Camel Riding in Pushkar

On our second to last day in Pushkar we did a camel ride in the desert- it was so much fun! The day started off a little off as the excursion guy picked us up on his motorbike, rode with the two of us on the back into town where we met out camels. We then rode them through the streets, dodging cars and cows (there are hundreds all over India's streets), and finally made it into the desert. We had a really cool guide take us, he speaks fluent English, French and Spanish but is completely illiterate. He never went to school but is teaching himself to read and write at home in the evenings. He learnt to speak English, French and Spanish solely from speaking to tourists which is just incredible. The other guide was a 14 year old boy who may have got a little drunk on the beer we gave him- not our best idea considering he was steering the camel home. We made it back though and watched the sunset in the desert on the way - utterly beautiful.