Sand Patterns, Shadows and Camel Balm
I recently got back from a brief work trip to the United Arab Emirates. Whilst there I visited Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and Fujairah and spent…
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Tag: desert navigation
The Desert and Back
Thank you to everyone who came to the course at the Royal Geographical Society on Friday. Also to those who came to the talk and…
Which way are we looking? Updated.
My thanks to Mark Evans who not only flew over from Oman for a course, but also sent me this great time lapse photo from…
Cardamom Coffee
A couple of weeks ago I promised to write up the story of my afternoon with the Bedouin. The article can be found here.
Barchans and Yardangs
One of the tricks of desert navigation is remembering that wind direction is never entirely random and over time is actually quite dependable. If we…