After 26 hours we had finally arrived in Pushkar and we loved it from the first moment. The place was so calm and peaceful compared to the normal insanity of Varanasi and our Hotel was cheap but awesome.
The first two days we were just walking around, exploring the town and the Ghats around the lake which is said to have emerged after the god Brahma had dropped a lotus flower at that place.
Pushkar is a holy city with entsprechend strict rules: no alcohol, no drugs, appropriate clothing, couples are not allowed to hug or even kiss in public, no meat and not shoes at the lakeside. The Ghats around the lake are really beautiful and as they are holy places everybody has to take off their shoes as soon as you get closer than about 20 metres to the water. And of course we did so too but soon regretted it. I bet that even some streets in Varanasi are cleaner than the floor of the Ghats of Pushkar. But whatever…we focused on the amazing surrounding.
On the third day we took the bus to Ajmer to see the famous Jain temple there. It was totally worth the journey! But just see it yourself.
Inside the temple you find a miniature model of how the Jainisten imagined the antique world showing 13 continents, the holy city of Ayodhya, etc. all in gold.
The next day we went on a camel/horse safari through the desert. Our guides took us on a ride from 9am to abour 6pm with a lunch stop at a gypsy village and prepared some amazing food for us. It was a lot of fun and even Tae wook became a highly skilled horse pilot. hehe
Our guides and the camel named “Raja”
A little race with the guide (I won…what else). The picture was taken by Tae wook by the way when he was riding the camel.
But he was doing pretty well on the horse too
Camel love
That day we came home tired and with aching muscles but Pushkar welcomed us with the most amazing sunset ever. Look at that!
For the next days our bodies were horribly aching from the ride but we still menaged to hike up to the Savitri temple (named after Brahmas first wife) and it was totally worth the pain!!
Pushkar after the sunset
The following day we were shouldering our backpacks on our aching bodies and had to say good bye to the magical town of pushkar to head towards Goa. We were sad to leave but the prospect to a few relaxed days at the beach made it much easier!
