Pushkar Palace

... , witnessing love demonstrated through the construction of the Taj Mahal, visiting the Pink and Blue City (Jaipur & Jodhpur), seeing the palace on the lake in Udaipur, jeep/camel ride through the dessert in Jaisalmer and ending with a cosmopolitan in Delhi ...

... as my previous Rajasthani abodes. Desparate for air-conditioning, I took the punt and walked into the flashiest place in town, the Pushkar Palace. I felt immediately at home when the guard saluted me on the way in. I guessed that as it was the summer ...

... get to appreciate the town as a sacred destination and I chose to stay in a hotel that I had seen from the outside before, the Pushkar Palace. This hotel is by the lake and near the street with all the shops. I think that at one time it was the residence ...

... feral, cat.      Friday 4 Nov             Pushkar        In the morning light the surroundings look nicer than last night. We suspect that it was ...

... am enjoying our level of comfort. I am. And speaking of expectations, given our confrontation with perhaps too high expectations for Pushkar, we travel to "magical Udaipur" open to come what may, doing our best to eradicate all expectation so as not ...

... to breathe. At the worst of times, I wear a surgical procedure mask. It helps. others are wearing bandanas. The town of Pushkar is a beautiful city of pilgrimage. It sets nessled in a small valley ringed by ridges. It normally has a beautiful lake ...

... to relax and take in some shopping before heading back to the big, busier and costlier city of Delhi... Day 14 (Dec 10): Pushkar ~Comfortably sleeping in until 8:30 before arising to pack in anticipation of a day at the market, an afternoon at the ...

  Day 16 On the bus again, Jodpur to Pushkar A beautiful scenic drive through the mountains out of Jodhpur. This is the main marble mining area in India and the second largest in the world after Carrara marble from Italy. Our guide who was a bit of a ...

... its here that Hindus pilgrimage to perform their puja's and bath in the holy lake.   There is nothing else in Pushkar, and its dependence on Pilgrims and foreign tourists, means that it's a mix of the extremely holy and extremely commercial, with ...

... train, watching the desert roll by. It was peaceful and the 6 hours went by quickly. When we arrived in Pushkar we settled into Hotel Kishan Palace, a really good place. It had lots of beautiful plants and vines on the inner courtyard and rooms with good ...

... from his hand (kar), where the three petals landed, water magically appeared in the desert forming three small lakes.  Pushkar was born.  Surrounded by whitewashed temples and bathing ghats Pushkar is believed to be one of India's most ...

... made me take it and I enjoyed being on a small rural road without much traffic, winding through the desert hills. So, arriving in Pushkar I was pleasantly surprised to find the hotels were cheap. I opted for the Tulsi Palace hotel and got a nice room at a ...

Left for Pushkar today...130km Stopped to see a marble palace and started to get sick. We stayed at a really nice place overlooking the lake - Bharatpur Palace 75 ...

Arrived here the this morning after our 1st lie in! Pushkar has the Holy Lake and the town surrounds this lake, small bazzares, eateries and stalls. Its so temping to buy loads of stuff here as its so cheap but need to remember our money has to last ...

... groups of unemployed men hanging out on corners looking for something to keep them occupied. Oh but the computers and internet speeds in Pushkar were prehistoric which is why I did not manage to complete and send my blogs or even post on facebook that we ...

... 00.. The city is a very quiet city in the off season.. We walked over the market.. and then went for Lunch at Pushkar Lake Palace.. This is the place our driver dropped us off.. And asked us to come back after we explored Pushkar.. After breakfast we ...

... to the top which started off great but then the steps were cut into the rock and could have easily been two steps for every one. Pushkar is a very holy city and priests (or pretend priests) try to take you down to the lake and offer you flowers for your ...