Jaga I love the chai guy!!!! He had a cool sadhu there whom said he lived for 20 years on chai and cigarettes only.
And I would get chai there every day because he was so funny and a good chai wallah. And guess what? A year ago I found a video! The mods should know that Pushkar in fact does have the best "special lassi" around. I was there for shivaratri day (when everyone in India can have bhang lassi). Whole families get high together.
I stayed in Pushkar for two months and learned to make silver jewelry from a guy named Hari.
It cost me 50 dollars to learn for two months!
I love love love Pushkar. So amazing and magic happens there all the time.
The camels oh my. If you haven't seen a camel in the Indian desert wow they are like two stories tall. More like a giraffe.
And the giant black water buffalo wow. I laughed so much when I saw one sneak up on a cart in the market and steal an apple when the shopkeeper wasn't looking. And the buffalo was twice as big as a cow!
I saw a huge wedding in Pushkar where hundreds of couples got married on the fairgrounds all at once.
There is that beautiful rose cultivation in the desert with irrigation from Pushkar's springs. So beautiful.
One time I hear music late at night, the harmonium and drums and tiny cymbals. I snuck up to see the people at the temple singing and they caught me! The priest motioned me over and told me to sit down. He was stern and they all started playing again. When they did they played the only sacred song I knew!! I started singing with them and he smiled so broadly. I sat with them till morning it was such a sacred night!
Then there was the Italian cafe there where I could finally get some margherita pizza from a wood fired oven. 99% of the time I ate Indian food. But once in awhile a pizza can be a miracle. The hippies hung out there at the cafe and so did the gypsys. I would go there and hang with the gypsys some times. They were crafty and smart so you had to be careful but good people also.
There was a beggar lady on the way to the cafe. She had lost all the skin on her face. But I didn't give money to begars in India. You end up supporting the criminal cartels. When I first arrived in Calcutta I gave 100 dollars to Mother Theresa's
mission there so I would be strong and not give money to the bEggar cartels later.
My favorite restaurant was Vengtesh by the local market. It was a small open air place with a chapati oven out in front at the small 4 stair entrance. For 5 rupees (12 cents back then in 2000) I could get chapati and a freshly made veggie meal that beat out all the other restaurants.
I miss that place so much. But yes here is the crazy chai guy for everyone's viewing pleasure. Imagine being crazy high on bhang lassi and walking past this guy people! Jags knows what I'm talking about. Bom Shankar! This will instantly take you back there Jaga!
Craziest Chai Wallah in the world. Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. By Victor Pavia. - YouTube
In them first few years they had no carrier bags yo had to have yer own 
I had a few seconds when I was wabbelling like a jelly ,, but I looked an all the locals were on the floor holding there sides I was suitably embarrassed 
Walkmans cameras any food ,, man if they you think I was on a rickshaw an THIS IS TRUE I seen a Lenga sitting down with an old fella smoking om a bidi an drinking tea the flippin monkey was as big as the guy it sat with every day LOL
I think Pot Chimp has been preparing himself for this
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