The first day of our safari was spent meandering through the desert (in 50 degree heat - thank goodness for my safari gear :) checking out a little village in the middle of nowhere, lounging under a tree for three hours (waiting for lunch and then digesting lunch - why don't I ever do this at home??), riding to an "oasis" (translation: a well with a trough) and then finally making camp around 6pm where after resting and stretching our sore muscles, drinking warm (but satisfying) Pepsi we rolled down the sand dunes and then watched the sun set and the dung beetles go about their business (they are massive!). Our guides cooked us curry with rice and roti for dinner, set up our bedding (lounge chair like bed platforms with blankets that I'm sure had never been washed) and then left us. We were alone in the desert (they even took the camels!). One of the guys on our tour had brought his guitar and he played random cover songs and sang until we fell asleep. Of course I was the last one to fall asleep and I lay there letting my imagination digest the fact that I was alone in the desert and thinking of all of the creepy/scary things out there that might want to eat me (thankfully we were off the ground and so safe from snakes/mice/dung beetles). I woke up around 6:30am, still in one piece and realized I was the first one up. I watched the sunrise over the dunes from my bed and thought of watching the sunrise on Hornby.
Our guides arrived and made breakfast and hot chai (so choked all chai here is made with milk!) and then we set off on another camel trek across more amazing sand dunes and it occurred to me that this is the most peaceful place I've been in India. Points for Jaisalmer. We spent another afternoon relaxing under a tree in the shade, were fed an awesome curry lunch and then shipped back to our hotel in the city. A perfect end to our time in India :)
