Diary for Secker Goes Globetrotting


riding downwind of a farting camel...

2011-08-04

So today was the big Camel trek day! We had free time until about 4pm so I had time to Skype my parents briefly which was nice because I think the homesickness had started to kick in a little so I needed a boost. It was our first Skype experience and the camera didn’t work my end but the whole little shop could see my parents in their dressing gowns with messy hair. I thought to mention this when we got to the end of the call and my mum was horrified that she might have been seen with her hair messy and no lipstick. It had only been a few days since I left but I really needed to have that brief call with them. Then we wandered around Jaisalmer, stopped for Chai and people watched, cow watched too because I