Pushkar

Quite a few changes from the last time I was in Pushkar - 1980!  I know enough now to take a place as it is, not as it was, but boy this was a different place than the little, scruffy town around a little lake that Pushkar was.  The lake has now been replaced by a tank surrounded by ghats, the street is solid packed with tourist & pilgrim shops & restaurants, but like years ago...I was really sick for a few days!  We got a couple of days in wandering around, and for all the changes it's an interesting place to wander around....and food was pretty good (especially the Tibetan restaurants).


You can click on a big to 'embiggen.'

A telephoto view of part of the town from our balcony

Vegetable sellers in the street

Pilgrims buying stuff from a general goods store (which was associated with our first guest house)

Boys admiring swords & knives

Coloured powders and paint sets

A foreigner having a discussion with some gypsy women

A 'Canadian' cafe.

A rooftop mellowing out spot

An 'Art Gallery' and owner.  Most shops sell almost all the same stuff, but actually, this guy had a massive amount of interesting stuff in a series of upper story rooms.  

Looking into a temple courtyard.

An old guy in a nearby rose garden, chucking rocks at monkeys doing their usual - crazy and chaotic destruction.

Women picking roses in the rose garden.  This is what our first room looked out on.

A band's music system cart....and a butt.

A guy making hot malpuas - a local and wonderful milk sweet from Pushkar.

A bunch of malpuas soaking in a sweet syrup......mmmmmmm....(with gulab jamun in the back)

Savory and sweet seller.

A roadside restaurant with a customer.

Looking down to a rooftop from our room.  This guy was having a relax in between scaring off marauding monkeys,

Older fellow with a rasta-looking hat.

Older lady making soft bangles on the side of the road.

Very common sight in India.