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Camel-riding and Sand-boarding - Jordan

By Nathan
On our jeep ride, two of our stops were... Let's start with the first of those two:  CAMEL RIDING!!!


Our camels

When our guide parked in the sand parking lot, we got out and went to look at the people who worked with the camels.

I was excited and nervous at the same time


 The smallest camel was squawking like a bird!  Our guide told my dad that he was going to use the small one;)  All of the camels sat down for us to get on.  When my dad was on the camel, it rose.  He was really high up even on the baby camel!  This camel kept squawking and appeared angry... I got a little freaked out and definitely kept my distance.  While the camel was still standing, one of the guides asked my dad to hop off.  He was doing well until his foot stumbled on another camel behind him.  He lost his balance and tripped on a rope and laid-out into a pile of camel poop!  YAY!  They tied the angry camel back up and decided he wasn't going to come.  Lucky camel, he won!


Dad's camel is not happy







Now we had three camels left.  Chelsea and Parker got on next together.  When they rose...let's just say they looked like they were sitting on the high diving-board.



My dad got on another camel (this time a happy one) and after that my mom got on her camel and it rose.  The guide then hoisted me up in front of my mom.




All of our camels were led by a guide so we just sat and enjoyed the view.  I didn't like camel-riding as much as horse-riding because we went very slowly and didn't get to control our own camels.  Being on a camel was more comfortable, though, than I thought it would be but it was still quite bumpy.

Camels and jeep tracks...the modern desert


Just another day in Jordan



Did you know cellphones work in the desert?  Our guide talked on his while he walked.


RB5 on camels


The next cool thing we did was....SAND-BOARDING!!


The sandboard was so big next to Parker


Our guide drove us through the desert to huge sand dunes.  There was a small shelter at the base and we saw a snowboard sitting around.  Our guide told us we could use it as long as we were strong enough to carry it up the hill.  And...we were off!!


I am almost there!


You can't really tell how high up we are in this picture


We made it to the top



When we got to the top, we took turns going down the super awesome dune.  We would have stayed all day and become professionals but, after a few tries each, my parents and guide told us that we had to get going.










The sand-boarding was awesome!!

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