Before thinking of today. I must let you hear the waiter last night telling us the types of bread that was available. Types of Naan and types of Roti! Video at the end of the page

Near our destination is the holy town of Ajmer. I could tell it was a holy town as I saw "Divine Mobile Shop" .What was shocking was to see so many people in poverty. Shacks and shelters made of small bits of plastic or twigs covering pieces of wood.  Some of the shelters were just lean-tos. Each group trying to sell a couple of bits they had managed to find to help them get by or scraping amongst the rubbish by the side of the road to see what could be sold or uesd. Children walking along the streets with few cloths on and hair matted.

On to Pushkar. Well! We eventually arrived. I say eventually as it was the last day of Pushkar Fair and a significant one as it is full moon when devout Hindus take a dip in the holy lake. This is followed by a lamp lighting ceremony and loads of fireworks. 

The roads were very busy, people were trying to get home as well enter the town for the ceremony. One mile outside of the town thinking we could just make a loo in time, we were stuck for an hour in the traffic. Instead of the cars keeping to one side of the road on the way into to the town, they blocked up both side trying to get in, with motor bikes pushing and shoving in between cars.Then there were cars and bikes trying to get out of the town. So Chaos!   Eventually the police stopped chatting and began to sort it out. Pradeep managed to persuade them to let us in another way. As he could go no further, we got out of the car at another hotel outside of the town, rushed down to the loos and then we had to get into the back of an open truck - no seats, just on the floor, with our luggage - for a mile ride down muddy alleyways and across fields to get to our hotel.

We met our guide who took us around the Ghats (prayer steps)The place was buzzing, people in their finery, beggers, some happy in another world, people selling sugar cane to feed to the cows bringing prosperity and luck to the individual. Streets full of bazaars with loads of goodies which I did a bit of bargaining for. Could have bought loads.

Pushkar,  holy city, no meat, eggs, fish, alcohol or leather or taking of photos. The ceremony was starting he suggested that we may like to see it from a rooftop. There we were offered beer (whoops! -"fruit juice" and could take as many pictures as we liked.) The ceremony finished and the fireworks began. They sounded like canons firing reverberating and the sound intensifying as it rolled around the mountains.