Camel chase
The beautiful oasis city of Al Ain/Buraimi is well known for its camel souq. Tucked away in a sandy, desert area on the outskirts of the city, it features dodgy bearded subcons trying to screw hundreds of dirhams out of unwary tourists for so much as looking at a humped quadruped.
Al Ain is far less well known for runaway camels dodging cars and trucks Frogger-style through the modern city centre. But today was a special day: the very day that a cretinous camel driver decided to lead a mother and baby through the university car park past the main road, not bothering to leash the young one.
Unsurprisingly, the baby camel bolted at the first opportunity through a gate and out into the fast-moving traffic flow. The camel driver did nothing, he just walked on. The camel driver's mate did nothing. Instead, random passers-by were left to rush out and halt traffic, while chasing the terrified beast down with the aid of a few drivers who stopped their cars to help.
The hero of the day was a valiant dishdash who lost a shoe (a white leather sandal) as he raced to grab the bellowing camel's tail and pull it off the road.
Al Ain is far less well known for runaway camels dodging cars and trucks Frogger-style through the modern city centre. But today was a special day: the very day that a cretinous camel driver decided to lead a mother and baby through the university car park past the main road, not bothering to leash the young one.
Unsurprisingly, the baby camel bolted at the first opportunity through a gate and out into the fast-moving traffic flow. The camel driver did nothing, he just walked on. The camel driver's mate did nothing. Instead, random passers-by were left to rush out and halt traffic, while chasing the terrified beast down with the aid of a few drivers who stopped their cars to help.
The hero of the day was a valiant dishdash who lost a shoe (a white leather sandal) as he raced to grab the bellowing camel's tail and pull it off the road.
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