We arrived at Khuri bright and early in high spirits for the excitement of the day ahead, little did we know what was in store for us! After mounting our camels, to screams of horror from ourselves and too much laughter from the locals and in particular our driver Arun, we headed off towards the sand dunes.
Within half an hour Jo had screamed about 100 times and thus dismounted the camel twice to much amusement from myself. After then deciding to ride tandem with the camel farmer we then proceeded to trek further into the sand under the boiling hot sun. Our lunch consisted of a 4 hour long rest under a tree in the middle of the sand dunes, while the 3 farmers with broken English cooked a nice (under the circumstances) meal on a camp fire.
Our trek home was a little more interesting, with all 3 of us screaming at the camel farmers as we were left to wander randomly through the desert with myself leading and no direction given. The very painful safari ended with a rather amusing evenings entertainment. As we were again greeted with dal, chappattis and rice, we were to discover the delights of a 'ladyboy's seductive dance' and a girl who picked up pins and razor blades from upside down with her face.
After discovering the painful experience was setting us back a lot of money and that the third party of the group was only to get a mattress for the night, we kicked up a fuss and got two rooms for the price of one, bargain! Though we couldn't wait to leave Khuri and the awful camel experience even if it meant the long 12 hour drive to our next location. Moral of the story, only do a half a day camel safari, with people that understand what your saying!!!
Within half an hour Jo had screamed about 100 times and thus dismounted the camel twice to much amusement from myself. After then deciding to ride tandem with the camel farmer we then proceeded to trek further into the sand under the boiling hot sun. Our lunch consisted of a 4 hour long rest under a tree in the middle of the sand dunes, while the 3 farmers with broken English cooked a nice (under the circumstances) meal on a camp fire.
Our trek home was a little more interesting, with all 3 of us screaming at the camel farmers as we were left to wander randomly through the desert with myself leading and no direction given. The very painful safari ended with a rather amusing evenings entertainment. As we were again greeted with dal, chappattis and rice, we were to discover the delights of a 'ladyboy's seductive dance' and a girl who picked up pins and razor blades from upside down with her face.
After discovering the painful experience was setting us back a lot of money and that the third party of the group was only to get a mattress for the night, we kicked up a fuss and got two rooms for the price of one, bargain! Though we couldn't wait to leave Khuri and the awful camel experience even if it meant the long 12 hour drive to our next location. Moral of the story, only do a half a day camel safari, with people that understand what your saying!!!
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