Moja peščana avantura / my sandy adventure
Oslikali su nam ruke kanom, pušili smo šišu, slikali se sa sokolom... They painted our hands with henna, we smoked shisha, had our photos taken with a falcon...
moćnom lepotom, tako ćete sigur- no osetiti strahopoštovanje prema životu koji buja u vrelom, surovom moru peska i ljudima koji u takvom okruženju žive onako kako pustinja kaže. Drugačije ne bi preživeli. Nije zato čudo što toliko vole svoje ka- mile i brinu o njima onako kako mi, zapadnjaci, brinemo o kućnim lju- bimcima. Na farmi koju smo pose- tili jedan nam je ljubazni domaćin kroz šalu objasnio da bez kamila ne- ma ni života u pustinji, ali da su pre- ma njima posebno pažljivi iz još jed- nog razloga. Kamile, naime, pamte kao slonovi. Ako ste im jednom na- neli zlo, pamtiće vam to do kraja ve- ka, a bogami i dočekati da vam ser- viraju osvetu kako treba – hladnu! Kaže naš domaćin kroz smeh da će vas gricnuti ili ritnuti i mesecima kasnije, ali će vam svakako vratiti. A kamile se, ako ste fini prema njima, maze kao mačke, guraju glavu da ih češkate i uopšte su neverovatno ljubazne i dobronamerne. Kad smo ih napustili da bismo se džipovima vo- zili po dinama, bilo nam je baš žao. A onda je počeo rolerkoster po pustinjskim brdima. Brzo nam je sva- ka misao iščilila iz glave, jer kad adre- nalin počne da luduje, nema mnogo mesta ni za šta drugo osim za rado- sno vrištanje. Umori se čovek od tolikog uzbu- đenja, pa je smiraj dana u pustinji do-
And as you will be left silent in the face of this powerful beauty, so you will surely feel a sense of awe for the life that thrives in this hot, harsh sea of sand and the people who live in such an environment as the desert dictates, otherwise they would not survive. Thus it is no wonder that they love their camels so much, car- ing for them as we Westerners care for our pets. On the farm that we vis- ited, a friendly man explained to us jokingly that without camels there is no life in the desert, but that they are particularly caring towards them for another reason: camels actual- ly have a memory like elephants. If you have even once caused them any harm, they will remember you until the end of their lives, and by God they will wait to serve their revenge to you as it should be served - cold! Our host explains through laughter that they will bite or kick you even months later, but they will definite- ly pay you back. If you are nice to them, however, camels are as cuddly as cats, pushing their heads at you to be scratched and they are generally incredibly kind and benevolent. We were sad when we had to leave them to ride over the dunes by jeep. But then a roller-coaster over the desert hills started . All thoughts were quickly dispelled from our minds, because
Umori se čovek od tolikog uzbuđenja, pa je smiraj dana u pustinji došao kao spasenje za naše uznemirene duše
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