We have just spent the last two days in the little town of Pushkar, a half an hour's drive from Ajmer. It's one of those places that you would describe as 'discovered' - Westeners everywhere, all the restaurants catering for Western appetites (I've had a jacket potato the last two days in a row for lunch, feeling better already!) and an awful lot more hassle from the locals to go into their shops than we had in Ajmer. The town is set around a lake, which has many different ghats, including one where some of Gandhi's ashes were thrown. It also has a Brahma temple, which there very few of. The town has one central road which sells an awful lot of hippy-esque clothes, and has some dubious looking shops which look like places to go and get high (before you wonder, no I haven't been in them - as if my body needs that to deal with on top of everything else!). Overall, Pushkar has some beautiful sights and great views, especially from the rooftop restaurants, but has probably lost some of its magic due to the very high amount of tourists here.
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