Seventeen young people entered Global Village on Sunday after a 200-kilometre camel ride into the past.
They embarked on their 12-day odyssey of discovery with little but the camels beneath them, navigating by the sun and stars and surviving on the minimal supplies that would have been available to their ancestors.
The group spent most the time with no access to phones or technology, and stuck to a strict schedule.
The day would start with fajr prayers, followed by coffee and breakfast. The riders would then prepare the camels with an hour-long walk before mounting them for the first two to three hours of the day’s ride.
Finding a tree for shade during the hottest part of the day was crucial, although the relief would not last long as they would be back on the camels riding until sunset, before setting up camp and cooking dinner.
With them was the seasoned Yemeni voyager Ahmed Al Qassemi, 53, a veteran of more than 40,000km of travel around the world.
Next year he plans to embark on the traditional trade route of the Silk Road, which would see him add to the 40 countries already travelled on camelback.
