Pushkar People

Pushkar put a spell on me. I can't really explain it in any other way. You don't walk through its bazaar, you float through it. It's like a medieval festival full of mystical characters. The people here have a mannerism that I haven't noticed anywhere else in India. They will charm you, grab your attention in witty ways and become faces that you get to know on first-name terms in a matter of hours.

People in Pushkar are all about connecting. Pushkar Lake at sunset was the best time of the day to do this with the locals, especially the kids that literally hang off you like monkeys, speaking defiantly in their half-broken English and getting highly cheeky and mischevious!

There's a few trippy characters too, including the guy who gave Isabelle a massage. Rolling his eyes as he massaged her hand, this guy managed to convince her to strip down to her knickers in no more than sixty seconds because by the time I'd got back from the toilet, she was starkers and straddled. It might have been the red light in the room or the fact he wanted me to strip down and lie on the bed next to her too, but it was all a bit horny. He did the job well though because it was just what her back needed.

Pushkar came to be placed on the map a a result of the Godhead Brahma, who planted a lotus flower at the spot now known as Pushkar Lake. The Brahma Mandir in Pushkar is meant to be the only temple in the world devoted to Brahma. It's also a sanctury of just a handful of the 30 million gods of the Hindu religion, including Vishnu, Shiva and Hanuman.

But it's not the tourist attractions that make the impact, it's the feeling you get when you walk into the town. Following the intensity of chaos in places like Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, this place felt bliss! You feel embraced by a spiritual energy, it's real chilled and there's no place here for meat, eggs or alcohol although bhang lassi is on the unofficial menu and can be obtained quite easily. Mind blowing stuff, or so I've heard...

Pushkar made me realise a few things about the way we connect with each other, how the energy of other people is a reflection of your energy and how easy you see this in the eyes of others. It made clearer the philosophy of Self. It was a graphic illustration of how visualisations can be manifested and gave me even more faith in the universe. I'm happy I had this experience and def plan on coming back.

Have lots of groovy pics by the way. Blogger takes an age to upload them. gonna think of another solution. any ideas anyone, let me know!