Baby Camel

This was the baby camel and his mama. HOW CUTE!!!! Also is the Daddy camel. My friend told me I could take the baby camel home with me. I would have LOVED to, I would have ridden him to work everyday!

Riding the Camel

This is Morose. He was the camel we got to ride. Also this is Ed and Eli. Ed is our linguist. The camel's feet were roped together so he would not run off while we were riding him. He is ten years old and his Mother was away that day. The owners were worried he would try to run away while we were on him. When the camel stand up and lays down it is very jerky...obviously. But it was a very fun experience all together.

Photo Op!

Ok, so I was a little nervouse being so close, they are really big and drool a lot and growl at you! I swear it wanted to chew on my hair!

Camel Corral

Here is the camel corral. Also the little blue guy is the robot strapped to the camels. Up until about 4 or 5 years ago children jockied the camels, that has now been outlawed so the robots are strapepd to the camels. The trainers ride alongside the outside of the camels and use a remote control to whipe the camel as he gets closer to the finish line.

Finish Line

Here is the race finishing up. The sun makes the photos somewhat dark. But I like the shadowy photo of the camel, in his desperate attempt to catch up...but he only got third. Also pictured are the many cars we were out there riding with. Not only are Kuwaitis worse drivers then the elderly in Tucson, but none of whom actually paid attention to the road because they were all watching the race. Good times! Oh yeah, and this is Eli, he came with me on the trip.

CAMEL RACES!!!!

So you have all been waiting for it! The camel races!! Here are some photos of the camels running the race as well as them at the starting line. The camels can run upwards of 45 KM an hour...so I have been told. These races were about only about 3 kilometers long and took about 8-9 minutes. As the camel racing season progresses so does the distance of the races. The big race is 10 kilomters long. The camels begin racing around the age of three and will continue racing until they are about 10 years old.

Cute animals saying ironic things

As some of you may have received, Kierstin sent out silly postcards to many of my friends. They were quite funny so I have made a collage of them on my wall. Thanks everyone dor thinking of me!

A little life in my pod

Kierstin sent me some plants. I planted some forget-me-knots and a chia-fish. This is my fish before his haircut.


This is my fish after his haircut. Spunky!