The ending of our trip

Our last morning here in beautiful Pushkar started out 8.30 with a camel ride from the hotel. 22 camels were waiting outside our hotel to pick us up. We rode through the city heading for the dessert. After one hour we stopped for a break in the dessert. The camels needed to rest, and we needed to stretch our legs. Children with messy hair and bare feet came running from the houses around begging for chocolate, biscuits and money. They kept pointing at our jewellery saying “mine” and “me”. They stood by us the whole-time begging. It was hard to see the small children so desperate for something so small as a piece of candy or a little biscuit. We wanted to help them all. The contrast between the children in Denmark and the children in India is so big, that it’s almost impossible for us to understand. It was rough to have to leave them in this poor environment. Casper tried to share some candy and the kids went crazy. They jumped up and down desperately wanting to get a piece of the candy.

We were back at the hotel at 11 am. The weather wasn’t the best today so either people relaxed at the hotel or went out for shopping in the streets of Pushkar. We all met by the lake at 17 pm. The plan was to catch the sunset going down at the holy lake. But unfortunnallty the weather wasn’t with us. It was too cloudy to see anything, so we just stayed at the lake relaxing and enjoying the view. We all went for dinner at the hotel Inn Seventh Heaven in Pushkar. It was a roof top restaurant, and it was really nice. A good view, and some tasty Indian food – a very nice combination. After dinner some went for relaxing at the hotel and others went for some last-minute shopping in the small shops. Tomorrow we head for New Delhi. We are going to have a night in New Delhi and then fly home to Copenhagen, with a lot of new insights, knowledge and unique experiences.

Thea, Freja & Freja