Passage to India

I've always wanted my very own Camel and National Geographic this month has a blurb about the Pushkar Fair;

"In the market for a high-load camel in beige? Even if you're not, the popular Pushkar Fair, November 23-30, is an amazing spectacle that attracts over 200,000 camel and cattle traders and tourists to Pushkar Lake, in the desert state of Rajasthan. In addition to more than 30,000 camels, highlights include camel races and tug-of-wars, a huge tent city and marketplace, and sideshows ranging from puppeteers to fire swallowers. The fair culminates in a group dip in the lake, during the festival's last four days. During this auspicious time of the Hindu month of Kartik, about one million pilgrims flock to Pushkar, one of Hinduism's five holy lakes, as they believe that a bath in the sacred waters confers special blessings on the pilgrim. The beginning of this ritual signals the end of the fair<92>s camel commerce."

Nomad Travels offers a tour to Pushkar and a Camel Safari too. Maybe we could have a Perl conference on a Camel Safari! :)