Dispatches from the Dromedary (where every day is hump day)

1. A 72-hour camel safari is excellent grundel preparation for the Nepali MS150.
2. Camels exist in a perpetual state of pooping and farting.
3. Camel farts are the foulest vegetarian death farts we have ever encountered (even worse than Kimmy's!).
4. Rahul's sister, Leela, has been inducted into the Bad Ass Hall of Fame for catching "Montezuma's Revenge" the morning the trip began, puking after every meal, and getting back up on the camel each time with a smile (and vomit) on her face.
5. Leela's boyfriend, Sam, wins the TLC award for being ready at a moment's notice to hold Leela's hair back for 3 straight days.
6. Camel drivers are bad-ass (but not as bad-ass as Leela).
7. They brave extreme heat, cold, sun, wind and sand for 10 months of the year and manage to father 6 children in their two months at home.
8. They walk barefoot for miles across the prickly, barren desert.
9. If your camel driver goes by the name of "Desert King," he's especially bad-ass (but not as bad-ass as Leela).
10. If Desert King offers you "desert cake," say no.
11. Every song sounds good in the desert, whether it's Desert King botching "Country Road" or Rahul missing the high notes of Bon Jovi.
12. No amount of sunscreen in the desert can curb the explosion of freckles across Meg's face.
13. Resolved: Rahul should never wear long underwear in public. Ever. (Exhibit A above.)
14. When Desert King says someone is "bubbly," he means horny.
15. When Desert King assigned us to camels, he paired the fartiest, chattiest, and bubbliest to Meg.
16. Desert King is an excellent judge of character.
17. We're not sure which is cooler: watching a sofabed fold into itself or watching a camel's legs bend in impossible directions when lowering itself to the ground.
18. You know you're in the middle of nowhere when there are so many stars in the sky that you can't find the Big Dipper.
19. Playing frisbee is the second-most fun thing to do in the sand-dunes.