our little camel safari in the rajastani desert

after our practice run, we were ready to head to the desert.  zoe was very excited...

 but the sun was strong, so pappa and eijla covered up...

 zoe had a bit fun playing musical camels,  she rode, in turn, with thomas, me and even the camel guide.

 eijla wanted to ride on the camel all by herself, and could not understand why we wouldn´t let her!

 then we rode out to the sand dunes, definitely the highlight of the safari.

 where we had fun in the sun and played in the sunset...

 then the stars came out and the temperature cooled down...

 and a stick on fire was ever so fun.  are we bad parents we let our five year old play with fire?

 then after a yummy dinner cooked by the fire,  it was time for nighty nighty under the starry sky!

 sunrise over my cute little family.  mys.

 then it was up for a yummy breakfast, and a couple more hours of fun in the sand,  there were sand angels....

 buried angels...

 and then we were off again before the sun was too hot...

 on our lunch break zoe even managed to pick flowers in the desert.  that kid can find flowers anywhere!

then it was time to say good bye to our camel and guides,  it was a great adventure!

the desert city of jaislamer...

after a some uneventful (aside from eijla vomiting all over herself and me) trip out in the desert, we arrived in jaislamer, where the thing is to take a camel safari.  we were not sure how the girls, or we for that matter, would survive an overnight camel safari, so we took a mini one on the outskirts of town as a trial run.  as you can see, zoe loves camels, and it went well, so there is going to be sore butts and sleeping under the stars in our near futures...

 we checked out the water reserve on the edge of town where you can rent boats and cruise around.  the girls loved it, but even on the water, there were indians chasing us in their boats.  the girls have their own paparazzi wherever we go!

 then we explored the fort, stopping for some nice views now and again.

 and a cozy dinner on a rooftop restaurant watching the sun go down and the girls entertain themselves with their coloring.  mysigt.