The Adventures of Smell and Snott: Riding with the wind on speedy camels

The highlight of Jaisalmer was definitely our camel safari. This involved a jeep ride out into the desert where we hopped onto some camels for an hour or so, to wander around the dunes. Scott’s camel was led by a cute but serious 10 year old boy, the son of our guide, who we nicknamed the “maharajah” because he supervised the preparation of dinner later with a very regal solemnity. (Or maybe he was just staring into space and thinking about bugs, but he seemed to be supervising!) The guides started preparing dinner and left us all on top of a dune to watch the sunset. No sooner had Drew commented “Gee it would be nice to have a cold beer right now!” than an enterprising young man from one of the villages hiked up the dune with a sackful of beer! Not cold, but we were still impressed enough to buy some! After a yummy dinner cooked right there in the desert by our guides and driver, and some wandering round the dunes by the light of a full moon, we headed back in the jeep to town, satisfied and smiling.

Drew, Chris and Tomas watching the sunset