I got the bus from Jaipur to Pushkar.
I managed to overstay at the hotel (by this I mean that I thought that the check-out was 12 noon, but really it was 10am) and then getting hassled by some Auto Rickshaw drivers. Really I just wanted to find an internet cafe and then find some food!
Eventually I found both, and then sat in the Bus Station for two hours, where for some inexplicable reason the bus that was supposed to stop at platform 3, stopped across the station, with no sign of an explanation. The first thing that I knew about it was when a random man started shouting about the bus to Pushkar…so off I trundled!
It was a very cold journey…the air con was stuck on! Not very pleasant…However, eventually I got to Pushkar and found my way to a lovely hotel called ‘Milkman’. I’m not sure why it’s called this!? I was shown three lovely rooms and the communal areas, very hippy dippy, but just what I needed: hot water! After almost ten days without this, I can tell you now that it is a massive luxury 🙂
ABOUT PUSHKAR…
Pushkar is a small town at just over 14,000 people and it has a small town feel to it. It is much more relaxed than Delhi and Jaipur: the only other examples of India that I’ve had so far on this adventure. People come from miles and miles around to bathe in the Holy Lake; it attracts pilgrims and foreigners alike as it is said to have been formed when Brahma dropped a lotus flower. It also plays host to a famous Camel Fair each year, sadly I missed this (its in November)…over 200,000 people and 50,000 camels arrive each year! I have no idea what it must be like with that many people plus camels…I think it’s better with less people, that’s what makes it such a lovely place I think!
My first full day in Pushkar I woke up at the leisurely time of 10am (woohoo) and went to for some breakfast (I had cornflakes, if you’re interested). I decided to have a vat of tea. Seriously, I asked for a large pot of milky tea and out came a ‘Monstro’ of a pot of tea. Sadly I didn’t manage to get a photo of it. It was bigger than my head!
After breakfast I walked around Pushkar Lake. Going out of the hotel and through Pushkar I walked past many, many cows and eventually came out at a main road. Walking a little bit further, I ended up in the Sadar Bazaar, a road with lots of little shops selling clothes, jewellery, books and bags. It seemed relaxed and quiet. Once at the lake I was bombarded with a family asking to have their photo taken with me. I obliged and they ended up taking lots of photos. It was quite surreal actually.
I sat and drew the view from the lake. Everything was serene until a small group of children started to talk to me and beg, with requests for my pencils. Eventually I gave in and gave then two of my pencils, hoping that they’d go away, which they did, but only to go get more children. I decided to walk the rest of the lake and then home again.
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