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We left the comforts of our awesome hotel in Jaipur yesterday to head to Pushkar, a small mountain town about four hours away.
Pushkar is the site of the only Brahmin Temple in all of India, and as such, is a very holy city. There is no alcohol here, and the poulation is only around 14,000. VERY small for India. We LOVE it here. The town surrounds a small lake who's water is said to clean away bad karma, and is surrounded by mountains. This place really caters to tourists, and is so small that you can walk everywhere if you wanted, we didn't want to so we rented scooters, and have spent the day exploring the farm land and mountains that surrounds the town. It's so peaceful, definitely weird for what we've come to expect from India. It's a bit chilly here at night, get's down to like, 10-15 degrees or so. I know I know, not very cold at home, but cold for India, and cold for us. The town is very picturesque, and it knows it, because almost every restaurant here is on the roof of a building. So whenever we have a meal we can gaze at the beautiful Rajisthani mountains. I'm so content here, nothing moves very quickly and there aren't very many cars, just tractors and motorbikes.
I think that's enough from me, I've got to go back to doing nothing :)
We miss you all very much, I hope you know that.
Goodnight,
-Ben
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ben,
this sounds amazing. i've never in my life felt a desire to go to india--not even when my traveling partner in asia was heading there--but your descriptions are making me reconsider and feel as though maybe it'd be a good destination.
i'm always struck, when i travel, but how EVERYTHING looks like a national geographic photo... and judging by the ones you posted here, it's the same in idia--if not more so!
have the most wonderful, wonderful time.
afra.
Wow, this Pushkar place sounds like a threat to your intentions to eventually come home or perhaps even to eventually continue travelling ...!
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