I want a camel. Long story short, I've been obsessed with camels since getting a stuffed camel I named Humphrey as a little girl. I was super excited to see my first camel (I might have seen a few at fairs, but never up close) in real life in Baalbek last weekend!
Having been warned in the past that the real-life creatures are nowhere near as cute and cuddly as my Humphrey I was totally prepared to be disappointed, but the camels I met were really nice and let me take lots of pictures and pet them quite a bit:
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There were three camels outside of Baalbek for tourists to take rides on, a mom, dad, and their son. The mom:
The little guy, who was full grown, but definitely had a lot more energy and curiosity than his parents:
I asked their owner what the little guys name was, the answer? Jamal. Which is camel in Arabic. The mother's name? Jamal. Same for the father. If someone buys me a camel, I will give it a real name. That's a promise.
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