Here is the last city of our joint trip. It's name is Pushkar. I can' t say we accomplished much here, but at least we enjoyed the hotel. It was a garden style hotel and we were given a nice little bungalow to ourselves (pictured above). There were some beautiful murals throughout the lobby and some other nice features as well. Oh... yeah... and they had pizza! Delicious vegetarian Extravaganza Pizza'. It was so good that after we took our first bite, we called room service and ordered seconds.
We spent two nights here, and pretty much just lounged about. The town was small and had a market street, with a few temples to explore but we skipped most things because A) we were sick and B) it was raining. To combat the illness we took advantage of the hotel's ayurveda treatments. Vicky got a head, scalp and shoulder massage while I received an herbal treatment through my nose (this was also accompanied by a massage). Ayurveda is what we in the West would call "alternative medicine." The spa's menu included everything from yoga to acupuncture and body wraps. We just had a half hour of treatment and went back to rest.
The rains made us miss our scheduled camel ride, which was a bummer considering how much we enjoyed the elephant ride in Jaipur, but that was OK. We almost were able to replace it with some quality time in front of our TV, but alas, this town's electrical infrastructure was a mess. The power went out at least a dozen times while we were in our room. Luckily I had spent the day before our trip ripping a dozen movies onto our laptop and those were able to fill the gaps while the power was down.
One last thing about our stay
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