A Desert is a Desert

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It’s funny how Hannah and I were in the middle of the desert in India and thinking how similar the landscape in Rajasthan was to California. In some places we could have been driving through Ramona or on our way to Death Valley. The dry, dusty land was the same; the small, rocky mountains were the same.

It reminds me of all I take for granted having lived all my life in California. In California, we can drive one or two hours and be in a completely different environment, and look over a wonderful new landscape. California is so geologically varied.

In a village in Rajasthan, Hannah and I met a girl from Ireland who had never seen desert sand dunes. This really shocked me at first, but then I realized how I’d taken for granted my trips to the Californian desert or even the beach. The dunes themselves didn’t seem to impress us as much as they did our friend. But for Hannah and I, it was more the thought of how far we were away from home. Although it was familiar, I guess you won’t find people in bright saris and turbans walking camels down the road in California.