by Marina Bruce | Mar 20, 2013 | Camels and Domesticated Creatures, Flora, Nature, UAE Tourism, Wildlife
Wild Arabia is a fascinating documentary which has been recently screened by the BBC. Many of the creatures featured are ones we see when we are offroading or exploring; here’s the Bruce version of “Wild Arabia”. All photos are my own. The jerboa...
by Marina Bruce | Nov 13, 2012 | Liwa, Offroad
I’ve written before about Mike Nott’s Off-Road Adventure Routes book, and after perusing it on Google Earth and making a couple of re-routes to avoid an oilfield and line up with a gap in a fence, we used route number three as the basis for our long...
by Marina Bruce | Nov 11, 2012 | Liwa, Offroad
Sorry for the long delay in this post. I’ve been living life to the full…….. but even by my standards the last month has been a bit hectic. I’ve been to Liwa again (twice) and here’s the account of the first outing. My friend’s...
by Marina Bruce | Oct 7, 2012 | Oman: Seaside
Part two of our trip saw us taking the ferry to Masairah Island. I LOVE ferries! The crossing took 100 minutes or so (takes less when at high tide), and cost 10OMR (£17 approx) each way. There are no places to buy drinks or food on board but you are free to return...
by Marina Bruce | Jul 27, 2012 | Oman, Oman: Salalah
Another easy blog for me – some of the lovely (and one not so lovely) creatures we encountered. Gorgeous dragonfly captured by my hubby, Neil Bruce. Lots of geckos even a little white one A seabird – quieter than the scurries in the NE of Scotland. unless...
