The Camel of travel

Mail Camel
@Inlemay (17712)
South Africa
September 20, 2016 1:53am CST
It has arrived!! Hooray Hooray! Not only did the Mail delivering Camel arrived but plenty of wonderful goodies inside the parcel. We all know who believes that the snail mail to South Africa is most surely on the back of a slow camel . . . AKA @Asylum, but one can rest assure that the mail always arrives on the reliable Mail Camel. Since this was a small parcel, I had to wait until this morning for the post office to open so that I could collect. The postmistress (who is a dear old friend of mine) was delighted with the story regarding the Large Camel sticker which was on the front side of the parcel together with a lovely stamp of the Queen. I am sure that the story will be told throughout the post offices over the course of the next few weeks - something to brighten up their days of mail after mail after mail! Good Morning to everyone. Thanks Barry for the Goodies. I shall feature them later.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Sep 16
So have you started a postcard wall or a book to display them all?
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Sep 16
@Inlemay I have some of the closet mirror in the office, taped up, so pretty!
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
21 Sep 16
I have always had them on display in book form - now I have 4 books and a 5th already half way
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14782)
• Ireland
20 Sep 16
@inlemay It heightens the sense of expectation when you have to go and collect a parcel from the post office rather than it arriving at your door.
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
20 Sep 16
@xFiacre that is such a wonderful memory you have just shared. Sending food has long since stopped.
Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
20 Sep 16
I totally agree - I almost didnt sleep at all thinking of what lay in wait for me - I love to be excited!
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14782)
• Ireland
20 Sep 16
@Inlemay We used to get parcels when we lived in the remotest part on Malawi in the 60s. They took months to reach us from Ireland but my grandmother still insisted on sending fresh food!
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Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat
@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
20 Sep 16
I think I have missed a post. I thought for a moment there was a real camel delivering the post. Then my next question was, "Do they have camels in South Africa?" Surely it should be elephants or even a giraffe?
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
20 Sep 16
They need the camels to take the mail across the Sahara from the North.
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
20 Sep 16
@Asylum and a few other deserts from the Sahara to SA! ha ha You are such a CARD!!
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
22 Sep 16
I can feel your delight in receiving the goodies.
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John King
@ison_1 (1240)
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20 Sep 16
Hi Lany - I'm late this morning so just a quick hello. I received your wonderful postcard of the cheetah's Chat later.
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
20 Sep 16
Delighted it arrived. that is a very special postcard i sent you - I only managed to find that ONE - its a beauty
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John King
@ison_1 (1240)
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20 Sep 16
@Inlemay Wow, I am honoured thank you :) It's a stunning picture.
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
24 Sep 16
Oh, looking forward to the post featuring the contents!
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
20 Sep 16
That poor old lady must be wondering what kind of weird people you are getting mail from. Of course the British stamp will probably explain quite a lot to her. Since I had cause to use an envelope I could not resist sending it by Camel Mail. I hope that contents are of some value to you.
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Sophie
@SophieY (891)
• South Africa
20 Sep 16
People really think we live in the "GAT kant van die wereld" the A-rse end of the world -
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