Morning

And so the last full day in pushkar. Got scooter and wandered around for a while outside of town....but liked this one best of the day...

It's been a curious week. So many changes here, the skyline around the lakes has risen and the number of hotels and traveller cafes rocketed...but...and there always seems to be a but here...if you walk early morning or late, the shopfronts disappear and the town becomes more akin to its memory.

And the ghats offer some kind of peace still, the puja still moves me...and, again, four days of it by the lake. Happily the last three days were with powan, a friend made here, who's a brahmin and keen student of both history and religion in this place.

And so, off north again....

And