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You also have to realize there are endurance riders, and there are  
UAE endurance riders, and there are Royal, Heads of State, endurance  
riders.

If Laura Bush were into the sport and went to some foreign country to  
compete, I think their impression of USA endurance riders would be a  
little different than when I go :)  The King of Malaysia got a little  
different treatment when he came to the USA - not because Malaysians  
are all into bodyguards and stuff... but because he's a little bit  
important to his country (and therefore to our country).  These  
royalty and heads of state types are being told what to do and where  
to go by their staff and security people. By their governments.

P. Bush was in UAE for the past couple days. yesterday they had the  
entire hwy system from Dubai hotel to airport shut down for most of  
the day. it was like a national holiday, nobody could get to work!

Steph


On Jan 14, 2008, at 6:48 PM, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> In comparison, the "Bedouin" who I observed seemed to be a nice  
> enough fellow, who rented an entire floor of a hotel for his  
> entourage, arrived in a fleet of Mercedes SUVs at start time, was  
> presented with a saddled, conditioned *gelding*, rode the ride, was  
> met by a crew of at *least* 20 members at each vet check while he  
> was escorted to a huge air conditioned RV where he spent the vet  
> checks while others sponged, vetted, etc.

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