Day 10 - a scorpion and a chilled day

I could not sleep so although we had a sleep in (7.30 wake up) I was up at 6.30 to watch one last sunrise over Little Rann.  There were so many beautiful birds around it was amazing.

See if you can spot what is strange about this panoramic shot.

I also took a shot of the thorns we had to contend with while trekking - huge and as strong as nails in fact you needed plyers to pull them out of your boots and quite a few times people had them go right through their boots into their feet.

We  bid a very sad and fond farewell to the crew who have been amazing. We will all miss George and of course Ramish (aka massage walla come drummer come dancer extraordinaire) as well as the wonderful chefs who have made the impossible possible - we all managed to out weight on in india even though we were walking everyday!

We also bid farewell to the Troopie.

Our wonderful troopie

When the crew were packing up the tents there was great excitement as they found a baby female scorpion under the tent Elaine and I were in last night! If this was a baby I would hate to meet its parents.

We then headed back to Rann Riders for lunch and a relax and for most of us the ability to use wifi.

We jumped on our trusted bus Krish (yep it has a name) to head to Ahmedabad 90kms away to start the second and most rewarding part of the trip - being able to see first hand the great work of the amazing charity this trip was all about and one of the communities that are benefiting from an Anganwadi. Although I  am excited about this I am also not looking forward to going back to the big smoke - the desert was so beautiful.

we arrived in Ahmedabad in the late afternoon during peak hour. It looks like quite a pretty city and the view from our is great.