I decided that i would try to persist with this thing, if only for posterity...
Last week i felt more like a tourist, but in Pushkar many i met were yearly visitors, or long time travellers, some eternal travellers, able to pass on knowledge, make me laugh, share the catharsis of Holi, laughing about the fake priests and the puja extortion racket. Pushkar attracts many more travellers than tourists, where i stand is not always clear, in my mind i cannot always find the freedom that these people seem to possess, but it becomes easier in holiday mode, harder in 'professional life'. Many of these guys pass thru the same festivals I have - here for buying clothes + jewellery to sell in Europe or Australia. I loved sitting in the market area after dinner drinking chai, eating carrot cake and meeting people from all countries, although mainly scandinavian, western european, and israeli. India is already asking to be visited repeatedly...but then travel always has filled my head with dreams.
Back in tourist mode Jaipur is fun, hectic, but not truly filthy like Delhi, great eating and shopping. I visited the amazing astronomy centre with the worlds largest sundials, and the beautiful Palace of the Wind, and the wonderful marble Lakshmi Narayan temple, then wandered the old city for ages. Delhi tomorrow before the train to Varanassi...time there to enjoy wireless connections with Barrista coffee again.
Last week i felt more like a tourist, but in Pushkar many i met were yearly visitors, or long time travellers, some eternal travellers, able to pass on knowledge, make me laugh, share the catharsis of Holi, laughing about the fake priests and the puja extortion racket. Pushkar attracts many more travellers than tourists, where i stand is not always clear, in my mind i cannot always find the freedom that these people seem to possess, but it becomes easier in holiday mode, harder in 'professional life'. Many of these guys pass thru the same festivals I have - here for buying clothes + jewellery to sell in Europe or Australia. I loved sitting in the market area after dinner drinking chai, eating carrot cake and meeting people from all countries, although mainly scandinavian, western european, and israeli. India is already asking to be visited repeatedly...but then travel always has filled my head with dreams.
Back in tourist mode Jaipur is fun, hectic, but not truly filthy like Delhi, great eating and shopping. I visited the amazing astronomy centre with the worlds largest sundials, and the beautiful Palace of the Wind, and the wonderful marble Lakshmi Narayan temple, then wandered the old city for ages. Delhi tomorrow before the train to Varanassi...time there to enjoy wireless connections with Barrista coffee again.
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