Pushkar
Time to leave Jaipur, although there are a few more things to see here the noise, hassle and commotion wears you down.
We wanted to head south to a little place called Pushkar, which is one of the holiest places for Hindu's in India. It’s a very nice place to relax and as we have been traveling constantly for a few weeks we really need to recharge the batteries!
We got our rickshaw driver to drop us at the station and the git was still trying to get us to come to textile shops so he could get his commission! We said no and chilled in the bus station for a few hours while we waited for our bus. We had news papers and tea and no hassles there so it was OK. We met a Canadian guy there who had just been in Kashmir and said it was mad. He also reminded us that Pushkar is a dry town, no alcohol there. I zipped up the road and got a bottle of Smirnoff.
We caught the bus the 4 hours they’re the land becoming more and more scrub and desert as we went west and south. Its really changing now from the India we have seen until now.
We pulled in to Pushkar and hired a porter to wheel our bags the 20 mins to our hotel.
Pushkar is an Oasis of tranquility. It’s a small town with virtually no traffic surrounded by desert hill and set around a sacred lake. Its magical here, clean, peaceful and quite and no one gives you any hassle. Exactly what we need after a month of crossing mad India.
There is no meat, alcohol or eggs or displays of affection in public here although Bangh, marijuana, is freely available and everyone drinks it in milkshakes, Bangh Lassies, and meditates, contemplating navels etc.
It’s the first place I have been where you can have a smoke but you will be arrested if you are drunk!
We got a nice hotel over looking the lake and the ghats. No one is burned here but it’s similar to Varanasi. People and general life buzzing around the holy lake. We look down on it from our balcony but I have not walked around as its very sacred and I don’t want to break the vibe there! We watched the sunset and bumped into Lilly and Craig. We had some dinner and an early night, as there is no TV and usually no electricity :)
We wanted to head south to a little place called Pushkar, which is one of the holiest places for Hindu's in India. It’s a very nice place to relax and as we have been traveling constantly for a few weeks we really need to recharge the batteries!
We got our rickshaw driver to drop us at the station and the git was still trying to get us to come to textile shops so he could get his commission! We said no and chilled in the bus station for a few hours while we waited for our bus. We had news papers and tea and no hassles there so it was OK. We met a Canadian guy there who had just been in Kashmir and said it was mad. He also reminded us that Pushkar is a dry town, no alcohol there. I zipped up the road and got a bottle of Smirnoff.
We caught the bus the 4 hours they’re the land becoming more and more scrub and desert as we went west and south. Its really changing now from the India we have seen until now.
We pulled in to Pushkar and hired a porter to wheel our bags the 20 mins to our hotel.
Pushkar is an Oasis of tranquility. It’s a small town with virtually no traffic surrounded by desert hill and set around a sacred lake. Its magical here, clean, peaceful and quite and no one gives you any hassle. Exactly what we need after a month of crossing mad India.
There is no meat, alcohol or eggs or displays of affection in public here although Bangh, marijuana, is freely available and everyone drinks it in milkshakes, Bangh Lassies, and meditates, contemplating navels etc.
It’s the first place I have been where you can have a smoke but you will be arrested if you are drunk!
We got a nice hotel over looking the lake and the ghats. No one is burned here but it’s similar to Varanasi. People and general life buzzing around the holy lake. We look down on it from our balcony but I have not walked around as its very sacred and I don’t want to break the vibe there! We watched the sunset and bumped into Lilly and Craig. We had some dinner and an early night, as there is no TV and usually no electricity :)
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