Evergreen Hotel Bikaner

Station Road, Rajasthan Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

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In the desert with camels and the three (wise) men

A travel blog entry by global.nomads

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... in the afternoon between 3-5pm. During the midday heat in between there is a long break which we spend in the shade of the occasional tree.

The food is cooked over an open wood fire. For every meal we have the same classical Indian food: rice, vegetable curry, lentil soup (dhal) and flat bread (chapatti). Our camel boys can cook quite well. The dish washing afterwards happens without water. Pots, plates and cups are thoroughly rubbed with the desert sand and ...

In an indian desert town

A travel blog entry by global.nomads

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... knowledge on desert plants and wildlife. We could not have imagined a better guide than this. We also learned a lot from him about the dynamics that are played out behind the curtains in Indian society.

Jitu tells us that there was a time when he received a job offer in his field in the south of India. In India it is the duty, task and honor of the oldest son to stay with and take care of his parents. His father told him that he could not move with him ...

Camels and desert

A travel blog entry by jaxandtom

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Sad to leave Ramesh (Tom- "and his motorbike") we were excited about the prospect of camels and deserts! Here in Bikaner we found the camel man, who incidentally, had a similar expression to a camel(!), Vijay Singh introduced himself and soon we were discussing camel safari's over chai. Chai seems to appear whenever a discussion needs to happen in India. It's great yet it does imply that your lips are ...

Sun Gate

A travel blog entry by ifranz

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... of avoiding foods that may hurt anything. Some go as far as carrying a broom to push away any bug from the floor so that they're not killed, and wear a tissue on the face to avoid inhaling them. The building indeed seemed to be some sort of animal sanctuary, where little birds, pigeons and a few dogs laid peacefully and without a worry.
The visit to Bikaner continued to a local miniature artist specialized on religious, natural ...

Hell's Bus

A travel blog entry by ifranz

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Today I woke up at dawn, got my stuff together and left in a few minutes. Don't get me wrong, it was a good time in Jaipur but I really needed some relax and Bikaner was promising some great things.


Of course the way to relax couldn't have started worse since the only way to get there was by bus (I hate the train reservation system with a passion and any bus always has empty seats left if you get there 1 hour before). After a 7 hours ride that deserves no ...

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