SAHARA DESERT QUEENS

ABOUT TO EMBARK ON CAMEL SAFARI! 

MY FIRST EVER CAMEL RIDE WAS WITH A GENTLE SHANTI CREATURE, GANESH.

I RODE HIM THE WHOLE WAY, ALL 4 HOURS THROUGH THE OUTSKIRTS OF PUSHKAR... RIGHT INTO GYSPYVILLE.

TOUCHING A LIVE COBRA, CHECK.

OUR FIRST STOP WAS AT A FULL ON GYSPY VILLAGE, HOUSING A COMMUNITY OF FAMILY AND COUNTLESS CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND EVERYWHERE. THE MOTHER SPOKE GOOD ENGLISH BEING USED TO FOREIGNERS PASSING THROUGH HER VILLAGE. A SCANDINAVIAN MAN WAS SITTING WITH THE FAMILY EATING CHAPATIS, HE'S BEEN PART OF THIS FAMILY THE PAST 10 YEARS, GIVING JUST ENOUGH MONEY TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILY BUT NOT TOO MUCH AS TO CREATE CONFLICT BETWEEN COMMUNITIES. THE FATHER BRINGS OUT A BASKET WITH A RATTLER SNAKE WHICH OF COURSE WAS OFFERED TO ME WHILE KATIE  MILDLY PANICKED. LIKE EVERYONE IN THE CIRCLE THE COBRA WAS GENTLE AND NONINTRUSIVE. PEACE BETWEEN ALL LIVING BEINGS REIGNS TRUE!

THE MOUNTAINS. BEAUTIFUL MAGESTIC BREATHTAKING MOUNTAINS.

I LOVED MOST THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL AUTHENTIC WOMAN RIDING ON HER CART WAS ON THE CELL PHONE. TECHNOLOGY REACHES NEW HEIGHTS.

DESERT BUSKER.

WE STOPPED BY OUR RIDERS HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OUTSKIRTS FOR CHAI, ROOFTOP SUNSET AND PLAYTIME WITH HIS CHILDREN. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. 

5 HOURS AND A SMALL CAMEL CANTER LATER WE ARRIVE BACK INTO TOWN, TOTALLY ENTHRALLED WITH OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE MAGESTIC CAMELS OF PUSHKAR.