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Asia, Film, people and places, Travel

Shanti in Pushkar

March the first came along and Nadette flew into India, So train from Udaipur to Ajmer and then a quick taxi to Pushkar for nine days of pure relaxation. Well I did a lot of walking and went for a cycle too.

Pushkar is a holy place where the atmosphere by Indian standards is very relaxed “Shanti Shanti”

From Udaipur to Pushkar, 60 Seconds

Day one in Pushkar, Shaunagh and Tom were with us too

Day 2 in Pushkar, 60 seconds

Day 3 in Pushkar, 60 seconds

Karnimaa Restaurant for a lunch of Paneer Butter Masala, Yum

Om Pushkar Cafe, great chai from old friends of ours

Tom and Shaunagh’s last day

Day 6 in Pushkar, 60 seconds

Day 7 in Pushkar, 60 seconds

We got some stamps made by this very talented guy

Getting a beer in Pushkar

Shanti in Pushkar

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Asia, Film, people and places, Travel

Trains Travel Chittagorh to Udaipur

So leaving Bundi behind me I did a hard days travel to Udaipur via Chittagorh. Chittagorh has the biggest fort in Rajasthan, at least by surface area. So I had to take a quick look at it as the last time I was there was 29 years ago on my first trip to India with Nadette. Not much has changed except that now there is a whole industry of Indian travellers where as before no body was here.

Watch the day I had in the video below

After Chittagorh on to another train and Udaipur, also 29 years since I was last here and the town where a lot of the film Octopussy was shot.

Watch a 60 second film of Udaipur here

In Udaipur I became friendly with Raju, he runs a chai stall and food stand, really nice guy so I put together a small film for him. He was so happy he invited me back in the evening to drink some whisky with him. I had a train the next day at 6AM so up at 5 was a bit of a shock to the head….

Watch Raju make an omelette here

Lastly I started remembering old shots that had been taken before and redoing them so here is the first…

Trains Travel Chittorgarh to Udaipur

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Asia, Film, people and places, Travel

Day nine I stopped using toilet paper

Once I arrived in Rajasthan in the lovely town of Bundi I got to the cheapest hotel of my whole trip. 230 Rupees a night, with shared toilet. For some reason in my room on the beach there was a roll of toilet paper so I just kept using it, but now here in “real India” the paper was no longer supplied and I had to go kack handed just like the 1.3 billion indians do. There’s a lot to be said for it much easier on the bottom for a start 😉

Day nine I stopped using toilet paper

So I spent four fantastic days in Bundi, rented a bike and went cycling around and just had such a nice time. It was much colder this far north though so by the time the sun went down it was polar jacket and a few layers to keep warm and a nice thick blanket on the bed.

Bundi town in 60 Seconds

Watch my cycle around Bundi video below

Bunty’s Ringo Star Restaurant

Bunty was a really nice guy, so I shot this video of him for the fun of it and put it on-line in the hope that it would create a bit of business for him. In the end I did a few videos for people and they were all just so happy about it, it was very gratifying.

Bundi in Sixty Seconds part II

How to wrap a Samosa

After Bundi I had a long day training it to Udaipur via Chitoirgarh

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