Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “desert”
By Simon Patterson Safe airline arrival into Namibia? Check. Camping equipment supplied with hire vehicle? Check. Wheels attached firmly to the vehicle? Only one wheel nut missing, so near enough. Let’s drive! Of course, we only realised a wheel nut was missing after a tyre went flat on a lonely desert road. With no mechanic for many miles, we had no …
by Bob McCormac Las Vegas is usually a final destination for most people landing at McCarran International Airport. While it’s worth a couple days to take in the glitz of Las Vegas, the approximately 335-mile drive through the Mojave Desert to San Diego is really a segue that should not be missed. The Mojave Desert is almost 48,000 square miles …
Text by Ugo Cei. Photography by Ugo Cei and Massimiliano Cremascoli. This is the second part of my article about Oman. You can find the first part here. Nizwa Nizwa is a placid city at the feet of the Al Hajar mountains. It has an interesting fort that looks like it was restored yesterday, but the city really comes to life …
Text by Ugo Cei. Photography by Ugo Cei and Massimiliano Cremascoli. What can you do in Oman in just five days? Apparently a lot. Having recently had the opportunity to take a week off and a handful of frequent flyer miles to spend before they expired, I looked at my options and realized that I could get two award return tickets …
by Simon Patterson Driving 1,350km (850 mi) along a corrugated sandy track through the Australian desert is not the usual way for a family to move home across Australia. Especially when it is a four year old child travelling with his mum and dad. Even more so when the route goes past old nuclear bomb test sites, which continue as an …
by Bob McCormac Sedona and the Grand Canyon are both known for their spectacular landscape; Sedona for the red rock formations that dot the Verde Valley, the Grand Canyon for the sheer breathtaking views and vertigo inducing looks over the edge of the Canyon. If you’re going, probably the best option is to fly into Phoenix’s Sky Harbor airport from …
There are numerous locations in western United State that are on many photographer’s bucket list and many of them are located within famous national parks (Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, etc.). However, there are also several locations that are far off the beaten path. Situated just below the Arizona/Utah state borders, the Upper and Lower Antelope Slot Canyons have become many …
When I visited Utah last time, I knew there was one place that I absolutely wanted to visit, called Cathedral Valley, in Capitol Reef National Park. The problem and the beauty of Cathedral Valley is that it’s a remote place, reachable only via a long dirt road that crosses several sandy washes and requires fording the Fremont River. Getting there …
I’ve been home for a few days already, but my eyes are still filled with the beauty of the places in southern Utah’s canyon country. In just a bit more than three days’ time, I managed to get to Arches NP, Canyonlands NP and my favorite, Capitol Reef NP. I managed to get some images of all of them, plus …
