The Mexican Pyramids, Water and the Cosmos
A Guest Blog by Olly Pearson During a recent expedition to Mexico with a leading researcher in megalithic sites, we focused our attention on an…
Tag: desert
Texas Creosote Bush
My thanks to Dan Acosta for the following very interesting email and permission to share: Hi Tristan, I was in the Chihuahuan desert at Big…
Ants Build Landmarks
Humans are so accustomed to using landmarks that we usually don’t even realise when we are doing it. “Turn left at the post office.” “Meet…
Clues & Signs in Jordan
I’m recently back from Jordan – what an amazing country. My favourite clues and signs from that trip have been added to The Collection.
A Lifeboat in the Desert
In these strange times, it felt appropriate to share some photos of a lifeboat I found abandoned in the desert outside a village in Sharjah,…
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…
Tuareg Jewellery Compass?
My thanks to Adele in Australia for this fascinating email. Hi Tristan,I just read your article on navigating the Sahara with Tuareg tribesmen – fascinating,…
Natural Navigation with the Tuareg in the Libyan Sahara
The following article by Tristan Gooley was published in Navigation News in March 2010. My research to date has failed to uncover another soul who…
Oman Desert Navigation Training
As promised, here is a more detailed update on my short time in Oman last week. My main reason for being there was to train…
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…
Passing through Sebha
The news that rebel forces are pushing south in Libya, has taken me back to the short time I spent in Sebha in February and…
Sand Dunes and Endurance
I spent this evening studying some well-respected sand dune theory before my upcoming trip to the Libyan Sahara. It had been a long day, with…
Desert of Information
Back from holiday to me means back to the joys and evils of modern life. In the remotest part of south Brittany where we had…