Sunday, February 14, 2010

Camel Racing

Wow Such a long time with no posts... Wooops...
Well this weekend we wen to the camel racing track. Not too far away. It was a nice day, the sun was shining and the temp was only about 25. What more can you as for.It was quite an interesting experience. The camels don't have a person on them, instead they have a walkie talkie that has a whip attached. They control the speed of the camel by whipping it to make them go faster. So they drive around the outside of the track in there land cruisers on their walkie talkies... The circuit is very long. The Camels run an 8km track, talking just over 15 minutes. There is even a bus that goes around the track for people to ride on to see the racing. It is even televised. All in Arabic though... He likes to hold on to the words for a reallllllllllyyyyyyyyy looooonnnnnngggggg timmmmmmmmeeeeee..... Yeeeelllllllllllaaaaaaa (hurrry up)
It was an interesting experience.

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