Jeevan -Hey man long time. How are you?
me -Fine. Tu kaisa hai?
J -Chal rai yaar, lets get out of town and talk.
me -Sure.
J -Abhi chal.
me -Ho, ho, ho... Done. Let me get my digi and we're out of here.
What started as a short 100 km drive out of town to talk our brains out, turned into the longest unplanned weekend driveout; more of a pilgrimage, to two holy shrines in Rajasthan- Darga Khwaja Sharif in Ajmer and Brahma ghat in Pushkar // limits ko thoda push kar yaar//
For quite a while now I have been looking forward to spending time in Jama Masjid- barely 15 km from home and it never happened. It re-lived now with my forehead on the steps of THE Darga 400 km from Delhi. Pushkar, another 14 km off, should have been visited a few months later. The right time to be there is October-end for the cattle festival- oh yes, with loaded cams. The drive to Pushkar was more interesting than Pushkar itelf which now has a Mcleodganj-esque ambience to it. Nevertheless, Brahm ghat is worth spending time at. In Ajmer, a good place to stay is the rtdc hotel. There's enough parking space and the rooms are well spaced out. We shot down our plans for Jaisalmer; all thanks to the shear stupidity of even contemplating on it in a 3 days window!
The toll through Ajmer and Jaipur is 60 bucks and its worth the money for the totally fab pave; 168 km of absolute glide- that's what it is. With the non-stop drive back from Pushkar to Delhi in one shot with just 2 stops for tea, methinks my endurance limits have moved a few notches higher. Do carry cash. A lot of petrol pumps still do not plastic- they rather paper. Nuf said, now for the pics. I've clicked enough building and monuments so this time, we'll focus on the local people.
Hey Jeevan, dude, all creds to you- You made this happen.
Niiice... the global banjara that you're growing into... groovy spirit man!And, yes, how could you even think of making it to Jaisalmer over a weekend & back? Tsk tsk
ReplyDeleteWoooohhhh... That was kewl!!
ReplyDeleteGood to see a post from you after a long time. Thought NY had made you stop thinking :)How have you been? Make a trip to Bangalore sometime. Probably your spirit shall make us explore some nice places around here as well!
ReplyDeletei hate u. :-)bips
ReplyDeletesuuper.... i have been waiting to do this for a while.. did manage that once with a drive to mcleodganj planned in 2 hours flat !!!super weekend that was !!!
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