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"'A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.' And the camels galled, sorefooted, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times we regretted The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces, And the silken girls bringing sherbet. Then the camel men cursing and grumbling and running away, and wanting their liquor and women, And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters, And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly And the villages dirty and charging high prices: A hard time we had of it." © T S Eliot "Journey of the Magi" 1927 Our camel behaved well, other than a total lack of energy at the beginning of the trip. But we had it reshod, and given a clean bill of health by the breeder who sold it to us before we left. Some might question how much wisdom there was in the travel, there was a certain lack of shelter unless you booked ahead, the rates were no bargain, but the hotels were clean and unlike Eliot's, friendly. I hope the coming pictures of 'silken girls bringing sherbet', well, 'bikini clad' will make it worth while |
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