View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Africa 2

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Africa 2View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. In the distance two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead their camels in a line across an expanse of sand, heading towards a wispy bush in the left distance. The man at the front of the line walks, while the man at the back of the line rides. In the distance beyond two sand dunes, dotted with scattered vegetation, fill the background. Due

where Wilfred Thesiger was born on 3 June 1910

Further behind a man stands next to a similar boat

Two men stand in the distance at the edge of the water

View of round houses at Bakawli

while a forth man rides

cultivated by local Arab villagers

In the distance beyond a salt flat (sabkha)

In the far distance beyond rolling sand dunes stretch out along the horizon below a cloudless sky

below Jabal Harfa

The dune looks out over low rolling sand dunes in the near distance and a vast desert plain in the far distance

One is wearing a hat made from palm fronds

In the far distance Al-Milha and Al Shada palaces are visible in the background