Camel Bank
Finally I was able to get one. It’s like you need to have wasta to get your hands on one if you are not a kid opening a Zeina account. Would have preffered the original one from the 80s though, the dark green and gold one.
Update: Here is a brighter picture of the original golden camel [Picture]
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Mar 16, 2006
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21 Comments, add your own...
1. Marzouq | March 16th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
Hey Mark I think I have the dark green and gold. Only if my mother didnt throw it out. hahahaha
When I saw the picture I was thinking “I have that!!”
2. Q80Warlock | March 16th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
the camel got fatter :)
3. Moe | March 16th, 2006 at 2:30 pm
I’ve got the green and gold one! They stopped making them at the end of the 90’s/start of ’00s, right?
4. eVoLuTiOn | March 16th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
how did u gt it?
5. Mansour | March 16th, 2006 at 3:46 pm
head to any nbk branch and ask for it, it will cost u 1.500kd
i have a water tank money box, saves more :D
6. q8Sultana | March 16th, 2006 at 4:58 pm
I just posted a picture of mine on my blog a few weeks ago…:)
of course I have the original green one…I guess I had the wasta sooner than you :)
(Actually I remember getting it in the fahaheel branch like 10 years ago or something :)
7. Mark | March 16th, 2006 at 6:53 pm
q8sultana i know, if you check the link it will take you to your blog..
8. Mark | March 16th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
mansour i asked before and they told me i need to open a zeina account to get one… maybe they changed the rules now
9. moryarti | March 16th, 2006 at 7:37 pm
i got hit on the head once with one of those (the vintage green ones) – i was 8 or 9..
things were never the same ever since
10. eVoLuTiOn | March 16th, 2006 at 8:26 pm
lol…good one moryarti !
11. q8Sultana | March 16th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
duh (for me :)
I realized the link after I posted the comment… :)
I was surprised too cause the traffic has been abnormally large on my blog today and it’s because of your link. It took me some time to figure that out :)
Although comapred to your traffic its negligable still :)
12. bettyboo1982uk | March 16th, 2006 at 10:02 pm
Ive followed your blog for ages now and you mention wasta quite a lot, what is it? Sorry if this is a stupid question but ive never heard of it before!
13. Mark | March 16th, 2006 at 10:12 pm
wasta is an Arabic term which basically means that you need to know someone important to get something done.
i think its the first arabic word expats learn when they come to Kuwait lol
14. bettyboo1982uk | March 16th, 2006 at 10:14 pm
Ahh ok thanks, I should have asked my dad, he would’ve known that!
15. Moe | March 17th, 2006 at 12:18 am
Mark, I just realized something… the green/gold camel I had had stylized writing on the side, in gold… not a normal font like the one on yours.
16. Mark | March 17th, 2006 at 12:21 am
yeah i know so did mine. the picture i have is of q8sultana’s version. i think pre 90 there was one version and after the invasion another kind..
17. moey | March 17th, 2006 at 12:51 am
i have the old one :P
18. holla | March 17th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
i got one when i was a kid and broke the camel’s neck. i would def appreciate one now though.
19. Swair | March 17th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
i like the gold one better… but i guess blue IS their color..
20. ohoud | March 17th, 2006 at 3:10 pm
Mabrook:p
I think I’ll pass on having one. I’d rather have a real camel. flesh and blood:D
21. eVoLuTiOn | March 17th, 2006 at 7:21 pm
and it it too ha?
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