Here I am on one of my local vacations, resting on a beautiful beach of the
Aqaba gulf. On my side is the city of Taba in Egypt, on the other side you can
see the lights of Both Cities of Aqaba in Jordon and Haql in Saudi Arabia. I’m
lying on the golden sand alone at 6 AM. It’s a hot summer day yet the early
cool air is still wandering about from last night. The beach is very calm and you can only hear
the sounds of birds humming and the sea tides hitting the still rocks. The tide
comes in touching my toes and goes back into the sea.
I take a deep breath of the sea breeze and breathe out all of my thoughts. My mind is blank and I look around to explore the beauty of nature. That is when I find another company sitting 10 feet away. It was just a little different. It was a Camel. This Camel sits calmly on the sand looking peacefully to the blue horizon ahead. He was wearing a colorful mat that is full of Arabic ornament. I wondered where his owner is. I guess this camel is just like me, escaped to the sea.
I’m not alone after all and there is a camel who I thought it would be nice if I introduced myself to. I hesitated. I was afraid of approaching him. I have never in my life seen a camel before. I took a few steps towards him, I stopped for a while, I watched him carefully and then I came nearer and nearer until I was standing just next to him.
He was still sitting on his knees, he didn’t move a muscle since I started getting closer. I patted his head gently and was that a smile on his face?! I swear I just saw it. It felt like a love from the first smile or first pat you name it. What is important is that I fell in love with that Camel. I took that smile as a yes for our friendship and I took courage to board him. The placed mat was stuffed and comfortable. As soon as I boarded, he began standing up in a slow motion by leaning back a little and then leaning to the extreme front to raise his back legs followed by his front. I almost fell off despite my strong grip of him. We both kept silent and started our journey walking by the shore. We walked for a mile or so.
Suddenly I heard a voice far away calling for us. The man approached us running; he had a dark sparkling skin and wore a white Jellabiya. He told me I should pay money for that ride. I went down to the ground; I paid him and asked if he would be here tomorrow, he said he wouldn’t. I hugged the camel and walked away crying from inside.
I take a deep breath of the sea breeze and breathe out all of my thoughts. My mind is blank and I look around to explore the beauty of nature. That is when I find another company sitting 10 feet away. It was just a little different. It was a Camel. This Camel sits calmly on the sand looking peacefully to the blue horizon ahead. He was wearing a colorful mat that is full of Arabic ornament. I wondered where his owner is. I guess this camel is just like me, escaped to the sea.
I’m not alone after all and there is a camel who I thought it would be nice if I introduced myself to. I hesitated. I was afraid of approaching him. I have never in my life seen a camel before. I took a few steps towards him, I stopped for a while, I watched him carefully and then I came nearer and nearer until I was standing just next to him.
He was still sitting on his knees, he didn’t move a muscle since I started getting closer. I patted his head gently and was that a smile on his face?! I swear I just saw it. It felt like a love from the first smile or first pat you name it. What is important is that I fell in love with that Camel. I took that smile as a yes for our friendship and I took courage to board him. The placed mat was stuffed and comfortable. As soon as I boarded, he began standing up in a slow motion by leaning back a little and then leaning to the extreme front to raise his back legs followed by his front. I almost fell off despite my strong grip of him. We both kept silent and started our journey walking by the shore. We walked for a mile or so.
Suddenly I heard a voice far away calling for us. The man approached us running; he had a dark sparkling skin and wore a white Jellabiya. He told me I should pay money for that ride. I went down to the ground; I paid him and asked if he would be here tomorrow, he said he wouldn’t. I hugged the camel and walked away crying from inside.
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