Ahriman and Daevas The Demons of Desert : Evil Spirits in Zoroastrianism In the ancient Persian belief system known as Zoroastrianism, the prince of evil spirits was named Ahriman or Angra Mainyu. Some legends stated that he was limited by time and space, and knew nothing of his pure counterpart, the Lord of Light and […] More
Culbin, from Desert to Working Forest : Around The Colourful Myths The ‘desert’ established between the rivers Findhorn and Nairn and lying along the southern shore of the Moray Firth is generally considered to date from around the 1690s. A score of writers down the years have offered as many interpretations of what happened, when […] More
Ayers Rock In Australian Desert : Australia’s Northern Territory is not just home to Ayers Rock It’s obvious from any map that Australia is a big country. But the true size of Australia is slammed home when the itinerary for the trip from New Zealand says that while it will take just under four hours […] More
Traveling with Children to San Pedro de Atacama: Tips for a Family Trip to the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile San Pedro de Atacama, population 5,000, is an oasis in Chile’s piece of the vast Atacama Desert. It is the most popular tourist destination in Chile. With plenty of comfortable hotels, restaurants and cafes, souvenir […] More
Akagera Rwanda’s National Park: A Stunning Landscape of Rolling Savannah Rich with African Wildlife Akagera National Park extends over 1085 square km (420 square miles) of rolling hills sweeping down to a labyrinth of rivers, papyrus marshes and shining lakes, which form a vast wetland containing the most distant source of the River Nile. Unlike […] More
Wildflowers of California’s Desert in Bloom: Fields of Poppies, Lilies, and Lupine; A Mass of Springtime Color The rain that drenched the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and Joshua Tree National Park in mid-December could produce a better wildflower show than has been seen for a few years. And the snow that carpeted the Mojave Desert […] More
Mammals of Africa’s Desert Areas – Springbok Habitat, Description, Social Structure, Behavior of Desert Herbivore Springbok numbering thousands were a common sight in the African deserts. These numbers have dwindled to herds consisting of hundreds and are confined to Wildlife Reserves including the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and Mabuasehube Game Reserve and farms. Habitat of Springbok […] More
Tears of the Desert by Halima Bashir: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur Tears of the Desert (One World/Ballantine, ISBN 0345506251) is the first memoir by a woman telling the true story of the horrors in Darfur. Born into the Zaghawa tribe in Sudan, Halima was thought to have good luck because she was born […] More
Stuart Whitman, Stanley Baker Star in Desert Survival Film: Sands of the Kalahari Movie (1965) Director CyEndfield and Paramount Pictures brought Sands of the Kalahari to movie theaters in 1965. Stuart Whitman plays a sadistic hunter, with Stanley Baker and Susannah York as his fellow desert survivors. William Mulvihill’sThe Sands of Kalahari Novel William Mulvihill’sThe […] More
Morocco North Africa Package Tours Show Seniors Cities and Sand: Sahara Camel Rides The North African country of Morocco, which has always attracted Europeans, is now getting more North Americans because of reasonably priced package tours from the U.S. and Canada. In April, 11 women, including many seniors, found themselves in a rollicking minivan for […] More