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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 the moon. This desert sun is always unbearable. Before the heat gets too excruciating, we walk...
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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 In mind, we are already at the end of this journey. We can imagine it in us. Two days ago,...
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‘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 where we no longer have protection. Most ideas of al-Qaeda grow in all directions. One well known...
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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 pasta and tuna meal for dinner in the almost full moonlight and added: “I will be a...
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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 out of the village called Marayt and I added almost in despair; “These never ending negotiations...
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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 mother. Where she got it from I don’t know. We have known each other no more than a few minutes,...
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Expedition Yemen By Camel; Meeting Al Qaeda in Rumah and the Expedition ends
”I will miss sleeping under the stars” , Tanya said whilst we were cooking our last dinner under a moonlit sky full of stars and a clear Milky Way, but she finished her dreamy comment with a reality...
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How to Get to the North Pole: and Other Iconic Adventures
Tim Moss is one of these nice fellas which burn for a cause and is liked by pretty much everybody. A human full of energy. Good at most things he throws his energy into. He has just recently written a...
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Yemen; The Crossing of Al Mahra
“I have to get out of this heat!” Tanya screamed. “I can’t stand it! I will die out here!” My thermometer showed that it was 50 degrees Celsius. Our throats were sore, dry and hurting. Sweat was...
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Book Review; The Modern Explorers
There´s no doubt in my case that it was books which made me choose this odd life and I really need to be surrounded by books to feel really content with life. For this reason I have written two...
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Sir Ahmed Mohammed Hassanein; Judging the Rewards of Failure By CuChullaine...
The topic of “failure” is of vital importance to those of us who participate and study the ancient art of exploration. And whereas the public is always eager to hear a tale about a bold victory, those...
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Documentary Film Review: Into the Empty Quarter By Leon McCarron and Alastair...
Just by chance, yesterday I ended up watching Ben Fogle and James Cracknell going into the Empty Quarter on BBC. I also saw my old mate Mussalem Bin Hassan in the background which was pretty much the...
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Burn Out By Sandy McCallum
I have just come to the realization that I have been suffering for quite awhile from a serious case of runners burnout. Luckily I have made it to the other side and have learned so much along my...
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Looking back: First visit to Rub Al Khali 2008
The first journey I did after Siberia was heading for the legendary piece of desert called Empty Quarter or today Rub Al Khali, made famous by Wilfried Thesiger and his journeys together with his Bedu...
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Looking Back: The Preperations For Oman To Mauretania By Camel 2007
I fell in love with Oman on my first visit. Who knew such a wonderful place existed! So, together with Discover Oman, Tethys Oil and Eihab Travels and toured this lovely place with Kamil AL Raisi, a...
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Looking Back: Dubai, Oman, Abu Dhabi and Turkey in search of what to do with...
Dubai. A short visit on route to Oman at the end of 2009. Pam and me had met up again after our studies in Yemen and ready to go to Oman, find the money needed (a lot) to be able to buy expensive...
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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 out of the village called Marayt and I added almost in despair; “These never ending negotiations...
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Expedition Namibia: Strong winds
“Yo, don’t film me!” We had just arrived to the very interesting little town called Henties Bay. It felt like I was back in an outback town in Australia. Wide streets, yelling locals high on alcohol,...
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