Our balcony in Pushkar

Week 11 – Pushkar – Jaipur

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January 8th 2009
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 sl ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more