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and that didn’t really help much… kind of like white knuck- 300 thread count sheets for the rest of the day.
ling it during a root canal without pain killer. I was so relieved
when we finally returned to the camp, I laughed slightly idi- In the end -- so to speak -- I felt close to Matt Damon, Pe-
otically like I just had the time of my life. ter O’Tool and even Lawrence of Arabia. We had shared the
same Wadi Rum. Our Wadi Rum adventure would be a mem-
My understanding camel tried to be a gentle as possible as it orable one, and good for a story and a laugh. We all experi-
did its thing to get me off its back. My legs were so weak and enced the isolation, beauty and adventure of Mars on Earth
rubbery I could hardly walk back to our little hut in the desert -- only Damon didn’t have ride a damned camel.
where I took a horizontal position on or king sized bed with

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