Thursday, October 26, 2006
25 October, 2006
We relaxed again the entire morning and it was great. We had a slow lunch and then we went on a camel safari. We left from the fort in a jeep and drove about 40 minutes before turning onto a sand road for another 10 km. We got dropped off in a desert village and we looked around. Then we waited with a camel man in his house with his family for our camels to arrive. It really wasn’t touristy and we were glad that we didn’t go with our driver to Khuri village where all the tourists go. We started off on the camels and it was really bumpy. My whole body was gyrating in all directions. It is no wonder that people get so stiff and sore after riding for a few days. We walked for a while, took a few pictures, ate some desert fruit and then got to a point on the dunes to watch the sun setting. It was so beautiful and magical and quiet. Once the sun had set we joined a group of people who were doing a two day safari and we had dinner with them by the campfire under the stars. They were a fun group and we really enjoyed it. Everything was perfect but there are a million of these dung beetles all over. They are absolutely harmless but they crawl all over you and I don’t think we would have had a pleasant night in the open. It was however so peaceful and perfect and unfortunately we had to leave everyone to get back to the jeep. Our camel man led us back on the camels under the star-lit sky back to our jeep. Camels do fart as you know but Rich let one off and he couldn’t get away with it (seems like desert food doesn’t agree with him). The camel man laughed and called it ‘broken bum’. It was really funny and we had a great walk back. Our jeep wouldn’t start so we had to push it and then we were so worried we would choke off along the way. The drive on the dirt road seemed to last for ever and it was crazy. We were bouncing around the back and it was very adventurous - if I may say so myself. The driver kept stopping and checking the tyres and taping things - G-d knows what he was doing. By the time we reached the road Rich was looking a bit pale around the gills. We had a bumpy road back to the fort and were happy to get to our room for a shower even thought it was so pathetic.
We relaxed again the entire morning and it was great. We had a slow lunch and then we went on a camel safari. We left from the fort in a jeep and drove about 40 minutes before turning onto a sand road for another 10 km. We got dropped off in a desert village and we looked around. Then we waited with a camel man in his house with his family for our camels to arrive. It really wasn’t touristy and we were glad that we didn’t go with our driver to Khuri village where all the tourists go. We started off on the camels and it was really bumpy. My whole body was gyrating in all directions. It is no wonder that people get so stiff and sore after riding for a few days. We walked for a while, took a few pictures, ate some desert fruit and then got to a point on the dunes to watch the sun setting. It was so beautiful and magical and quiet. Once the sun had set we joined a group of people who were doing a two day safari and we had dinner with them by the campfire under the stars. They were a fun group and we really enjoyed it. Everything was perfect but there are a million of these dung beetles all over. They are absolutely harmless but they crawl all over you and I don’t think we would have had a pleasant night in the open. It was however so peaceful and perfect and unfortunately we had to leave everyone to get back to the jeep. Our camel man led us back on the camels under the star-lit sky back to our jeep. Camels do fart as you know but Rich let one off and he couldn’t get away with it (seems like desert food doesn’t agree with him). The camel man laughed and called it ‘broken bum’. It was really funny and we had a great walk back. Our jeep wouldn’t start so we had to push it and then we were so worried we would choke off along the way. The drive on the dirt road seemed to last for ever and it was crazy. We were bouncing around the back and it was very adventurous - if I may say so myself. The driver kept stopping and checking the tyres and taping things - G-d knows what he was doing. By the time we reached the road Rich was looking a bit pale around the gills. We had a bumpy road back to the fort and were happy to get to our room for a shower even thought it was so pathetic.
# posted by Heidi & Richard's travels @ 10:31 AM 
