Pushkar Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

Got the bus from Jaipur to Pushkar. At Jaipur bus station an English guy sat down waiting next to us so we got talking. Turns out he's on his way to Pushkar to as advised by Lucy Newton-Jasso too! A guy called Rob who she used to work with, it really is a small world after all. Checked into a nice room with small balcony in the Hotel White House...

Holy city with holy water surrounded by mountains, 03:45 - 03:45 stop over A whistle stop tour to small Pushkar was well worth the visit. Either there had recently been a festival or Pushkar is just a fave place for Inidan tourists but whatever the reason there were loads of Indians on holiday milling around the streets mixed in with the religio...

Today did a camel safari, I laughed soooo mcuh especially when we started to move fast! I loved my camel called Rama. ALthough he liked stopping for a drink, which I thought camels were supposed to be able to hold water in their humps for ages ? Ah well! Stopped the Camels for some Chai and some local gypsies started to play us some music on ins...

Pushkar, Days 116-117 Pushkar probably has the highest ratio of Backpackers to local inhabitants of any town in Rajasthan, if not India. Initially attracted in the 60's by the places spiritual importance, the development of all the usual hippie trail infrastructure in such compact and beautiful surroundings have created a feedback loop. There is...

We drove over the hills from Ajmer on a switchback road (bus had to back up on a few turns) in a bus that probably seated about 25 people - we had over 50! We walked into the city down the main road. no cars allowed - only motorbikes. the "rickshaws" were really guys pulling tables on wheels. you could sit on it with your bags. (we didnt) there ...

Pushkar Pushkar is a much smaller place than those weve been to previously, but nicer as people generally tend to leave you alone and seem to understand the word "no" and even "go away". Weve been on quite a speedy tour of India so far, being as were on day 9 now and weve been to Mumbai, Mount Abu, Udaipur and now Pushkar. But weve seen much of ...

We had Christmas in Udaipur - celebrating in part by taking a risk and having chicken! Shammy (our nickname for our leader) had arranged red and green lights, and firecrackers! We had wonderful fireworks across the lake on Christmas Eve and again on Christmas night. We were horrified, however, when an almighty explosion happened six feet behind ...

One tip for travelling around India on a bus, DO NOT sit near the front where you can see what the driver can see!!! Its best to look out the side of the bus where you cant see the crumbling mountain roads, oncoming wagons on both lanes, motorbikes, forced off the road and buses hat play chicken with you. You just have to sit back and believe in...

Lest everyone think i'm laying in my bed sobbbing my days away between bouts of harrasment and cursing the god who created this place, I just wanted to share a PLEASANT experience i had. At sunset I went back to the lake that drove me to tears this afternoon. No one harrassed me. Barely anyone even looked at me. The light was the golden quality ...

Left at 7.15am for Pushkar. Pushkar has a population of 15 000 and surrounds a holy lake. We walked along the narrow lanes and stopped at the ghats. Many people were washing themselves. This is also where dead bodies are floated into the holy lake. Ghandi's ashes were sprinkled here. We continued up towards the Brahma Temple, left our shoes at t...