Still in the Deserts of Rajasthan

Well now we're in Jodphur, Rajasthan. We held out in Pushkar for three days and got completely spoiled by the lack of noise and air pollution. The city is very tiny compared to all of the others that we've been to and doesn't allow autorickshaws which cuts down on the filth factor considerably. we also splurged on a 450 Rupee room (US $11.25) which sat high up on the top of the hotel with numerous windows and a balcony overlooking the lake and most of the city. The sunsets from this room were amazing. We did have a bit of a schedule to keep and we felt like we had seen all of the city. So our next destination we decided on was to be Bikaner which is home to a rat temple. Since the trip from Pushkar to Bikaner is roughly 10 hours by bus we thought that we'd do it in two trips, having a two day layover in Jodphur.

As for our illness, I'm feeling a lot better. Almost 100%. After I just couldn't kick the shits I fell back on antibiotics and stopped taking my Malaria Meds. I wish that I had a picture of the pharmacy we went to and the guy running it. It was small, like the size of a living room in a double-wide trailer and with the same feel to it. The "Doctor" resembled a human slug that couldn't control it's teeth. All I could think of when staring at this guy was the Ruler in DUNE that floated around and and drank pus all day. And every time we brought up an ailment (Diarrhea, Back Pain, Nausea) the "Doc" had the proper (maybe ?) med within arms reach on his desk somewhere in a pile of cellophane pharmaceuticals that were scattered about. Sometimes you just gotta have faith (and Google).