{"id":3392,"date":"2012-03-15T15:57:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T14:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/2012\/03\/of-camels-and-me-or-how-to-look-elegant-when-falling-off-a-camel\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T12:40:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T11:40:51","slug":"camels-me-or-how-to-look-elegant-when-falling-off-a-camel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justtravelous.com\/en\/camels-me-or-how-to-look-elegant-when-falling-off-a-camel\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Camels and Me. Or: How to look elegant when falling off a camel."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oh, I was so excited. The desert. Wahiba Sands in Oman<\/strong><\/a>. And camels. Finally I would see REAL camels<\/strong>. Aren’t they cute? That’s what I thought. Seems like they don’t like me<\/strong>. And I have evidence for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evidence number one:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Doesn’t it look cuddly… this camel at a gas station? Cute! And this expression, so intellectual<\/strong>. Maybe I should pet it. Better not! Although it looks very innocent laying on this pickup truck, two seconds later it showed me his real face<\/strong> accompanied with an infernal roaring…<\/p>\n\n\n

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Evidence number two:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the next morning, after a night underneath the stars<\/strong>, it was finally my turn to ride a camel. A childhood dream<\/strong>. So I thought: up we go and then let’s go. Well, first it did look good… (which was also because of the beautiful pictures Iain Mallory<\/a> took)<\/p>\n\n\n

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But I was so excited I forgot where I had to hold my hands<\/strong>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And so it was bound to happen<\/strong>… twice… but take a look at it yourself…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I still do believe, what the others said about it: it looks very elegant<\/strong>. Period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those of you who want to know how NOT to fall off a camel: Hold one hand in the front, one in the back and then lean against the camel’s movement. Hope I can keep this in mind for next time…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Oman Air<\/a> for inviting me on this trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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