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DESERT MUSINGS

by Travels with My Hat Posted on November 17, 2019

I’ve never been captivated by the desert like so many British explorers. Notably Wilfred Thesiger, author of Arabian Sands, an account of his crossing of the great Empty Quarter, one of the last unmapped regions on earth. Or the Frenchman Rene Caille, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Comment, Memoir, Photographs, Travel | Tagged Abu Dhabi, Bedouin, campsite, desert, Empty Quarter, people, photographs, Qatar, road, Sahara, travel, truck, Tunisia | Leave a comment

DON’T TAKE YOUR CAR TO THE KASBAH

by Travels with My Hat Posted on April 2, 2017

“Even big trucks go through there!” said a small boy watching me try to reverse out of the kasbah in Nefta, the great date oasis in southern Tunisia. I had long wanted to travel independently of a press group, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Bedouin, Berber, camels, car trip, Chenini, Chott, crater, date palm, date palms, Dougga, Douz, farmer, Fez, kasbah, Matmata, Nefta, North Africa, oasis, Roman ruins, salt lake, Sbeitla, Tunisia | 2 Comments

MY BIRTHDAY FROM HELL

by Travels with My Hat Posted on October 5, 2010

A young travel journalist was recently whining on his blog of how lonely he expected to be on a three week trip to America. In response, I felt like saying you don’t take your best pal to work do … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Bedouin, birthday, Christine's sites, Dubai, loneliness, Pakistan, press pass, Sukkur, travel writer, travels, writing, Zambia | 1 Comment

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