"The Camel is the Ship of the Desert"

The camel is to Arabia what the elephant is to India. A stereotypical image. You encounter as many camels here as you would elephants in India. There are slight differences though. You won't find yourself walking down the street only to be suddenly confronted by a camel looming large over you and waiting to be fed or given money. And if you venture outside of the city limits, like I did last weekend, then you will see herds of camels occasionally - standing there looking rather quizzically at all that's whizzing past them on four wheels or more. I came across this rather furry camel at a cultural festival. It's owner, the guy you see in brown, was offering rides -for a price of course. Sadly, I didn't know that until the next day when I got back to office. That should tell you loads about the kind of enthusiasm that man showed and the amount of Arabic I know. But then, there's always tomorrow. The only thing that looks a little disturbing is the sight of the camel's mouth. It's got a rather unpicturesque mouth - probably one of the reasons camels don't kiss that much. So as long as you don't get up close and personal with it, it's quite a beautiful animal - as are most of the others on four legs.

The title should remind you of your GK lessons in primary school. One of the easiest questions during quiz time!