“He claimed the camel riders and vendors were overrunning the place, harassing the tourists for money for every little thing.”
I was there in 2000 and those camel jockeys are real crooks!! They harass you until you take a camel ride, and then they try to steal your money. We took the ride with the driver our tour guide recommended. The others will take you out in the desert and not bring you back until you give them money. My husband didn’t let the guy get away with it though, and called the guy some pretty un-PC stuff. He gave us all our change back and took off. One of the policemen noticed my hubby’s loud voice and was starting to come over to see what was going on. I think that’s why the guy took off. The policeman had a machine gun.
I’d heard they were bad. You experienced it first hand. Thanks for sharing.