Bikaner- some pics from the desert

Mount Abu, Monday 25 February 2013

A few pics from Bikaner and the camel safari, described in a previous post... again, they're a bit out of order, as I'm having trouble with getting them uploaded.

Street scene in Bikaner

Grover at the absolutely astounding Bikaner fort

Kidding around

Setting off on the camel trek, with my camel's head to the right, following behind the cart with our luggage

Making chai in Bikaner, a serious business

You know, steering our camel

Irrigated fields of wheat and farm children

Our lunch stop, under a shady tree

The cook rustling up a lovely lunch

Some village houses

Our camping ground in the sunset glow

Inside my tent

Local wildlife in Bikaner

The cook

Sunset over the dune in front of our campsite

A desert fox towards the left of the pic

Looking down on our lunch stop, from the dune in front of it

Lunch stop

Me and my shadow, from atop my camel

The older man at our overnight camp