Holy Pushkar and the Blue city

(Pushkar and Jodhpur, India, 4-8th of March)

From Jaipur our daughter Moa went on by her self to Goa and we continued on to Pushkar, another one of those Indian holy cities by a lake. Pushkar is much smaller than Varanasi and a bit more laid back than Rishikesh.

The town is filled with “hippie wannabees”, a lot of them with dreadlocks, walking barefoot down the streets.

 

and a bunch of holy men – some of them very interested in your money.

We stayed in two hotels in Pushkar – first in a small shabby place in a tiny street in the middle of the town and then in a fancy large hotel a bit outside the town. The second hotel promised us a view over the lake…but there was a piece of land and a bridge blocking 80 percent of the view. And we were the only guests at this hotel, maybe because it actually was situated a bit outside of the town.

We really enjoyed our days in Pushkar. It was relaxed and you could find decent food and nice views at almost every restaurant in town.

 

Our next stop was Jodhpur, the blue city. We had booked a hotel with a view over the fort and also some typical Jodhpur houses – coloured in blue.

We spent some time walking around the streets of Jodhpur, enjoying all the amazing blue houses.

One day we took a rickshaw up to the fort overlooking the city. It was a beautiful place with fantastic decorations and ornaments.

 

 

We also saw a film set – they were shooting a film at the fort.

 

From the fort the view over Jodhpur was fantastic, and we really got to see why it is called the blue city.