I have had the most fun week of my life. My brother’s wedding spanned seven days of celebrations! Seriously - seven full days of dressing up, eating, drinking, and wedding ceremonies. It was one big and long party. Each day started early and ended in the early hours and so each morning the hangover of the previous day lingered even as the celebration of the new day took off. I am going to take a while to sort through the thousands of photographs from the wedding. So a blog on that a little later.
To unwind from the exhaustion of the wedding and get to know the new family better we drove to a place called Osian for a night. Sadly, Robin had to get back to work and missed out on caravan ride to Osian. My parents, the newlyweds (Karan and Nishika), Nishika's parents, the kids and I drove out in the evening when the sun was still rather bright in the sun city of Jodhpur. We drove along the long straight desert highway with sand blowing lightly around us and camels munching on thorny desert shrubs. The drive was beautiful for the first 20 minutes but quickly the scenery became monotonous so I was relieved to hear that our destination was only an hour away.
The entrance to the India Safari Club, Osian was magnificent. A large fort gate in the middle of sand dunes. We got out of our cars and waited on large stone benches covered with yellow and saffron cushions for our came ride to the Safari club. Yes, all of us including 3 month old Raahi got onto camels! The evening at the resort was beautiful - a sunset in the desert followed by folk musicians singing songs of ancient wars and everlasting love. We all enjoyed our night in the tents Tarana was particularly fascinated by the tented toilets. Raahi showed his excitement by turning onto his stomach for the first time while we were in Osian. Osian is also famous for a 6000 year old, beautifully architectured temple that we visited on our way back to Jodhpur. We will have to go back to the Osian safari club once the kids are bigger to enjoy their two hour camel ride on the sand dunes and into the surrounding villages. Check out http://www.indiasafariclub.com.
