Chapter 6: Africa, Eurasia, and America
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Let’s talk camels! So, I had just come back from Southwest Asia, and one of my colleagues asked how it was. I told a story of watching a compound that was surrounded by bails of sugarcane and SO MANY CAMELS! For the location I was in, it was odd to see camels. The colleague I was telling this story to was from Eastern Afghanistan directly on the border of Pakistan in Nangarhar, or as we liked to call it the Nangahood. It was a rough spot. Either way, she had grown up in a very traditional way before she had to escape the country with her family. I’m talking normal family, growing some crops for food and a little cash, and always with the poppy field as the cash crop. Anyway, back to the camels. So I tell her this story, and she says “OHH! Camels are SUCH a luxury.” I laughed and laughed. This woman was highly educated and worldly. What that told me was how important animals were in that area. Camels are a big deal. Any pack animal really. Guess what, Afri...