Camel Train
A camel train arrives from neighbouring Saudi Arabia for the 10-day festival. The long trip can be highly lucrative with one female camel being sold for cool 10 million dirham (some $2.7 million) - a new world record!
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4 comments:
What was so special about the multi-million dollar camel? How much do regular camels cost? I had a friend from Saudi Arabia in college, and his camel back home died one term. He was pretty upset, and he joked that he'd have to start riding llamas - and added that wasn't really much of a joke.
Wow, and here I was thinking that camels are a dime a dozen.
I wonder what kind of camels my aunt was offered for my cousin when they were in Dubai...haha, the teasing my cousin gets about this.
Are they like pure bred horses that fetch millions?
I thought one camel is like the other. What makes that female so exceptional?
The real expensive camels have either a racing or breeding pedigree, hence the price tag. And it’s royals here who do most of the buying and selling.
I was offered a bog standard camel for $8000 but declined :)
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