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Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar October 31st 2012

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Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar October 12th 2012

Our visit to Pushkar was a 2 day event. Being 1 of only 2 places in India to house a Brahma temple it is a sacred place and destination of many a Hindu pilgrimage. We had an eventful ride in on one of the local trains, lasting only 5 hours which is relatively quick in comparison to many others. Firstly we got the right seats but in the wrong carriage, so after a 20 minute debate we gave in and moved our luggage to the real right seats. Secondly in the right carriage this time, a family of 50 or so Hindu Indians boarded the train on a pilgrimage. It compares to a wedding all the family in very high spirits, taking photos with family they haven't seen in a while. It was nice to see. ... read more
Sunset over the Lke
After the Ceremony

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar October 7th 2012

Planty's version Our first few hours in Jaipur were spent having an orientation walk, basically showing us around the market area and the different things the city had to offer. We headed out in my new favourite thing, the tuk tuk, so cheap, so basic, but they're brilliant, they get you to your destination so quickly, nipping through the tightest gaps in the traffic with ease. As we walked through the streets you could feel everyone turning to look at you, especially the blonde girls on our trip, we were basically aliens, people looking with confusion, not being able to understand what we were and why we were there. We passed a large bin that had overflowed into the street and witnessed a cow, a dog and a pig all helping themselves to the contents, which ... read more
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Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar August 11th 2012

Rushing through Mughal Sarai station we just made our train to Ajmer where we would hopefully get a bus or tuk tuk onto Pushkar. Finally prepared for a train journey I feel we enjoyed it a bit more and even took the trecherous step towards train food (best to buy it on a train with a diner car served from train uniform wearing official food sellers). This journey wasn't as friendly as the first, and no one in our carriage spoke English. We got on the train at 10am and got off at 3am. Yet again we hadn't booked our onward journey and just hoped that because Ajmer was the last stop on the train that there would be buses or something willing to take us to Pushkar. Arriving exhausted in a busy train station when ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar March 30th 2012

Hello readers! Well it has been an eventful few days- less in India actually than back home! I have been accepted to medical school! After all those years! Will start at Leicester medical school in Sept, very exciting. And expensive...makes me want to spend less here! Also... James and me are getting our own flat! He and his parents are buying a place as an investment, and we get to live in it! And decorate it how we want! Exciting. So lots of things to look forward to planning when i get back!! Meanwhile in India... my time in Pushkar was ok. I know loads of tourists love the place but for me the magic was kind of lost in the hundreds and hundreds of tourist stalls. I mean you get shops everywhere for tourists but ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar March 26th 2012

PUSHKAR & DRIVE TO JAIPUR. Monday 26 March, 2012. Mr Barun collected us from the hotel at about 9.00 am and we set off in the direction of Jaipur. It was a long drive on bad roads and we passed many camels and witnessed much more of daily life in the rural areas. We passed fields and fields of Khejri trees, which, Mr Barun informed us, are used as camel feed. We bounced along as fast as we could go as we needed to reach Pushkar and pick up our guide before the temple at Pushkar closed at 1.00 pm. We arrived at about 12.50, collected our guide and after parking and taking our shoes off were inside the temple with 5 minutes to spare. This was long enough for us. We caught a 30 second ... read more
Camel Cart
Puskar Lake
Our Hotel

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar March 8th 2012

by Jan We arrived to Pushkar with two goals. Objective one, to attend Holi festival, and a personal one (Polona's) to go shopping. Polona was looking forward to this for ages, talking about it, making lists and explaining her wishes to anybody with two ears. But first, we had to get there. It was the longest of our journeys in India, a 19 hour train ride and a an extra hour on a bus. The train ride was just like any other, we arrived in the evening, went to sleep, but when we woke up it was like we changed countries all together . Rajasthan, one of the most visited states of India, reminded me of Morroco and Brane of Iran. At a first glance it's a desert, the houses change and people ride camels. It ... read more
Before and after shot
3 minutes after the start
Holi

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar March 6th 2012

Nach einer weiteren unklimatisierten dreistündigen Autofahrt nach Pushkar (Harish hat es in Jaipur leider nicht hinbekommen die Klimaanlage reparieren zu lassen) kommen wir gegen 16.30 Uhr leicht entnervt dort an. Wir checken in einem sehr einfachen Hotel mit schönem Garten direkt am See ein und kommen gerade richtig zum Sonnenuntergang, der auf den Treppenstufen am Ufer des Sees von zig Touristen gefeiert wird. Hierbei wird deutlich, dass Pushkar, der kleine Ort mit nur 15.000 Einwohnern nicht nur der heilige Ort der Hindus ist sondern auch der, der kiffenden Alt-Hippies und filzlaushaarigen ständig in der Gegend herum meditierenden Backpackergemeinde. Denn trotz der gerade hier sehr strengen Moralvorschriften der Hindus (einige Plätze und eine Brücke dürfen z.B. nur ohne Schuhe betreten werden, im ganzen Ort wird kein Fleisch und kein Alkohol serviert) haben sich einige Aussteiger h... read more
Sunset in Pushkar
Sunset
Brücke in Pushkar

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar January 21st 2012

So I've gotten a little behind on my blog and since I last wrote, some strange and interesting things have happened. Including a night of what felt like hallucinations and very bad sleep, bumping in to three people (separately) that I've met previously on my travels having had no idea that they too were in pushkar, making friends with a local and a fairly comical event involving a busy bazaar and an unfortunate Indian man... Pushkar has been such a great place to chill out, it's easy to see why some people get stuck here for months at a time. There's really not that much to do apart from the usual tourist attractions like camel safaris, horse riding and yoga but I've done none of that to date. I've not even been to the one and ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar January 21st 2012

Days 9 - 11 (14/01/12 to 16/01/12) Not been well so I haven't done much this last few days. Got a 1hr full body massage for 350Rs (about £4), did a whole load of shopping having decided to try to sell some of India's wares at the craft fairs I do back home. Have found the experience of shopping much more enjoyable here. There is less pressure to buy and if you look to buy larger numbers you are invited in to chat and drink chai as you negotiate the price. The kindest shop clerk I have met is Raj who sold me numerous scarves for a very good price and even gave me one free. He has offered to walk me and Ben (who arrived yesterday) up to the temple on the top of the ... read more




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