Thar Desert

Morning was spent with schooling, the kids have asked to continue home schooling in Australia but for the parents it’s terrible 😂.

We were picked up in a jeep in the afternoon to head for our desert safari. First stop was Kuldhara, a ghost village. Our driver said you can shout out to ghosts (Please Bhooth come ) so you can see them, as per him he has seen many.

 

Next stop was a lake where we saw women transport water on their heads but we were back in the jeep pretty quick due to a woman constantly asking us for money .

We arrived at our tent which is very much glamping. Then on to the camels for our sunset at the dunes . 

I am not a fan of camel rides as I feel I am going to fall off any moment. I had Aanya in front of me and she absolutely loved it. Jeevan fell off on the way back as his camel got up before he got on, reinforcing my fear of falling but it became the highlight of the day for the kids.

The sunset was beautiful, we saw antelopes and beetles too. The kids rolled off the dunes ,did handstands and piggybacks to keep themselves occupied.

At dinner we had local music, dancing and jokes to keep us entertained. My favourite bit was the music made by wooden sticks and we had to keep up by clapping. Kids loved the dancing with fire on the ladies head.

Last night in Rajasthan. I didn’t know, Jaisalmer pretty much closes for tourists at the end of March so we are lucky we got there. It’s been a beautiful trip, the best of people and such a variety of things to do and see .