Camel Safaris and Crazy Roads
We made it back to Udaipur safely! and the city has never looked this good. Our drive to Jaisalmer was long, about 10 hours and was definitely an experience. The roads were super narrow a lot of the way, especially through the mountains. I guess you could say that we were all a little on edge until we got to the city. It's a lot hotter there than it is here and is definitely more in the desert. Everything's got a bland brown color to it and overall I wasn't that big of a fan of the city and I wasn't the only one. We went to the fort and that was pretty good but it was just so hot and everything seemed to be a hassle. A lot of the restaurants weren't open because it's the off season, so it was hard to find food at times. It was the first time we had met up with fellow travelers so that was nice. We met a Dutch guy and two Americans. There was also Bernie, a Brit who we had met in Udaipur.
It wasn't all bad though by any means. The second night we were there, we did a Camel Safari which was really fantastic. We each had our camels and their "handlers" and both days we walked through the desert for about 2-3 hours. Surprisingly, it wasn't all that hot and the view was amazing. A couple of times, we walked through sections of sand dunes which was like I was in a movie.
When we got to a slab of concrete that was raised about four feet off the ground, I realized that was our bed. We watched the sun set as we sat on the dunes and played in the sand. Dinner was amazing and was cooked over a wood fire. I've never had chowpatti that awesome. We spent the night under the stars and they were truly amazing. I've never seen stars like that, there were so many of them and the light pollution was so minimal that you could see the Milky Way and there were tons of shooting stars. Fahmida and Bernie (the British guy) stayed up much later than the others and we just sat there and talked about life and watched shooting stars. Even though I stared at the sky for hours, it's still hard for me to remember what it looks like.
The next morning, we woke to the cawing of a pack of crows and realized we had survived the night.The wind had been relentless the entire evening and we had to pry our eyes open because the sand had sealed them shut. We were all really nasty; I could feel the layer of sand all over my face, but it was definitely worth it. After breakfast, we rode our camels back and came back to the Jaisalmer hotel. We were all beat and exhausted and after a shower and food, we all crashed. The next day was pretty worthless too as we were all sooooo sore all over. Especially our asses. And, after our second full day in Jaisalmer, we were ready to go home.
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