We night-trained to Bikaner from Jaipur. Our plan had been to embark on a camel safari the next morning, but Becky was sick when we pulled into Bikaner. So we postponed the camel safari and let her sleep.
After a quiet morning at Vijay's Guest House, Raphael and I took a car out to a game preserve and did a jeep safari. We saw lots of antelopes, black buck, wild boar, and other game. After, we hung out on the patio of a grand old hotel on the shore of Lake Gajner. We sipped tea, ate cookies, read our books, watched flocks of birds graze the lake as the sun slowly set. Very serene and beautiful.
Wild boar at the wildlife preserve
Neelgai - Indian antelope
Raphael enjoying tea and biscuits and a good book on Lake Gajner
Returned and dined with the other guests - a British expat who lives in Switzerland, and a young couple from Belgium.
I took this shot as we were stuck in Bikaner traffic on the way back from Gajner. Our car was stopped at a railroad crossing and this was the vehicle next to us - as interested in me as I was in it. An apt ending of the day and preparation for tomorrow's camel safari.
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