We also watched some camel fighting at the previous day's festivities. Though there was a lot of salivating (on the part of the stallions), out of the 4 pairs of fighting camels, this was the best fight.
Day 2 at the festival was Christmas Day. The boys and I decided to have a nice lunch at one of the 5 star hotels in the Zone Touristique in Douz. (We were not staying here!)
We planned to have a nice leisurely lunch then head to the festival grounds. However, once again, Tunisia foiled us. The previous day's festivities had started much later than advertised, so we adjusted our timetable to head over to the fairgrounds a bit later than the scheduled time. Much to our chagrin, as we wandered over to the fairgrounds, we found people leaving.
Day 3 at the festival was the camel marathon. We made it in plenty of time (especially since it again started late!) to see the camels and their jockeys start off.
Then we occupied ourselves for 2 hours before returning to see the winning camel cross the finish line.
The camels don't seem too enthused about this race. I'm not sure exactly how long the trip was (distance-wise), nor how many of the 43 competing camels actually finished the race, but I did see that several of the jockeys were leading (rather than riding) their camels across the finish line. This race did, however, conclude the major events at the festival, so we headed out to the Ksour, our next destination.
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