I'm glad that you're back safe and sound mate.
When I worked in Jordan there were camel spiders all over site, the first one that I saw was being led around on a lead made from a piece of string by one of the locals that we worked with. Apparently it was his party trick that he showed to all the new boys on site.
One of the guys that we worked with let slip that he was terrified of scorpions and cockroaches, so we used to go small game hunting every night to make sure that he had something in his boots in the morning. On one particularly successful night, we managed to fill one of his rigger boots with roaches.
May God forgive the pranks of men when they're left in each other's company for too long....
All the best, Michael.