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Published: August 27th 2009
After our couple of hours in Ajmer we left for Pushkar - only 11 klms away on the other side of a small mountain. We were so fascinated by Ajmer that we had already decided to return to spend another morning shopping there. We had prearmed ourselves with our 'Pushkar Passport' - a red string tied around our arm which stops (hopefully) the pressure from religious priests. It worked - though not wi...
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Roslyn Amiss
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Pushkar
We spent a couple of days here and enjoyed the "quietness"of the place...although there were a lot of westerners there. found it interesting that you couldn't eat or drink certain things but "medicinal" herbs were readly available. The trance music was a bit much for me in the evenings. We did hike up to each of the mountains and overlooked the town and wonder what it would be like when the annual camel fair came to town. But I did buy some beautiful silver bracelets there. Once we had out red string bracelts on we were safe from hagglers, etc. I am grateful to you as I seem to be reliving our trip and reviving some memories.....be safe, Ros.