My original post from Jaipur (Day 1) included a few photos with descriptions of events that I’ll skip here because you already (likely) saw them. I won’t bore you with the story…

I could have chosen any of 100 photos from the day I spent wandering around the Pushkar Fair, but I didn’t want to overload you so I tried to pick 15 photos…

Outside the train station in Ajmer. See that black and yellow cab there? That’s what I had to take to get to the bus that would transport me to the tent city…

Old Delhi. Walking distance to the Red Fort. This was just at the perimeter of the backstreet bazaar area, which is filled with vendors selling produce, books, medicines and more. The Red…

Finally, a full night of sleep. Dinner last night was at the Tapas place in the Jaypee Siddharth hotel in Delhi. I think we’re all tired of Indian food, no matter how…

Awoke at 3:30am. Again. At least this time it felt like there was more purpose than the morning we needed to catch a 6am train to the desert. Today was all about…

Thank God we’re out of the Mansingh Hotel in Jaipur. Let’s just say…they’ve got some issues. For example, I bought a 24-hour Internet usage card so that I could update the blog…

Yeah!!! I didn’t throw that flower into Pushkar Lake for nothin’! Of course the jewelry place in Jaipur had free rum for me (see: yesterday’s entry). But that’s not what’s important now.…

Hot air balloon over desert tent camp. Pushkar, Rajasthan at 6:30am. So many early morning wake-ups. It’s hard to tell when this vacation was stripped of its relaxation. I think it might…