Well, I realized I had not included any camel photos in the places Scott visited though he took these but did not know where (just somewhere on the road between cities I think). He told me camels were domesticated, a lot of families owned them and in some places, they just roamed wild.  Bizarre!  He said this was rare, but in more desolate villages it was there.  He also told me about a camel race he saw!  He didn't have a camera I guess, but wow.  So, in honor of camels and the Mid East, I give you camels: