Sand safari offers a magical night in distant desert; Almost everyone who goes to Jaisalmer takes a camel safari through India's Thar Desert. Here's one woman's experience.(TRAVEL) From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: March 4, 2007| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2007 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Carol Pucci

Ummed Singh, 12, piled blankets on Camu's burlap saddle and motioned for me to climb aboard.

I swung my leg around and held on. "Lean back," he told me. The camel stood up, and I lurched forward.

Ummed, in long-sleeved blue shirt, rolled-up pants and flip-flops, looked up at me with a cool, take-charge expression.

"Everything OK?" I nodded. Then he took hold of a rope attached to a piece of wood piercing the camel's nose, and led the way into the desert.

Ummed, his father, Bura, his Uncle Absay and another man whom I came to know as ...

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