If you have ever ridden a camel you would know the pain associated with an extended trot. You might also know the bow-legged effect it has as soon as you start walk, err, waddling to the nearest bench, chair, or bed. But really, how cool is it to be on a camel safari!? Having been [...]

After our rickshaw putt-putted its way back from Deshnok, we did make it to the camel farm in time for the 4:30p return from grazing…only to find that this time of year, they return at 3:30p. Thanks a lot, Books! Oh well, we still got to see more camels and got to hear the babies [...]

I like riding in rickshaws. They are noisy, spew pollution, they feel like you’re riding a lawnmower at warp speed, the drivers are unequivocally insane, and every second you are riding in one, you know that you are in India. I like knowing that I’m in India. Where but in India would you find a [...]

For us, the Pushkar Camel Fair had 3 fairly distinct stages. There was the day we arrived, and probably the day before and maybe the day after (we only went out the one day), when all the camels were chillin out in the dunes of the desert. The middle days for us were when we [...]

The bus journey was delightfully short after we’ve become accustomed to the butt-breaking, hours- and days-long, drama-filled long hauls that Traveling Day usually entails (or at least as accustomed to that as one can really get). And it was even comfortable, a very luxurious AC bus that was blissfully NOT Nepali-sized. Why, Ray and I [...]