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In The Desert

written by Brenna Holeman August 26, 2011

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The Thar Desert, India

I have been to a few deserts in my life, and most recently I was in the Thar desert of India, near Jaisalmer. It was a whirlwind trip from the little western Rajasthan city, one of my favourite cities in India; a city with a beautiful fort, amazing shopping, and a maze of small streets often packed to the hilt with women in bright saris, men in embroidered kurta, and wandering cows and goats. It was only a short drive from there to get to the desert, where we spent an evening riding camels to view the sunset, enjoying a show of (and participating in) traditional music and dance, eating delicious curry, and sleeping in white tents under the stars. The thing about the deserts I’ve been in, though, is that they often get very cold at night, cold enough to require extra layers.

I’m in another desert now, an American one. I’m staying at my dad’s place in Phoenix, Arizona, and there is no other way to say it: it is ridiculously hot, even at night. The temperature this week has been an average of 46ºC/115ºF; my sister and I have done very little but stay indoors, reading and watching TV. Once in a while we attempt to sit outside by the pool, but that lasts for only about half an hour before we head back inside the house, the air-conditioned haven. Even at night, walking outdoors feels like walking into an oven.

Perhaps I am being a tad over-dramatic, but I simply haven’t experienced this level of heat very often in my life; I can think of only a few places I’ve been that rival this heat. Come to think of it, all of those places were visited in August: Spain, Morocco, Vietnam. Southeast Asia and Japan were definitely hot, but it was the humidity that got me there, not the actual temperature.

On Monday, I’ll be heading to another desert, to the Black Rock desert of northern Nevada. I’ll be there for one week to join in the festivities of Burning Man, to camp and dance and observe and drink and laugh and meet dozens of like-minded people. It will be amazing, I know, and I’m more than willing to take the heat in order to have the experience.

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mina September 12, 2011 - 6:37 pm

This looks like such an amazing experience. Did you use a tour company to get out there? I’d love to see this in person someday.

Let us know if you’d like to meet up and exchange travel stories when you’re in Montreal!

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This Battered Suitcase September 13, 2011 - 6:12 am

Thanks Mina! I did go through a tour group; I’m not sure how many other options there are for getting out there, unless you hire a private guide. I hope you get there one day, it was magical!

I’ll let you know when we are close to Montreal, it would be cool to meet another traveller from Winnipeg!

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Val Orgera January 7, 2020 - 5:25 pm

I’m really glad I found you site. I’m heading to Mumbai south in 10 days and I am having some issues over what to wear. Hopefully I can pull this off. Thanks for you advice.
Getting very excited ?

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My name is Brenna Holeman and I drink a lot of whisky. No, wait. That’s not how I want to start. After travelling to more than 100 countries over the past 15 years, many of them solo, I tend to write about travel a lot, but I write about other things, too: getting dumped, buying way too much jewellery, and yeah, OK, whisky (none of those things are related, I swear). You’ll find a mix of advice, opinion pieces, and stories on this blog, but either way, I hope to make you want to read more. And up next? I'm about to become a single mom to a beautiful baby boy, the biggest solo adventure I've ever been on. For more about me and what you'll find on This Battered Suitcase, click here .

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