Hotel Master Paradise Pushkar

... got to the Brahma Temple itself, we really wanted to be respectful, and when told we had to make a flower donation (we were assured it was for no money) we did. I presented my flowers to the priest stationed at Brahma's statue and a young Brahmin told me all about the temple, the god, and the other temples around it. As he spoke I just started to feel a request for a hefty donation coming on. We asked over and over again that our donation was our own business and ...

... in anything early in the morning was always going to be slightly tricky with ultra chilled Melissa but in the end we managed to get breakfasted and out into the streets. The streets were awash with overflowing sewers; not **** type sewers but just wishy washy dishwater type sewers; my only idea on this was that they must only supply water to the city in the mornings which would make sense as the city consisted of 2 million ...

... voir la tête de l'Indien qui nous la vendu !Normal mais elle n'avait pas trop le choix ! nous avons ensuite fait un billard et sommes rentrés nous couchés après s être trompé de direction ! La douche fut exquise ! Samedi 17 janvier 2009 Aujourd hui nous avons loué des vélos et fait une bonne balade hors des sentiers battus juste après le petit déjeuner! C'était top de traverser tous ces petits villages. Les gens nous saluaient et souvent se demandaient ce que nous ...

... the time when the mind has not been still, i've been busy gathering a network of tailors and wholesalers, a lengthy process but i have many new friends and people i can trust in business. This was mostly done by sitting on shop floors discussing textiles with vendors, talking designs with cutters, checking out samples, getting some made, playing with children and drinking countless cups of masala chai tea. I had a couple of designs made and shipped to Australia by ...

... delicacies. I'm a dedicated eater too, I'll admit it, and good restaurants are always cheap and easily accessible. As we travel towards Pushkar I alight from the train and guzzle freshly cooked pakoras at a train station. Later, at our hotel in Pushkar I am served a delicious chocolate ball (or chocolate boll) with ice-cream and chocolate sauce, by Benny and Bicky, the delightfully fun men who run the hotel. I've eaten spicy aubergine and potato ...

... just a sea of black hair and coloured saris. The crowd would surge backa nd forth and ballooned out into some of the stores on the manin street. Shop keepers were beating people back with sticks to protecet their stock. This crazy crowd eventually moved and thinned a little bit and the peace was kept and we were able to get out to the mela ground. I've never seen anything like it. Some foreigners reported being groped in the market but it was more likely the hands came from ...