Hotel Kishan Palace Pushkar

11 November - Pushkar<br><br>One of the highlights of this trip for me has been leaving Jodhpur - and now I'm getting to do it twice! Last night I went to bed at about ten and I woke up literally every hour to look at my watch and check the time - out of a subconscious fear of oversleeping and missing my departure from this dump of a city. (As a note, however, I should add that I have met several ...

I am so glad to be leaving Jaipur, this place is a hole, and to top it all off the shopping was rubbish, i bought absolutely nothing!! Did so to a Bollywood movie there though, was classic, could understand about 10 words throughout the whole movie but they are so ...

Well im finally relaxed after a stressful afternoon and evening, finishing in a **** sleep in a so-called tourist sleeper bus. Back tracking a wee bit so you know what im on about, my tour finished yesterday in Delhi and we had a free day so i went around delhi with a guy from my trip and saw the Bahai temple, India Gate, Humayans tomb, some other temple and shopping, we were out from 7.30am until 4pm. Had a much needed ...

... pictures of Indian men in turbans with their camels (sorry, I still can't post pictures as these computers I'm using are kind of gheto). I met three Rajasthani guys who wanted me to take their pictures. They spoke no English but I figured out they wanted me to send them the pictures. I had them qrite down their addresses, which turned out to be written in Hindi. I'll see what I can do about that.<br><br>Today, we went to the ghats and ...

... girlfriend, to pay for him to go elsewhere, be with a different woman that he knocked up. That he admitted it would make sense for him to be with? Part of me feels so used, another part of me wants to help him. I need to remind myself to think of Anshu and not see it like that. He is honest, and proud and kind. But I don' see how I fit in. <br><br>It confuses him too. "What do you want from me? From this?" When I throw the question back at him he hides in expressions, meaningful looks ...

... inner passageways. There was a clear infusion of Hindu &amp;Muslim architectural designs here, with Persian gardens alongside and clearly reinforced the religious tolerance that was so apparent in the 15th to 17th centuries. <br><br>The servants&#8217; quarters, kitchens, a welcome window (centrally located in an overhead bridge building) surrounded by latticed marble and hammams (baths) could all be seen here, along with several Hindu temples Jai Singh had ...

... our arrival yesterday we hung out at our cheap hotel for a bit, it was 42degrees yesterday so you can see why. In the evening we decided to check out the city, its basically a 1km stretch of bazaars on either side of the road, from falafel to hand bags, incense to snacks...its all here. Today we have been out most of the day in the markets, going to and through trying to ...

... for twigs, brush or anything else I could find that would burn. Not only that, but when I woke the snoring heap under the blanket next to a dog a man appeared that was not part of group that we arrived with the night before. I think he was as confused as us as he didn't speak any English and we didn't speak any Hindi. Thank God for our cell phone as I called our 'camel guys' who had gone home for the night because it was too cold to sleep out ...

... arms, even after we emphasised that we were not going anywhere, and the salespeople could speak any language that you wanted. Little Italy in the middle of Jaipur. Money motivates, even the brain perhaps. The supposedly charming old city consisted of small shop after small shop, selling everything under the sun. The pink was more of an orange hue, but we continued heading towards the royal palace. As we approached it, we experienced a revelation - we were traveling for ...

... religion as a business in Pushkar. That was great!!!! We also met another man who had come from Ajmer for his once a year pilgramige with his wife to bathe in the Holy Lake and pray to be blessed with children. We sat and watched the sunset with him, and he gave us both Indian names (Krishna for Max which is after the God Lord Krishna, and Sapnaa for me, which means dream). He also solemnly promised to pray for children for me at the next Holy festival. In fact so many people seem ...