Star Hotel Prithviraj Ajmer
Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
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We LOVE the Pushkar Camel Fair
... and we have a quick and easy return to our hotel, for another night of fan/no fan, no noise/noise, with a major orchestral effort about 4am.
Sunday 6th November Pushkar
We arrange to meet Sharon and Jerry at the Mela ground at 10am. We are running a bit late, and are trying to hurry, but the alleys are completely choked with people. Finally find out why when we catch up with a large procession - lots of decorated vehicles with people in deity costume ...
Pushkar: IT’S RESPECT
... stop the drain from the sink emptying all over the floor). In the end, air conditioning would have been a total waste of time anyway. There was no power in this town for the majority of the day.
Pushkar is a holy Hindu city with hundreds of small temples, set around a small lake on the eastern side of Rajasthan. It is a very small town – about 15,000 people live here. But it does see a lot of tourists, especially during the Camel Festival that happens here in one ...
Rajasthan tour continues - How hot can it get???
... deep blue- colored houses. Originally there were some blue houses to indicate that was a residence of the Brahman priest, so that any invading army would avoid it. It’s funny, but we were told that many of the houses were colored blue just so that they could take the name "The Blue City" for tourism purposes. We think this was just to compete for tourism with their rival city, Jaipur, which is called “The Pink City”…
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Ajmer
... get to the temple, you had to walk through the local bazaar, which has very narrow streets and again is total chaos, extremely noisy and smells. At the entrance to the site, there are lots of beggars with limbs missing or disfigurations, it’s quite sad to see some of them. The place is heaving with pilgrims going to and from the temple and they push you out of the way, especially the men. No shoes are allowed and you have ...
Pushkar zwany czarna dziura ;)
... od hinduskich potraw jedzac na przyklad pizze z pieca na dachu lub zajadajac sie znakomitym muesli z owocami, lodami i platkami, popijac shakiem do tego ;)
Pushar jet takze miejscem gdzie w kilku miejscach saczy sie muzyka Boba Marleya wraz z odbywajaca sie wokol niej otoczka. Dostaniemy tu takze Bhang – ktory podejrzewam, ze latwiej tutaj kupic niz w okresie Holy w Jaipurze. Miasteczko do tego jest male, takze wszedzie idzie sie na ...
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