Day 94 - A Day Of Sickness & A Day For Beer

We awoke multiple times through the night and this morning to Allisha's continued stomach upset. We lay in untill 10am hoping it would settle but no such luck. So Allisha decided to stay home and rest while I ventured out to investigate the town.

 Pushkar is a quaint but attractive little town. With many small alleyway's lined with stalls selling various items. In the center of town there is a large body of water that has Ghats (steps) lining the perimeter. After having a quick look around town it quickly became too hot to be outside so I popped into a restaurant that I could see had a large outside area out the back and a thatch roofed concrete pagola. I was soon greeted by one of the staff who sat down to have a chat. I ordered a beer and we sat and talked about our travels and life experiences. Later some of the others who worked there joined us as it was the middle of the day and very quiet. 

We talked about many things. My time in Mongolia and China being of interest. One of my new companions, and the restaurants chef, said he had recently orchestrated a 30 person tour with him being the guide from India into Nepal. I was interested to learn how he was able to organize all this on his own, it sounded like a monumental task! After a few hours and a few beers Allisha wanted to grab some food, being more than 24 hours since she had eaten, so I went and picked her up amd we came back to the same restaurant and had some bland food. Afterwards I dropped Allisha back to the hostel amd returned for a couple more beers and to continue the conversation. 

The guys showed me some of there local music on a Bluetooth speaker and eventually we ended up listening to some Indian trance which was very interesting. I saved a bunch of the things they played on my youtube account and will be downloading them to listen again! Suddenly it was midnight, and the restaurant owner was wanting to go home. So I walked home, dodging the many cows that rule the streets after dark. Once back at the hostel fortunatly Allisha was still awake to let me in otherwise I would have been locked out! 10 minutes later I was asleep.


- Tom