A lot has happened this past week and a half and like a toddler with a tower of Legos, I’m about to break it down for y’all. After a month and some time we’ve finally been through our first desert city here in India which was Jaisalmer and boy did it get hot. We finally got see how a gingerbread man/woman in an oven feels like but aside from the heat this place was neat. There was this giant fort and inside of it was a market area which was super cool. While in this town, we got to go do the camel safari which consisted of venturing many old historical landmarks and of course riding camels! After riding camels, we got to play in the sand dunes and while some of the group chilled out in the sand, some others were throwing a frisbee and it was absolutely a blast! And not to mention, right before we all laid in a circle around our camp fire under the stars, we got to celebrate my 19th birthday and share a birthday cake in the desert which surprisingly for riding on a camel was still in one piece and was very beautiful! The morning after we had rode the camels back and this time the camels were going faster than usual which made for a very bumpy but awesome ride back. From there, we made our way to Jaipur where we are having our first home stay experiences with locals here. We were also able to go see a Bollywood movie that was super dramatic and full of plot twists that made for an eventful first day here. Fortunately for us, we were also here for a holiday that happens once a year called Holi!! This was a very interesting day and was definitely a bright one. We all got to throw colors and paints at each other and run the streets putting colors on other locals. There’s still paint in a lot our scalps and it was just an incredible day. There’s a lot of little details within these days but these are just a glimpse of the many adventures we had and there will definitely be pictures later! Til next time.
— Travon Braswell