Egypt
Laszlo Almasy was an explorer known by the Bedouin as "Father of the sand" who explored two million square kilometers of the Saharan desert mapping and making a number of discoveries including stone age painted dugouts. Hollywood loosely based the movie "The English Patient" on Almasy with his characters heart being broken by a women before he dies as a hero.
Love letters from the Nazi agent to a soldier named Hans as well as at least one prince show Laszlo Almasy was not interested in women. His 1942 "Operation Salam" was perhaps his most daring act when he smuggled Nazi agents into British occupied Egypt.
To do this Almasy revealed that he had a hiding place in the desert for the operations supplies, a hiding place that has recently been found by an Austrian expedition.
- Photo For Today. Oh Dear.
Trouble at Three Castles (west of Gilf Kebir). We went on without the car, its driver and our cook, who stayed to wait for help to arrive from Cairo. Fortunately we had satellite phones so the situation was well under control and help was soon sent from...
- Book Review: The Secret Life Of Laszlo Almasy
This is a very informal review of John Bierman's The Secret Life of Laszlo Almasy, the Real English Patient by John Bierman (Penguin 2004). As a review, it is a trifle long - but that's the advantage of owning your own blog :-) For those who...
- Daily Photo - Cave Of Swimmers
The Cave of Swimmers, named by Count Laszlo Almasy, and located in a slight inlet in the western side of the northern part of the Gilf Kebir called Wadi Sura (painted valley) was made famous by the film The English Patient. It is named for its wonderful...
- Book Review: Lost Oasis
The Gazette (Review by Paul Carbray) Lost Oasis by Robert Twigger, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Viewers of the movie The English Patient and readers of the book of the same name will recall Count Laszlo de Almasy, played by Ralph Fiennes. In real life,...
- Egyptian Rock Art
http://travel.independent.co.uk/africa/northern/story.jsp?story=641863 In an article entitled "In the footsteps of Count Laszlo" a trip into the Western (Libyan) Desert is described by writer and poet Robert Twigger. The destination is the Gilf Kebir,...
Egypt
The Gay "English Patient"
Laszlo Almasy was an explorer known by the Bedouin as "Father of the sand" who explored two million square kilometers of the Saharan desert mapping and making a number of discoveries including stone age painted dugouts. Hollywood loosely based the movie "The English Patient" on Almasy with his characters heart being broken by a women before he dies as a hero.
Love letters from the Nazi agent to a soldier named Hans as well as at least one prince show Laszlo Almasy was not interested in women. His 1942 "Operation Salam" was perhaps his most daring act when he smuggled Nazi agents into British occupied Egypt.
To do this Almasy revealed that he had a hiding place in the desert for the operations supplies, a hiding place that has recently been found by an Austrian expedition.
- Photo For Today. Oh Dear.
Trouble at Three Castles (west of Gilf Kebir). We went on without the car, its driver and our cook, who stayed to wait for help to arrive from Cairo. Fortunately we had satellite phones so the situation was well under control and help was soon sent from...
- Book Review: The Secret Life Of Laszlo Almasy
This is a very informal review of John Bierman's The Secret Life of Laszlo Almasy, the Real English Patient by John Bierman (Penguin 2004). As a review, it is a trifle long - but that's the advantage of owning your own blog :-) For those who...
- Daily Photo - Cave Of Swimmers
The Cave of Swimmers, named by Count Laszlo Almasy, and located in a slight inlet in the western side of the northern part of the Gilf Kebir called Wadi Sura (painted valley) was made famous by the film The English Patient. It is named for its wonderful...
- Book Review: Lost Oasis
The Gazette (Review by Paul Carbray) Lost Oasis by Robert Twigger, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Viewers of the movie The English Patient and readers of the book of the same name will recall Count Laszlo de Almasy, played by Ralph Fiennes. In real life,...
- Egyptian Rock Art
http://travel.independent.co.uk/africa/northern/story.jsp?story=641863 In an article entitled "In the footsteps of Count Laszlo" a trip into the Western (Libyan) Desert is described by writer and poet Robert Twigger. The destination is the Gilf Kebir,...