I think he came from the Sahara

I hear about volunteers north of Ouagadougou seeing camel travelers often, but this is my first one.  He was stopped in my village with his buddy getting water and maybe food.  I had no idea how huge camels are, I always thought of them as roughly horse sized.  I can't pretend to guess where he came from; I don't think he spoke much of any language I know.  As cool as the idea of tearing around the Sahara sounds, after spending almost 2 years in my relatiely tropical climate, I don't think I would want to go dryer.