Traveling the World

Towards the end of our Israel trip, we were in the southern end near Eilat. We found ourselves in the desert, and sleeping in giant tents with Bedouin nomads, or what we believed them to be (people usually modernize and change as time goes on, so the were real Bedouins, but not nomads anymore). They gave us a great show and amazing food on giant trays to be shared with others. Eating with our fingers had become normal by this point, and something I greatly miss, as Chinese people think it’s rude to use your bare hands to eat food.

After going south to the Dead Sea and Eilat, we returned to the Bedouins for a camel ride during the day. I felt bad for the smallest camel in the bunch, because it had to shoulder the weight of our two largest male travelers. It was awkward riding on an animal besides a horse, which I was used to from my childhood at summer camp. I quickly got used to it, and even began naming him and the other camels. In the end, my butt hurt and I almost fell off a few times, but the experience and photos to prove it were worth every moment.