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Calm Before the Fair
... veggies, and cooked rice and used pressure cookers on little wood fires. At each of the camp sites we walked by, we were given a tastes of what was being prepared and they offered to share their meal with us. Tempting, but we declined. Pushkar is also a vegetarian only town. No meat, eggs no alcohol, etc. allowed.
Then a young man approached Dave and suggested a stop at a tea stall. “Maybe later”, Dave ...
Peaceful Pushkar
... but it has definitely been an experience. I am glad I have been able to travel like the local people do but it has definitely not been cushy (no pun intended).
The landscape around Pushkar is quite different than the other places we have been. Everywhere else has been pancake flat (I have felt very at home!) and deserty but Pushkar is definitely more hilly (but still deserty). Because of it's smaller size it ...
PERFECT PUSHKAR
... carry my own bag & not be charged. I know a lot of Indian people are poor, so every little helps them but some people are that cheeky they even ask & wait for it! At one shop, the man " cleaned" the hole in the floor for me to go toilet but it was till raaaaaaank! i was like why should i giv him a tip, i didnt ask for him to clean it & i didnt even go because it was that rank! Basically everything revolves around money & if it seems too good to be ...
Calm and free
... to tell Om that we were simply going to spend the day walking around and mooching so he could have the day off!
We made our way into the small town of Pushkar at about 10:30 and after soon realising we went off the map, tried our best to head back on it. On the way we passed a primary school where some of the kids were having their morning snack and frantically waving at us. I suggested to Laura that we see if we can have a look around, and as we went up ...
Dan's last day at TOLFA
... Indian haircut. After Sam's experience at the barbers in Fiji he was understandably determined not to get in the barbers's chair so his hair still looks like a mop! On the way back we dropped by to see Sam, the local masssage man and yoga teacher. Their third son had been born whilst we were away in Jodhpur so it was lovely to meet him, even if he did look strange to us with the black make up around his eyes that all the Indian children seem to wear.
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