Tuesday, March 21st, Aagman Camp, India

Greetings!

Today was a traveling day, from Jaipur to Camp Aagman.  We're heading east now, and will soon pass out out Rajasthan.  We're going to stay tonight at a tent camp established by OAT on land owned by a large family in long partnership with our tour.  Tour operators refer to the accommodations as "Glamping", and it's not bad living at that.  Pat mentioned that the bed was the best so far.  The only drawback wre the jackals howls during the night.

On the way here, we visited Abhaneri (an ancient stepwell) built around 800AD.  An inverted pyramid of stairs down into the main water source for the area, it contains some of the most intricate stone carvings.  Our guide pointed out that they are similar to those carved at Ankor Wat in Cambodia five hundred years later, but he thinks of a lesser quality in detail.  

We arrived at the beautiful camp, unloaded our bags, and relaxed prior to a yoga session on the lawn in front of our tents.  Girish, our guide, is an experienced teacher, and led most of the group (we won't identify which 75-year olds watched from the porch of our tent).

Shortly, the group assembled just outside the dining hall and listened to a dance/song campfire presentation from the locals.  At their urging, and after quite a few drinks, we joined in to dance the night away.

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