MogenStoft

Colour in the Sand

Posted by MogenStoft | 19th June 2009

We traveled by train from Jodphur to Phalodi with Manosch, a very friendly young man who is working on his MSc in chemistry. He was surprised and delighted that we were getting off at the same stop as him – and insisted on helping us find and settle into one of the only two hotels in town. We had decided to stop in this non-tourist location because it is the railway stop closest to the winter grounds of the beautiful Demoiselle cranes. Emil was looking a little green in the face, but once we’d negotiated a fair price for the rooms, we made our way to the nearby village of Khichan where the cranes swoop in every day around 4 pm. What a sight! – 100’s of one meter tall steel blue and black birds with bright red eyes.

That night we learned why Emil was green… We had naively hoped he’d be well enough to visit Manosch’s family home by the next evening, but the poor guy was sick for several days. Kaya kindly stayed back at the hotel with him, while the rest of us traveled for about 30 m

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