Friday, December 31, 2004
walk like an egyptian
post christmas the great adventure moved onto jaisalmair, just about as close to pakistan as you can get without actually crossing the border.
the tourist - for that is what we are - agenda there revolves firmly around disappearing into the surrounding desert on a 'camel trek'.
some overeager souls chose 16 days of this. rather more conservatively (and as it turned out - wisely) we chose the 2 day, 1 night option. off we went into the desert with my prediction, resurrecting an old favourite, that it would be absolute bobbins.
i wasn't far wrong. riding a camel is about as uncomfortable as you'd imagine. thankfully - from a comfort perspective - we went very slowly though clearly this meant we didn't exactly cover much ground. our guides were very fond of 'village visits' which meant dismounting and running the gauntlet of local children all convinced that we must have come with hundreds of pens for them.
anyway, uncomfortable camels aside, the 2 days were actually great fun. our 2 guides were the perfect hosts, cooking some of the best food we've had in india on just one camp fire. sleeping under the stars in the middle of sand dunes was a great experience despite the cow that marched through our campsite during the night.
finally, get well soon to grandma croft from both of us.
the tourist - for that is what we are - agenda there revolves firmly around disappearing into the surrounding desert on a 'camel trek'.
some overeager souls chose 16 days of this. rather more conservatively (and as it turned out - wisely) we chose the 2 day, 1 night option. off we went into the desert with my prediction, resurrecting an old favourite, that it would be absolute bobbins.
i wasn't far wrong. riding a camel is about as uncomfortable as you'd imagine. thankfully - from a comfort perspective - we went very slowly though clearly this meant we didn't exactly cover much ground. our guides were very fond of 'village visits' which meant dismounting and running the gauntlet of local children all convinced that we must have come with hundreds of pens for them.
anyway, uncomfortable camels aside, the 2 days were actually great fun. our 2 guides were the perfect hosts, cooking some of the best food we've had in india on just one camp fire. sleeping under the stars in the middle of sand dunes was a great experience despite the cow that marched through our campsite during the night.
finally, get well soon to grandma croft from both of us.
// posted by courtney and pete @ 07:13 
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Ohhhh Landlord, you would be the one to figure that out, wouldn't you!!
Happy New year to all,
The Aunt
Happy New year to all,
The Aunt
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Peter,
Before you start, Palace 2 - Villa 0. Congrats
I dont want to talk about it!
Keitho
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Before you start, Palace 2 - Villa 0. Congrats
I dont want to talk about it!
Keitho
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