After a lazy two days in Pushkar I'm back in Jaipur and have met up with Jon and David before we head for some camel trekking in the Thar desert! Pushkar was definitely an experience, a tiny town centred on a huge lake surrounded by ghats - tiny bathing pools - and temples. Walking round the whole place took only about half an hour. And getting there was an adventure in itself, fighting to get on the local public bus while everyone argued who had reserved which ...

After a busy six hour train journey as the only non-Indian in the carriage - with lots of stares both at me and my bright pink rucksack! - I arrived in Jaipur, the Pink City and the third corner of India's Golden Triangle. I've just spent dinner with some friends from Paris in the rooftop restaurant of the neighbouring guesthouse with views over the whole of Jaipur and lightening brightening up the sky. And beginning to get used to Indian food with stuffed tomato...