Four Odd Ways to Look at a Camel – Humour

www.farwestchina.com — What if the slogan was "Got Camel Milk"? Or maybe you can get your buzz with "Red Camel" instead of Red Bull. I'm finally out of Xinjiang for a while and I'm sick of writing about the internet block, so here's something fun about camels.

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therealadm 1 year 51 weeks ago

Nice to see Josh blogging about some lighter fare. Good to see him back up and running!

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