Watch the best races live across the world, 2012

Races are not only meant for the adventurous people in fact it is one of the best things to watch live by travelling across the world. Here is where to grasp some of the world’s most thrilling races – from crab racing in Tobago to jungle rafting down the Amazon.

1: Camel racing in Dubai:

Have you ever experienced watching live camel race? Well it is surely going to be exciting for the travelers across the globe to have a live experience of witnessing a camel race in Dubai. The union of camels rushing across sand in front of a modern urban skyline used to be peculiar enough. But now, the camels are ridden by tailor-made mechanical jockeys, as an alternative of young children.

2: Tobago’s goat and crab racing festival:

The amazing and incredible Goat racing is happening in Tobago since 1925. Today, Easter Tuesday’s goat race at Buccoo, a fishing village in Tobago’s secluded southwest, has achieved cult status.

3: Snail racing, England:

Here the crowds assemble to glance over the snail race scene from the middle of a table to its fringe under the watchful eye of the “snail master”. It has lots of ponds around, actually, and snails like ponds.

4: Peru’s Amazon raft race:

During this yearly jungle raft race to Iquitos, hundreds of crews in strange and magnificent vessels take to the world’s furthermost river, the Amazon. A cornucopia of bright craft -- built from scrape by challenging teams -- battle caimans, piranhas, currents and each other in order to absolute the 180km course.