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A Tale of Five Tents

I woke up feeling nominally better and significantly less groggy. I had slept away the previous day and I was tired of wasting my time sleeping. I got ready and went to the dining area to attempt breakfast. Toast...again. I didn't really feel too well afterwards and Julia suggested I at least check to see how much getting a doctor out would be since they offered the service. Turns out it is only rs.400 to have him out. SOLD! Our driver is here so I sent Julia off to the fort by herself while I checked email and waited for the doctor. Right as I finished on the computer the Doc shows up and I escorted him back to our room. He was exactly what I hoped for so at least I was comfortable. He asked me a bunch of questions then felt my stomach and tells me I have something wrong with my intestines. Excellent! He prescribed some other medicines and upped the dosage on my Cipro. Now I have to wait for a runner to bring me the other meds from a pharmacy in town. I had to check out at noon and waited for Julia to get back from the fort on the front patio. At around 2pm she came back and we got a snack so I could take my new pill. We were on the road a short time later. I was very grateful that the Manvar Desert Resort was only 2 hours away. We got there and were glad to find a nice resortish type place with real bathrooms and toilet paper. The camp part where we had made a reservation was a few km's up the road and since we'd arrived a little later than expected they had our driver take us out to it. It was very deserty and the camp was super cool. Our tents were huge and the bathroom was the nicest one we'd had. I was duly impressed when I saw one of the staff carrying Julia's and my suitcase ON HIS HEAD. Hopefully the amount of his tip wasn't going to have include paying for a visit to the chiropractor. We watched the sun set and made fun of people taking camel rides. We were giggling hysterically WITH them, as they would all nearly pitch forward over the camel's head when it tried to get up. We also met the family next to us. Their little boy was sicker than I had been and it was just heartbreaking to hear him wailing out of frustration. Later in the night he had to be taken back to the hospital in Jodhpur. Poor guy!  At least he had his mom there; I would have KILLED for mine a couple days earlier. After a little while we heard music and decided that was our signal to head over to the dining area.  They had a semi-circular area set up around a fire and stage area, with cushions and small tables for appetizers. I couldn't eat very much but I did stay up long enough to watch the show. They had dancers, singers, and musicians that were pretty interesting to watch. I attempted some dinner, which was so good. But I didn't last long and had to head back to the tent.

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