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Day-4 Final Day
So now it was the final day of the tour,
after a wonderful sleep in the huts in chilling desert ,we got up early for the SUNRISE visit to Sand Dunes...
We got up at 6 and freshen up and headed for Camel Safari to visit sand dunes.
- hoped on camels and headed for sand dunes.. and soon we were climbing the high sand dunes sitting on the camel one of the life time experience...
- reached on time at heights to have ...
A story told in 3 acts
... read, but it’s true for the moment here in Ahmedabad. Meaning that it has been raining on and off, every day, for two weeks now, so nothing dries. My sandals, my messenger bag, even the case for my camera has gotten damp somehow and not dried, causing them all to sprout little tufts of mildewy mold. Kinda gross. The best option has been to turn on the a/c with the fan and try to dry everything out that way since no one owns an actual clothing ...
Where has the time flown?
... to call "little Krupa" (as opposed to "big Krupa" from Nairobi!). The weekend was a social whirl of kite flying and eating by day, then going back on the roof in the evening to see the Chinese lanterns being lit and floated up in the sky along with so many fireworks. The whole sky was literally fulled with the lanterns - it looked like the stars had come down from the sky. You could hear people all around celebrating on their rooftops, and all with no drunken rowdiness. It was ...
Où comment cuire vivant !!
... de chambre militaire avec son armoire en métal et sa décoration plus que sommaire (lit, bureau, murs blancs et sol en béton). Il fait une chaleur étouffante dans la chambre. Même le ventilateur au plafond (qui pourtant fait autant de bruit qu'un réacteur d'avion) ne fait aucun air. J'ai un compromis à faire entre :
- ouvrir les portes fenêtres pour essayer d'avoir un minimum d'air et de ventilation dans la chambre
- ...
Daisy is Queen in this place
... things, some of which have added weight to my suitcase! Listening to these women talk about the struggles of setting up their stand in the marketplace (being pelted by tomatoes, being bullied, etc) and then seeing their successful and beaming faces was incredible. (Seeing the market was an absolutely amazing experience, too…people carry absolutely everything on their heads, and the smells and visual excitement was intense---spices, vegetables, fruit, ...