Hotel Malwa Ajmer

Near Bhinai Kothi, Jaipur Road Ajmer, Rajasthan, CA8 9DP, India

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We LOVE the Pushkar Camel Fair

A travel blog entry by diannemurray

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... for a drink at a hotel with a roof top restaurant with views of the lake before going down to the ghats, which are incredibly busy. The five days before the next full moon (next Wednesday?) are the most auspicious days of the year to bathe at the ghats, so the crowds have really started arriving (we’ll be gone by Wednesday, THE day). We can hardly make our way around the ghats, and where we leave from, there is an incredible crush of people, right on the edge of ...

Pushkar: IT’S RESPECT

A travel blog entry by hilary_todd

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... go and started putting henna (a natural dye) all over it. I really had to yank it to set myself free from her. Of course, they then wanted money for my hideous new henna designs (I still have them, the stains won’t come off) and followed us down the street for the next 5 minutes.

We had a quick look in the famous Brahma temple here – apparently a one of its kind in India. It was mad, with people everywhere, lots of noise, and was dirty. (In fact all of ...

Rajasthan tour continues - How hot can it get???

A travel blog entry by nathananddarja

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... to learn.

The hotel in Pushkar got off to a rocky start with us. There was no water for a while (so if you’re keeping score we’re 5 for 6), some major communication problems, and ants. Things worked out alright in the end, I guess. In the evening, we took a tour of Pushkar. Our guide, while nice, could have used some more English lessons before giving tours in English. He apparently spoke fluent French. Good for him, right? We ...

Ajmer

A travel blog entry by delwyn.ian

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... the extremely rude people outside. I said I would be okay, but he decided not to.

Nasiyan Temple otherwise known as "The Red Temple" was built in the mid 1800’s. It is two-storeys high and inside there is a golden model of the city of Ajodhya with its 13 continents and oceans and various flying gondolas, as believed by the Jains. It is quite incredible to see.

We were looking forward to our home ...

India GO!

A travel blog entry by elinazimmerman

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Hi everyone!

The last several weeks and months have taken me across four continents. The last time I wrote I was wrapping up the first leg of my trip in Argentina. Thereafter I returned to the United States only to turn around and head to Mexico to spend the holidays with my family. The first weeks of the new year were spent visiting friends in California and New York as well as road tripping through the Southwest of the ...