What exactly is a camel safari? Take 4 Western travelers, 2 from Spain 2 from the USA. Put the travelers on top of one of the world's most stubborn animals, the camel. Bring in one guide, a local villager who has spent his entire life in the Great Thar Desert. Spend the next two days riding across the desert on camelback stopping at remote villages without electricity, napping under trees to beat off the daytime heat, and sleeping on a sand dune under the stars. Finish the journey with a newfound appreciation for the starkness of desert life, and enjoy your first bottle of chilled water like never before when you arrive back in town. After leaving the sick room in Jaipur, Caroline and I spent the next five days in Pushkar, a Hindu pilgrimmage town,
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