Very old school caravan…

We were excited when the brochure for the excursion to Timanfaya national park offered camel rides. Luckily, on the ride out there, our guide saw that the “camel stand” wasn’t busy so we got the old school caravan under way post haste. There were probably more than a hundred camels waiting to take tourists around a small circuit for 15 minutes or so.Robert was terrified but sucked it up quite nicely. The rest of us were almost giddy.Camels have a reputation for being cantankerous, but we found these to be quite pleasant (and patient). Hopefully they’ll use part of the 6 Euros apiece we paid to spring for teeth whitening treatments for these (otherwise) beautiful beasts of burden.It was at this stop that my camera started bugging out. I still haven’t had it looked at, but now it won’t take pictures at all. I hope it’s the lens (which I’ve never been crazy about).Our guide explained that the camels are very well cared for, only working every other day. Our camel herder gave our breakfast muffins B lugged along to one our camels, so I think they are a bit pampered.