at a fashion show. The fashion show took place in Jaipur's best hotel and was attended by the who's who of Rajasthan. Tracy and I sat in the sound booth and watched Woody play saxophone while beautiful models walked the cat walk.

We did some more sight seeing around Jaipur but found it a little underwhelming after seeing Rajasthans other forts and palaces and were kinda glad to get on the train out of town. Unfortunatly we wouldn't get to our next destination, amritsar, until 2pm Christmas day :-(

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Photos

Our balcony in Pushkar
Where we watched the world go by.

The Jaipur fashion show 2008
Woody's playing the sax in left of picture and I think the guy walking down the cat walk is a famous pop singer in India called Shudap. Or he could have been making it up!

Comments

[MikeyGee]

Your still alive !?
Im surprised your still alive after all your time thus far in those wild savage lands. Has anyone stole anytyhing yet ? You should see my new jumper, it belongs it that fashion show, everyone loves it. Your missing out... feeling home sick ? :) Happy new year !