The Tuareg camel riders completed the 1967 Independence Day Parade in Niger. The Tuareg are the desert people of Northern Niger. The camels are sensitive to humidity and are limited to desert conditions. This is about 15.3 degrees latitude, the...
Shubat is a traditional Kazakh drink made from fermented camel's milk. This woman owns a herd of camels in Ayrtau, Northern Kazakhstan and milks them twice a day. Photo taken June 2011.
This picture was taken at one of the New Seven Wonders of the World and Jordan's most popular tourist spot: Petra. 4 volunteers met up for a little excursion out of site. I was walking around Petra on the hot day, and decided to take a picture with...
Transportation; Host community friends; Terrain; Animals
Here I am (left) saddling up for a camel caravan that I took with teacher colleague friends. The trip was from Nouadhibou where we lived and worked to Chinguetti, in the desert of Mauritania. We are at this point just outside of Atar, getting ready...
Transportation; Host community friends; Terrain; Animals;
This photo was taken during a camel caravan that I was on, along with a group of teachers working in Nouadhibou, Mauritania. The trip was by train, taxi and truck, and finally by camel from Nouadhibou to Chinguetti and back.
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities in the field of agriculture. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.