We started our day at the rice breakfast stall and checked in for chai with the ginger chai man. Ginger being what he adds to the tea rather than his hair colour, which is black.
The camels were waiting for us and we enjoyed watching the activities of the traders. After a while we headed to the stadium area for the official Pushkar Mela opening ceremony. There were dancers, acrobats, a rangoli contest and a football match! It was really nice to watch all of the action taking place.
Lunch was served under cover in a big tented area. It was great to be sitting in the shade and to be out of the sun for a little while. Lunch lasted for a reasonable time (as it was so hot outside) before we headed back to the hotel for a break.
In the evening we enjoyed a fantastic concert in the stadium where we danced to the local music. There was a huge hot air balloon flying at the other end of the stadium which looked impressive in the dark with its burners firing up.
Dinner came later today before we collapsed back at the hotel. We had obviously danced too much to the Indian bangra!
The camels were waiting for us and we enjoyed watching the activities of the traders. After a while we headed to the stadium area for the official Pushkar Mela opening ceremony. There were dancers, acrobats, a rangoli contest and a football match! It was really nice to watch all of the action taking place.
Lunch was served under cover in a big tented area. It was great to be sitting in the shade and to be out of the sun for a little while. Lunch lasted for a reasonable time (as it was so hot outside) before we headed back to the hotel for a break.
In the evening we enjoyed a fantastic concert in the stadium where we danced to the local music. There was a huge hot air balloon flying at the other end of the stadium which looked impressive in the dark with its burners firing up.
Dinner came later today before we collapsed back at the hotel. We had obviously danced too much to the Indian bangra!