Pushka #Day6

Day 6: Monday the 11th of November:

Today we are getting up early to go to Pushka, Rajasthan to Pushka fair. It is a huge fair that happens every year in November. It was a really long drive about 3 hours away!
Pushka means blue flower. There are many temples here (around 500!) and people come on pilgrimages here also. Apparently younger people go to the fair to basically party and get drugs haha

We were warned if you accept a flower from a priest then it means you are now their deciple and have to go to services, we warned not to do this otherwise the police will then have to get involved to get out of it!

The bus could only go a certain way in so we got tuk tuks the rest of the way in which is always fun!

We walked through the thousands of market stalls. It was very intense. I've never experienced such full on crowds before, it was really hard to stay together as a group!

Our friend Bryan got his wallet pick pocketed but the most unbelieveable thing happened. Manu, our tour guide got a call just as we were leaving saying that someone had found his wallet. Some kind person found a business card from the jewellery shop we visited yesterday, the jewellery shop called Manu and then Manu called a friend at the festival who walked all the way to the outskirts of the fair to meet the bus and return the wallet. He was so lucky, although he lost $300 in cash.

Also we were standing off the side of the market path and a cow went loose, running through the crowd! It was hectic!

We saw a holy lake where 2 million people visit to get baptized in the holy water. They believe that they find salvation here.

After we went on a camel cart ride! This was a highlight sitting in the back watching the festival go past and beautiful horses too. I also got to climb up and have a ride on the camel!

I reckon I had my photo taken with people about 20 times today! It was crazy. It's so weird how everyone stares at us like we are something out of a museum. I know what celebrities feel like now!

It was a long day, getting back to the hotel at 8pm. Pheww.