Berber Life in the Tunisian Sahara :Desert Holidays And Discovery A tour of the Sahara desert in Tunisia is the perfect way to learn about Berber heritage and explore the landscape. Douz, a desert Oasis town is known as the gateway to the Sahara and a traditional meeting place for Berber tribesmen. Here, camel rides […] More
Mammals and Desert Ecology: What Mammals Live in Deserts and How do They Survive? Deserts form when there is less than 25cm (10 inches) of rainfall in a year. Semi-deserts are those that receive less than 40cm (16 inches) of rainfall in a year. Desert regions around the world can be found in parts of Australia, […] More
Kalahari :Miracle of the Underway in Botswana – Animals Flood in for Africa’s Greatest Wildlife Show Every year at this time, nine billion liters of water traveling along the Kavango River in northern Botswana arrives at the impenetrable sands of the Kalahari and is forced to fan out into the desert. The arid sands become […] More
Herbs for the Desert:Between Perennial Herbs and Culinary Plants Herbs for Spring and Summer After the last frost, herbs like basil, borage, dill and chives can be planted from seeds or plants. These plants prefer filtered shade, such as underneath a desert tree like mesquite or paloverde. Herbs for Late Fall Planting Fall in the […] More
Willows :The Growing Plant of Desert – This plant is actually a large shrub and not a willow The desert willow (Chilopsis linearis), although not a member of the willow family, certainly looks like one. In fact, the Spanish name for the plant, mimbre, means “willow-like.” It makes a wonderful screen and provides cover for […] More
Waterpark Of Kalahari and Resort in Sandusky -The Best Amusement Parks In the World Sandusky is already known as a vacation spot, being home to one of the biggest and best amusement parks in the world, Cedar Point. So it’s no surprise that Kalahari located its second endeavor (the original, located in Wisconsin Dells, which […] More
Evil Spirits of the Desert: Azazel and the Djinn Between Fact and Fiction The desert has always been a dangerous and desolate place; its violent sandstorms and lack of life-sustaining provender mark it as the eternal abode of those fallen angels and evil spirits dedicated to provoking human suffering and achieving the ultimate destruction of humanity. […] More
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
Peru: From Machu Picchu To Ica – Tips for the Andes and Desert Region Cuzco is a small airport located in the Andes region of Peru. The flight is fairly inexpensive using StarPeru. Taxis are readily available to travel to the nearest train station although you may have to travel as far as Ollantaytambo on […] More