What I had heard about camel racing before going wasn't much, but I knew that they didn't have people riding the camels because of children's rights. They used to use small boys to ride the camels because they are light. Well its not very safe and I am glad that human rights stepped in and took over. So now they have these small robots that are tied onto the backs of the camel that have a small whip on it. Now you must be asking, how do they control the camel. Well each camel has their own "driver", this person is in a pick-up truck driving along side the camel and controlling how fast the whip goes.
So that Saturday we board the buses at the Aware center and off we go to the races. Now still in my mind I am picturing horse racing: sitting in the stands, big crowd, lots of dust, camels everywhere! When we got off the buses we walked into a building that I figured was going to bring us to the stands. Well we go in the building into this huge room where there are 3-4 levels of lazy-boy couches. This is where we were suppose to sit and watch the races. So we plopped down in some. Looking around we started to notice that the track is HUGE.
Before the race started we decided to walk around outside and check out the camels that were there to take pictures with. Slightly a sad sight because they were literally there for you to get on take a picture and get off. As we were outside we were told that a race had already started and we didn't even know it until we saw the dust from the trucks and then the camels running across the finish line.
In the end it was a bit anti-climactic, but I was still glad that I went. After the races we went to a "farm" for dinner which was nice.
Here are some pictures from the day:
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