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  • Day 67

    Holy city of Pushkar

    July 25, 2018 in India ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    It seems like there are many holy cities and places in India and today we headed to one of them, the holy city of Pushkar. Pushkar has a holy lake which sees Hindu pilgrims visit and bath in the holy waters. It's also well frequented by foreign tourists, so lots of restaurants selling non spicy food which widened Lila's eating repertoire:) We visited a brahma temple (said to be the only one in India or the world), got scammed with a blessing at the lake (common tourist trap apparently) and the most exciting part was Lila spent 1 morning at school. She was so excited she went to sleep early the night before and then woke up saying she was going to school. We dropped her off with some lunch and water and she was whisked away by a lovely sari wearing teacher. When we picked her up she was most excited about getting some chocolate for someone's birthday, so school in Pushkar was good according to Lila.Read more