I would like to introduce you to my camel. Her name is Nadia.
She's the cute one with the red saddle and the big brown eyes and long eyelashes.
We are in Morocco for the day, and a trip to Africa is not complete (evidently) without a camel ride.
We are in Morocco for the day, and a trip to Africa is not complete (evidently) without a camel ride.
She was surprisingly gentle (I heard they spit and bite, but she was pretty darn sweet.), and surprisingly soft (don’t know why, but I didn’t expect their fur to be soft and fluffy like that.)
It's sort of like one of those fancy fold-up extension ladders. First to the knees in the back, then to the knees in the front, then to standing in the back, and......well, it's a pretty tipsy deal.
But we manage, and now we're off for the big
trek. The beautiful Mediterranean provides pretty spectacular backdrop
for our camel ride along the beach. It's not very long, but that's OK.
Turns out the seating is not all that comfy.
And
getting off is even bumpier than getting on. They made me put down my camera and use
both hands to stay put while she folded her long legs into pretzels and
landed on the ground.
The baby’s were adorable,
also very sweet.
Wish I’d brought a sugar cube or something. I guess that’s for horses, though, right? What is it for camels? A carrot? No, that sounds like horses, too. Oh well. Sorry, maybe next time.
And here's one for ya, Nadia. If you get tired of putting up with tourists, you might check with Google. I hear they are hiring.
True story. This from an article, I think it was in US News & World Report (but you can Google it to be sure!) "Google recently photographed the Liwa Desert using a camel with a Street View camera strapped to it's back."
We got a kick out of this. I have pictures of the Google cars in several of the countries we have visited, it's always interesting to me that they have been down little back alleys in Thailand or Japan or the Czech Republic. But this. This beats all.
