Camels!

A few weeks ago, I finally got to ride my first camel! It was awesome!!! :) Sadly, most of my pics didn't turn out. These are the few I managed to salvage.

This is Carmen the camel........she was very cranky this day!

This is the other camel we could ride......much less cranky, but much smaller.

I took my chances with Carmen and went for the bigger ride. LOL Besides, I gave Carmen her 5 seconds of fame, and she in turn gave me a smooth ride. Here's a camel print.....

Carmen was very vocal during her break......Here's a funny video clip of her before I took a ride. LOL It makes me laugh, so I thought I would post it.

Riding a camel was honestly a blast - apparently you can do a 3 day camel trek in Jordan......I think that would be so much fun! :)

PS: The Middle East has a legend about camels......at least that's what my students have told me. They say that camels never forget a person, especially if they have been wronged or mistreated by one. There once was a man who beat his camel. He ended up leaving his village, crossed an entire desert and years later was attacked and killed by a camel. Turns out, it was the very same camel that he had beaten years before. Apparently, the camel hunted him down until it finally found him and sought revenge. LOL

Many of the girls' families own farms down in Wafra (a bit south, near the Saudi border) and have told similar stories about their family's camels having incredible memories and returning mistreatment onto those who mistreat them. Perhaps they're the desert region's version of the elephant? All I know is that though they are smelly, they are super cute. :)