Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm
- Photos Of The Western Desert
The Western Desert - Roads to Gilf Kebir (photos by Yarko Kobylecky) Some lovely photographs of Dakhleh Oasis, the Gilf Kebir and other Western Desert locations. The photographs are highly saturated and the contrast is very high, so these are more...
- Travel: Camping In The Western Desert Of Egypt
Thanks to Ben for posting my article about the task of preparing for a holiday which includes several days camping in the Western Desert of Egypt on his All About Egypt website. He has organized it into 5 sections, with photographs: Desert travel http://www.all-about-egypt.com/sahara-desert-travel.html...
- Book Review: Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge
The Prehistoric Society Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge, by Timothy Insoll Duckworth & Co. 2007. This short book asks a series of timely questions about the nature of archaeological enquiry; the place of humans in the natural world; the nature...
- How Eco Is Ecotourism?
Egypt Daily Star News Siwa is a case in point for this discussion, and is mentioned in the following article: Whether that might be deluding yourself into believing that the business phone-call will have miraculously been made by the time you get back,...
- Book Review: Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge
The Prehistoric Society (Review by David Mullin) This book is not about Egypt, per se, but the principles under discussion are relevant for any nation's archaeology. Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge, by Timothy Insoll, Duckworth & Co. 2007...
Egypt
Travel: Western Desert
Al Masry Al Youm
“The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun,” wrote Jon Krakauer in his nonfiction bestseller Into the Wild, a chronicle of Christopher McCandless’s post-graduation two-year travel experience throughout North America.
McCandless's decision to depart on the journey--which ended with his death in Alaska--aimed to rediscover his identity by living in symbiosis with nature. The young American’s “fight” against society became a “fight versus himself” first, and against nature later on. But, as Krakauer’s book portrays, nature is both wonderful and harsh, and you must know its rules to be part of it.
Without a similar tragic ending, the Egyptian Western Desert safari camping experience echoes the themes of Into the Wild. Feelings fluctuate between astonishment over what only nature can create, relaxation, forgetting the stress caused by a restless society, inner peace thanks to the silence that compels you to reflect, and harmony with others.
- Photos Of The Western Desert
The Western Desert - Roads to Gilf Kebir (photos by Yarko Kobylecky) Some lovely photographs of Dakhleh Oasis, the Gilf Kebir and other Western Desert locations. The photographs are highly saturated and the contrast is very high, so these are more...
- Travel: Camping In The Western Desert Of Egypt
Thanks to Ben for posting my article about the task of preparing for a holiday which includes several days camping in the Western Desert of Egypt on his All About Egypt website. He has organized it into 5 sections, with photographs: Desert travel http://www.all-about-egypt.com/sahara-desert-travel.html...
- Book Review: Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge
The Prehistoric Society Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge, by Timothy Insoll Duckworth & Co. 2007. This short book asks a series of timely questions about the nature of archaeological enquiry; the place of humans in the natural world; the nature...
- How Eco Is Ecotourism?
Egypt Daily Star News Siwa is a case in point for this discussion, and is mentioned in the following article: Whether that might be deluding yourself into believing that the business phone-call will have miraculously been made by the time you get back,...
- Book Review: Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge
The Prehistoric Society (Review by David Mullin) This book is not about Egypt, per se, but the principles under discussion are relevant for any nation's archaeology. Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge, by Timothy Insoll, Duckworth & Co. 2007...