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 The lake has now been replaced by a tank surrounded by ghats, the street is solid packed with tourist & pilgrim shops & restaurants, but like years ago...I was really sick for a few days!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.'
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| A telephoto view of part of the town from our balcony |
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| Vegetable sellers in the street |
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| Pilgrims buying stuff from a general goods store (which was associated with our first guest house) |
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| Boys admiring swords & knives |
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| Coloured powders and paint sets |
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| A foreigner having a discussion with some gypsy women |
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| A 'Canadian' cafe. |
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| A rooftop mellowing out spot |
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| 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. |
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| Looking into a temple courtyard. |
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| An old guy in a nearby rose garden, chucking rocks at monkeys doing their usual - crazy and chaotic destruction. |
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| Women picking roses in the rose garden. This is what our first room looked out on. |
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| A band's music system cart....and a butt. |
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| A guy making hot malpuas - a local and wonderful milk sweet from Pushkar. |
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| A bunch of malpuas soaking in a sweet syrup......mmmmmmm....(with gulab jamun in the back) |
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| Savory and sweet seller. |
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| A roadside restaurant with a customer. |
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| Looking down to a rooftop from our room. This guy was having a relax in between scaring off marauding monkeys, |
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| Older fellow with a rasta-looking hat. |
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| Older lady making soft bangles on the side of the road. |
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| Very common sight in India. |
