OUR LAST NIGHT WAS CHRISTAMS EVE

WE CAMPED ON SOME AMAZING SAND DUNES CLOSE TO A VILLAGE. SOME OF THE LOCAL CHILDREN CAME FOR A VISIT. FOR CHRISTMAS EVE WE OPENED THE BOTTLE OF WINE THAT THE AIRLINE GAVE ME FOR DOING FIRST AID ON THE FLIGHT. WE SHARED THE WINE ON THE TOP OF A SAND DUNE UNDER THE STARS. BEAUTIFUL.

THERE ARE VILLAGES IN THE DESERT

WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE VILLAGES THE PEOPLE ALL CAME OUT TO LOOK AT US. THE CHILDREN ALL WAVED AND CALLED 'TA TA!' MEANING HELLO AND GOODBYE. THE MEN WOULD SAY 'RAM RAM' TO THE CAMEL MEN, WITH THEIR DEEP VOICES IT SOUNDED LIKE A CHANT (THIS ALSO MEANS HELLO AND GOODBYE). THE WOMEN WOULD SOMETIMES SMILE AT ME AND GREET ME WITH PRAYERED HAND 'NAMESTE'

the thar desert

IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL GOING THROUGH PART OF THE THAR DESERT. AFTER BEING IN THE CITIES IN INDIA THE QUIET ALMOST HURT MY EARS! WE HAD A TENT TO SLEEP IN BUT WE CHOSE TO SLEEP OUTSIDE UNDER THE STARS. THE STARS WERE AMAZING. SOMETIMES I WOULD WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND PUT MY GLASSES ON JUST TO STARE AT THEM.

THIS IS FROM THE RAT TEMPLE. YEP THERE ARE HUNDREDES OF THEM. THIS IS JUST A FEW!

this is in BIKENER RAJESTHAN

IT IS AN OLDCITY THAT WE TOOK THE TRAIN TO FROM JAIPUR. HERE WE WENT ON A 3 DAY 2 NIGHT CAMEL SAFARI. THERE WAS ROHMANN AND ME AND A WOMAN FROM SPAIN AND A WOMAN FROM DENMARK

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AMAZING!