If you want to buy a camel, you’ve come to the right place. A 20-minute drive northeast of Riyadh is a dusty, sprawling encampment where Toyota pickup trucks load and offload camels of all shapes, colors and sizes, and prospective buyers cast their eyes over the animals corralled in pens. It is said that the Arabs have as many words to describe different kinds of camels as the Eskimos have to describe different sorts of snow. In a single Arabic word, it is possible to encapsulate a particular camel’s condition, or its gait, or its behavior, or its color, or even the way it usually drinks water. So if you want to buy a camel, be aware that in this, the greatest camel market in the Middle East, you’re up against buyers and sellers with a lifetime of expertise. You’re unlikely to leave with a bargain.