Posts Tagged ‘camel

Compairing notes with Wilfred Thesiger and his book Arabian Sands

Even though Wilfred Thesiger did his great camel journeys between the years of 1945-50, experiences from which he based his classic book, [...]

Expedition Yemen By Camel; Marriage offer with a 12 year old

“She is almost white like you and she goes to school, so she is educated” , Sheikh Saleem Hamid Ambe Somota Al [...]

Where the Camel Meets the Canoe By Steve Kemper

Whilst preparing to set off on the crossing of the Sands of Al Mahra, I received this email from the well known [...]

Expedition Yemen By Camel; Poor Me!

 Poor me By Tanya Holm I am about to fall asleep when Saada Saida tells the other women that I have no [...]

Expedition Yemen; Extreme Heat and the Bedu

“I just feel cheated all the time” , I said to the camera slightly upset, at the same time as we walked [...]

Expedition Yemen By Camel; Buying Kensington the Camel

”It looks younger than you say” , I told the crowd watching me walking backwards, checking the camel who had been offered [...]

Expedition Yemen By Camel; Mission accomplished!

“This will be top news here for the coming 10 years!” Sheikh Saleem laughed out loud whilst I was cooking a costumary [...]

‘AL-Qaeda’ has no interest in us

AL-Qaeda has no interest in us, therefore they do not exist. Day 17 – July 2 - We made it to an area [...]

Three days away from the end of our camel journey

Day 15  On our way again in the desert. Three days away from the end of our camel journey through the desert [...]

There is electricity here, satellite television and mobile phones.

Day 9, June 24. It’s 50 degrees Celsius and in the shade, it’s 43 degrees.  We make our way when we have [...]

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