Friday, January 16, 2009

Bedouin

i've seen actual, real live bedouins. it was pretty cool. i saw some in kuwait, actually herding camels. still have no idea what they ate, cause i saw nothing but a few dead bushes for miles and miles. one of the camels started walking over to us and looked ready to spit (like a llama) at a sargeant from another platoon before being shooed away.

i also saw a sheep herder in iraq, with an actual sheep dog. none of them threatened to spit at us, but it was still pretty cool.

i have some very badly taken pictures of the camels from a friend and will post them when i can.
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3 comments:

Maureen said...

But did you name the camel and give him a back story?

January 16, 2009 at 10:42 AM
apotts said...

Chucky had the biggest hump of the camels in his village. And he was picked on for it. But then there was a terrible drought and Chucky went to the oasis, because he was like that. He drank and drank, and stored enough water in his massive hump to slake the thirst of the entire...

January 16, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Maureen said...

Cut the maudlin crap. We're in trouble here. It's already below freezing, and it's getting colder. We're gonna die unless-unless we do something drastic.

Huh. It just occured to me as I posted this quote that they were right about it being freezing in the Middle East.

January 16, 2009 at 11:07 AM

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