The Empty Quarter - Saudi Arabia Covering twenty percent of Saudi Arabia there is a desert that lies in the south of the country that also straddles the U.A.E, Oman and Yemen. This desert covers an area of 650,000km2 which apparently makes it a little larger than France. Its an area that receives thirty-five millimetres …
Jazan to Najran - Saudi Arabia A few winding kilometres outside of Abha is another famous, old village nestled in the Arabian mountains. Rijal Alma'a once again decieves the visitor with its age boasting a history dating back nine hundred years. As with Thee Ain village, a large part of Rijal Alma'a has been restored …
Al Bahah to Abha - Saudi Arabia It's been almost twelve months to the day since my last trip away and before you shout 'boo hoo, get over it', I would like to point out that I wasn't one of the people trying to get a summer holiday abroad in 2020. Nope, I was stuck …
Sydney to Perth - Australia February 2008 Catching a train from Sydney to Perth is fairly straight forward on the face of things but one must be prepared for the journey to last several days. The same journey by plane takes almost four hours and the first time I flew the route it was on …
Noosa & Byron Bay - Australia February 2008 It rained most days on the east coast not that we had much time to think about it. The day after returning from Fraser Island we were back on the bus making the five hour journey down to Noosa where we were than picked up buy yet …
