Hotel White House Pushkar

... 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 as advised by Mr Singh at Hotel Pearl Palace in Jaipur. Checked out the holy lake where Hindu pilgrims come to bathe in ...

... There was a guy on the bus who had opened a new hotel, it seemed cheap, but I decided to go straight to the White House Hotel and pay a bit of a premium rather than scout around all over town to save a few dollars, I thought the hotel owner was ...

... heure de montées, descentes et secousses après nous sommes arrivés à destination et contents de l'être. Pushkar étant un village assez petit, nous rejoignons l'hotel à pied. Une fois les sacs posés, l'heure est tout de même assez avancée et nous ...

... se sont également ouverts ces dernières années. On peut prendre toutes sortes de cours. Chaque année, en novembre, se déroule à Pushkar l'une des plus grandes foires aux chameaux. À l'issue de cette foire, des courses de chameaux et de chevaux sont ...

... when he finds us among all the mayhem.    We’re having dinner with Jerry and Sharon at their hotel, the Pushkar Fort Hotel, which is about 3kms out of town. We proceed a surprising distance along rough dirt lanes, and under a large ...

... us conflicting information), and took the hour drive up over a mountain range to Pushkar.  We got into Pushkar and immediately went to our hotel, the Diamond, and dropped off our stuff.  Pushkar is a rather small town, centered around a ...

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... at your destination top up again on water and eat something if you wish.  I stayed at the Ganesh Guest House. Conclusion very good. Pushkar ... If you find yourself in Ajmer in the middle of the night and the only way to Pushkar is auto rickshaw, ...

... kosher menu items advertised.  I was told that there are only three places in India truly kosher Jews can visit.  Pushkar, Agra and I think Amritsar in the Punjab.  Seems Pushkar has some multifaith significance that I was sorry to say was ...

... she was able to make it across after yielding to the bull. I think the old lady was still laughing.              The Brahma temple in Pushkar is one of only a handful in the world, so it was neat to be able to check it out. The shoe guard ...

... -painting or Halloween dress-up; it’s full-on, non-stop, energetic, flamboyant play. Holi is about participation, and as white Westerners we were a blank canvas asking for 'artists’ to play. With this in mind, we prepared ourselves well for ...

... ; In many places there are a few clues that can help us, but in few places do we find all of them brought together. In Pushkar, it is only once you have found your way through the city maze, passed the road that circles the lake -- but rarely allows you ...

... jerked away, poured anger through my eyes, and we didn't talk for the remainder of the two-hour ride. In Pushkar I found a hotel with a pool, a little grassy terrace overlooking the city, and a room for 100 rupees (about $2.50). The manager introduced ...

... is still occupied by the royal family. From Jodphur we took the train to Ajmer and from there it is a short bus ride to Pushkar (our current location). It is a lovely small town surrounding a lake; it is a very holy place for Hindus and so the town is ...

... - so everyone is happy again (for now?) Off we go to the Pushkar Fai & arrived in time for the 'best moustache in Pushkar' competition. I think the same guy won it as 3 years ago - unravelled to the length of both streched out arms. He did have more ...

... the "priest" and the "student" to extract more rupees for them personally, but I resisted and was then dismissed.  After Pushkar, where I failed to meet Georgina although we were actually there on the same day and (very briefly) at the same time (I ...

... had to go back on ourselves and head west for a couple of hours but what was a couple of hours in mahussive India?  Pushkar was like Glastonbury Festival: like Nimbin in Australia; like Pai in Thailand. I hadn't seen this many white faces for a while ...

... I am not sure why as there was not much there. Maybe they are looking for the meaning of life. I stayed at the White House Hotel which was a small friendly family run hotel and a lovely place to stay. Breakfast on the rooftop restaurant was just superb ...

... other hippies" (Ben and I looked at each other with smiles in our eyes -- we wouldn't exactly call ourselves hippies). Pushkar does have the reputation of being a spiritual centre -- thousands make the pilgrimage every year to be blessed by the priests ...

... as we climbed the mountains out of Ajmer and descended into Pushkar, waved on by the troops of monkeys. At Pushkar we set off for our hotel, packs on in the late afternoon heat. Trudged down a litter strewn cow pat filled back streets weaving between ...