This Saturday, my uncle took me and the rest of the family to the beautiful countryside, and we encountered some camels whose owners let people ride them for a small fee. I was ecstatic. A camel ride? Whatever else could I wish for? I had been looking forward to this moment for all my life.
The camels were very gentle and big. They must have thought something like, "why is this boy jumping around me screaming things? Did I upset him? He seems agitated."
Well, Mr. Camel, I WAS agitated: agitated by extreme excitement!!!
Here are some glorious pictures:
Some startling realizations, or rather, discoveries: the camel hump is a lot harder than I thought. I expected something soft, something like a water balloon perhaps, but, alas, that is not the case. And when one sits on top of a camel, one is very high off from the ground, so a big ouch if one falls off. However the hump feels or however high I am, the camel is my new favorite animal. I want it to be my zoo animal ;)
I was sad to leave the camels. I want my own pet camel now. I shall name it, Fabio because I've always been partial to the name Fabio. Wait a minute... what if I get a GIRL camel for a pet? Then Fabio won't do. Any ideas, my dear readers?
7 comments:
I think Fabia would do for the girl camel. Looks like you had lots of fun, so cute!! I want to ride a camel....Love, Alex :)
It's so adorable! I sort of want to hug it? Did it smell funny?
I personally like Colette, Chloe and Callista. Chloe the camel has a nice female ring to it, but Callista reminds me of an epic heroine and would also be an excellent choice in my opinion :)
Words cannot describe how JEALOUS I am of you.
What can I say. You're pretty much the most amazing guy I know. Who else would get to ride a camel??
xoxo, Em
To Lauren:
I did hug it! How do you think I knew how hard the hump was?
Oh. I'm not that amazing. Other people ride camels all the time, and how many of them have self-aggrandizing blogs on the internet?
So. Let's be realistic.
a camel! oh how i envy you! it looks like you had a nice time :]
and Fabio is a glorious name i've always liked as well. If it was a girl, i'd name it after Simba's mom, Sarabi. according to the internet, it means mirage in swahili. it has a nice exotic ring to it :]
Now... have you put any thought into what type of action would represent this zoo camel....?
-Liane
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