Camels and traders, Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan State, India, Asia

Traders haggling, Darow camel market, near Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Camel traders at the early morning livestock market in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa

Men trading camels at the camel market of Nouakchott, Mauritania, Africa

Men trading camels at the camel market, Nouakchott, Mauritania, Africa

A camel trader in the famous Sam Sand dunes in Jaisalmer region of Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Men trading camels at the camel market of Nouakchott, Mauritania, Africa

Close-up portrait of camel trader with cream turban and impressive moustache, camel in background, Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Close-up head shot portrait of bearded camel trader with cream turban, Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Rajasthani woman, wife of a camel trader, in traditional clothing, lifting her veil, camels behind, Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Camel traders at the early morning livestock market in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa

Camel traders and herders sit in a tea hut in a camel market in El Obeid, Sudan on February 16, 2006. Yussuf Gamaa, 2nd from L, is a camel herder from Darfur. About 150,000 camels cross over from Sudan into Egypt every year, the majority as cattle as an inexpensive source of protein. Today the camel is both the caravan and the cargo. Camels from this market will travel the Forty Days Road or Darb el-Arbein a 1,200 mile desert trail into Egypt and the oldest trade route in the Sahara. Desert nomads like Yussuf depend on the profitable camel trade for their livelihood.

Camel herders gather for breakfast tea as they travel through the Sahara desert, Sudan on a camel caravan.

Camel traders and herders sit in a tea hut in a camel market in El Obeid, Sudan

Camel traders and herders sit in a tea hut in a camel market in El Obeid, Sudan