What do camels do at night, while on a camel safari in the Great Indian Desert, more commonly referred to as the Thar Desert. It's a mixture of chewing on the cud, breaking wind and resting, not necessarily in that particular order. On our first night out, under the canopy of a billion stars, we made the cardinal mistake of sleeping not too far from our overexerted camels and in the direction of the wind- the net result was a whiff (unpleasant!) in the air and the sound of grinding teeth. The camels didn't give a damn, though. Besides this minor blemish, camel safaris in India are a delightful experience, thanks mainly to the varied topography of the vast unassuming desert, the eccentric behaviour of the camel-wallahs (riders) and the near faultless performance by the camels
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