I've got my own story about riding on a camel, Gill! Well, I didn't actually end up riding it. In Dubai, I got on one - the guy made the camel get up - and that's when I realized that I was thirty stories in the air and HAD to get off. If you actually did ride one - you're much braver than I!!!
I took these pictures when DH and I went to the airport to clear our shipment. Lots and lots of camels out there just "roaming."
Lots and lots of sand, Keith! I asked the same question - if they were wild or if they belonged to someone. There are NO fences, I didn't see any "collars" on the camels, and they appear to be just wild and roaming. DH says they belong to someone. I have no idea if there are "wild" camels or not.
Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, there was a Woman who thought she was living the American Dream. Her childhood, although now not particularly memorable, was fairly normal. She went to school. She got a job. She met a tall, blonde and handsome pilot and married him. It was all good. They were the perfect “Ken and Barbie” couple. The handsome pilot built her the house of her dreams in North Carolina, where she thought they would live for the remainder of their many, many days to come. Circumstances, totally out of the control of this lovely Ken and Barbie couple, changed everything. Shortly afterward, they came to find themselves living a whole new life in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Oh, sure, they are still the perfect “Ken and Barbie” couple, but Barbie now wears an abeyah over her designer outfits when she leaves her house, she has given up her pink convertible because she is not allowed to drive, and she no longer has an office that she visits five days a week, instead choosing to spend her time as a stay-at-home wife and an over-protective, doting Mommy to their two absolutely adorable, much loved and very, very pampered four-legged “Kids.”
Would you believe I have actually been on a camel, when we were on honeymoon in Tunisia. They are not very friendly creatures.
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I've got my own story about riding on a camel, Gill! Well, I didn't actually end up riding it. In Dubai, I got on one - the guy made the camel get up - and that's when I realized that I was thirty stories in the air and HAD to get off. If you actually did ride one - you're much braver than I!!!
ReplyDeleteI took these pictures when DH and I went to the airport to clear our shipment. Lots and lots of camels out there just "roaming."
For me? Really? You are so sweet. Kind of looks sandy ;-). Now let me ask this. Are these "wild" camels? Or are camels farmed like cattle?
ReplyDeleteYou know now I'll have to post something special for you right? Keep watch in the next couple of days for a special "Sabra" tribute :-)
Best wishes my new friend
Keith
Lots and lots of sand, Keith! I asked the same question - if they were wild or if they belonged to someone. There are NO fences, I didn't see any "collars" on the camels, and they appear to be just wild and roaming. DH says they belong to someone. I have no idea if there are "wild" camels or not.
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