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13 October 2007:

After two dreamy nights in the romantic lake and hillside city of Udaipur, I arrived last night (Friday) in the religious pilgrimage site of Pushkar, India.

Thursday was a dangerous day in the neighboring village of Ajmer. A bomb killed two people and injured almost two dozen in a Sufi shrine during this time ending Ramadan.

I read reports today that the attack has been linked to an Islamic group, which does not condone the Sufi sect of Islam? Very unclear at this point.

Last night I met up with a group on my same path. We had rooftop beers (neither alcohol nor meat should be consumed in the city, hehe) overlooking a small street center fireworks explosions for the nine day festival of Navratri.

It's odd to experience the improper and even dangerous perversions of seemingly normal behaviours. But overall I feel secure.