Having had enough hassle in Jaipur with a thousand people all trying to sell us exactly the same piece of rubbish, we decided to ask the hotel to get us a guide. Asking the cow in the photo above probably would have been a better idea. I should have know after yesterdays performance that the circus was in town.
The tour started ok with a visit to the main temple in the town, a very colorful place a you can see. The streets of Pushkar is a little crazy, full of $5 a day back packers and the associated slime that is their service industry. There are some creative people about including the guy below who had set himself up as a moving pay per photo.
All was going well as we visited one of the ghats, out tour guide then disappeared and we found ourselves in the company of a supposed Hindi priest, we knew about the scam but went with it, thinking initially that it might be legit. We were reduced to laughter when holding a coconut, paint on our foreheads, the priest broke his Hindi chanting with "how much money will you give 1000, 2000, 5000 rupees" he was not impressed with my answer and starting going on about bad karma. He soon gave up and stormed , followed shortly afterwards by our guide who realised that he wouldn't be getting his share of the scam. The only surprise after this was that the guide didn't bother asking for his tip.
Above: A view of the ghats, Below: Sunset across the lake
Highlights: The colorful streets
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