We stopped off at Jaisalmer to do some research. It is an inhabited fort so we were able to go up to the ramparts and drink a beer in a restaurant perched above the city.
Unfortunately the pictures have gone missing . So you will have to take my word for it.
It seems the best way to view an Indian Bustard is from the back of a camel. It seems they are unafraid of camels.
So it was off to the local camel rental yard where we first had to down a couple of cups of aryidtha which is an alcoholic drink made out of camels milk and goat piss. Then we had to learn the three essential camel commands:
VARELTLITY RISE UP GREAT BEAST
BREDALFTHY RIDE LIKE THE WIND
NORTHRUMPTY STOP YOU GREAT BEAST BEFORE I NEVER WALK AGAIN
Then it was into the desert feeling very magnificent, like Lawrence of Arabia.
Then the pain and discomfort and then the best part of the camel ride, getting off and trying to walk again.
Alas we never saw an Indian Bustard. Turns out the area where the few survivors are is under lock and key because there were so few survivors of the last breeding season.
Unfortunately the pictures have gone missing . So you will have to take my word for it.
It seems the best way to view an Indian Bustard is from the back of a camel. It seems they are unafraid of camels.
So it was off to the local camel rental yard where we first had to down a couple of cups of aryidtha which is an alcoholic drink made out of camels milk and goat piss. Then we had to learn the three essential camel commands:
VARELTLITY RISE UP GREAT BEAST
BREDALFTHY RIDE LIKE THE WIND
NORTHRUMPTY STOP YOU GREAT BEAST BEFORE I NEVER WALK AGAIN
Then it was into the desert feeling very magnificent, like Lawrence of Arabia.
Then the pain and discomfort and then the best part of the camel ride, getting off and trying to walk again.
Alas we never saw an Indian Bustard. Turns out the area where the few survivors are is under lock and key because there were so few survivors of the last breeding season.
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