Craig and I woke up early to take a 7am taxi Craig had arranged to meet our group in Pushkar. I was feeling much better but my stomach was still off so I didn't have any appetite. Good thing too because the hotel lights were all off when we left, so we couldn't get breakfast.
The cab took 3 hours and cost us 2000 rupees (30 quid) which included all the toll roads and the driver for both ways (he had to drive back to Jaipur). It was a nice ride except the last 30 mins when it got really hot and really bumpy. We arrived at the hotel and ran into some of the people from our group who were leaving for lunch. I got settled in for a nap (I was feeling a bit queasy again after the bumpy ride) and Craig went with the others for lunch. After napping all day I was feeling better and went for a camel ride with the others. It was my first time on an animal by myself (I think I rode a pony once at a fair) so I was a bit nervous at first. You feel quite high up when you're riding a camel, so I was a bit worried about falling until I got used to being all the way up there (I'm normally used to being close to the ground :) The camels took us out of the town, past a dump (lovely smell!), and around some sandy dunes. We each had a boy walking out camels, but mine preferred talking to his friends and let me drive most of the way. Scary, especially when my camel was speeding up towards a busy intersection!
Afterwards we went for dinner, where I ordered a spinach mushroom burger the others had raved about from the previous day. It was pretty gross and my appetite was still recovering so I only had half. Craig got a pizza with paneer and Indian spices but found a shard of metal in it so that was the end of his meal. The server apologized for the metal and guessed it had chipped from the cheese grater, and promised that next time they would take good care of him. Yeah right, why not this time? Craig got charged full price for the pizza. During dinner, Bish mentioned how he loved the movie Avatar - seems he has a thing for the blue chick - "big beautiful eyes, blue skin, and a tail!"
By the time we got back to the hotel, we were exhausted so crashed for the night.
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