JODHPUR - CAMEL TRECK (JAISALMER) - 20th October 2011
This was the day of Bob Marley. Went to a camel resort about 50Km outside of Jaisalmer and spent the late afternoon riding a camel around the sand dunes. My guides name was Piku and he had named his camel Bob Marley (the dude loved reggae) so me and Bob went off on our merry little way. Piku was 21 and had lived in the village his entire life and had never left. He told me how much he loved cricket but had never owned a television so could never watch it, making do with playing against his mates when not taking tourists out on the camels. He hoped that one day he could go to the oval maidan in Mumbai to watch an actual match. After watching the sunset from the top of this massive dune hopped back onto Bob and we started to make our way back to the huts. On the way Bob decided to go for a run so before I know it i'm hanging on for dear life and seeing as i'm pretty light anyways, nearly got thrown off a fair few times! Another camel bearing an equally terrified British girl called Annie had seen Bob galloping off and decided to turn it into a race. We were neck and neck until Bob came up trumps and stormed ahead leaving the other inferior bob-wannabe in his wake. Once back at the camp we all went for dinner in a courtyard surrounded by these small huts. A buffet of tasty curry and chapati was spread out and got chatting to Annie about Bristol as she had gone there for university. Was a pretty surreal conversation talking about how much i detested Lizard Lounge whilst eating in the middle of the desert!
After dinner those who wanted to sleep in the desert (me included obviously) hopped on a cart and we were towed by my camel Bob out to the dunes, where we would spend the night beneath the stars. It was all very comfortable with bed frames and blankets provided! Talked with Annie until I feel asleep only to awake at dawn to see the sun rise which was pretty incredible!
All in all, a pretty good day.
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