Post from Tim:
It is easy to forget the little details that make a destination memorable. So here in Pushkar on a 20- minute walk around the holy lake, I took a few notes about the everyday things:
- A sign reminding visitors to remove their shoes before crossing a bridge over the holy waters.
- An old man in flowing yellow robes descending towards the waterfront, passing baby blue buildings lit brightly in the morning sun.
- A urinal open to public view overflowing with feces and filling my nose with stench.
- Two women filling buckets of concrete and hoisting them on top of their heads as part of a nearby construction project. One is dressed in a pink sari with a gauzy pink scarf wrapped over her head. The other wears orange.
- A boy in red sweeping the dirt road with a straw broom. A huge dust cloud envelopes him.
- An Indian bicycle with a stainless steel tea thermos hung over its handlebars. The bicycle rests quietly against a brick wall.
- An old bearded man in a bright red turban sits in the shade.
- Milk boiling in a huge wok. The shopkeeper stirs the boiling liquid by deftly lifting the wok and dumping it into another wok several feet below.
- Competing salesmen situated across the street from one another yelling for me to buy water as I pass between them.
- Two women beat a big bass drum and rattle the gate of a house to ask for money.
- Two pigs in a narrow alley eating the largest pile of crap I have ever seen. As I walk through, the stench makes me gag.
- A road full of shops catering to western tourists - selling baggy travel clothes, jewelry, and anything else we might buy.
- Two snake charmers removing the lid of a woven basket and starting a tune with every tourist that walks by. The weary cobra looks annoyed.
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