Expedition reflections from Alan
Expedition logistics lead and route planner, Alan Morrissey reflects on the Heart of Arabia Expedition just before the team reach Jeddah Expedition website: The Heart of Arabia Expedition Follow the E...
1 Feb 202310min
Jeddah – Expedition Diary Day 28
48 whirlwind hours after their arrival in Jeddah Mark brings us up to date with the team’s reception on the Red Sea coast. He describes a cultural melting pot of people, sights, sounds and smells that...
1 Feb 202315min
Inspiring the pupils of Jeddah Prep and Grammar school – Expedition Diary Day 26
Mark meets some pupils from the Jeddah Prep and Grammar School, the oldest British School in Saudi Arabia. Through their conversations Mark hears how the expedition has inspired the pupils to learn mo...
29 Jan 20238min
Desert poetry with Talal Al Unaizi – Expedition Diary Day 26
Talal Al Unaizi, a journalist with the Saudi Press Agency is travelling with team. Mark has been inspired by his poetry recitals during their time together so he asks Talal to recites a poem for the p...
29 Jan 20234min
Yearning for the desert, camels and tents – Expedition Diary Day 26
After 2 days exploring Taif, Mark and the team, like Philby before them are full of the hustle and bustle of the urban area and are yearning for the open space of the desert again. Skirting round Mecc...
29 Jan 20239min
Shubra Palace with Hasan Al Noumari – Expedition Diary Day 25
On their arrival at Taif the expedition team visited the Shubra Palace, just as Philby did 106 years ago. Today it’s a heritage site looked after by the Museum Commission of the Saudi Arabian Ministry...
27 Jan 20237min
Christmas in Taif - Expedition Diary Day 25
Like Philby 106 years before them, Mark and the team have arrived in Taif on Christmas Day. They first visit the Shubra Palace which today is engulfed by Taif, the 6th largest urban area of Saudi Arab...
27 Jan 20239min
After a sandstorm the new moon rises and the birds sing - Expedition Diary Day 24
A huge sandstorm battered the team yesterday, so Mark is up early this morning to update the podcast. The expedition team are on the brink of Taif and will arrive there later today. Yesterday’s going ...
26 Jan 20239min
