View of a sand dune ... AfghanistanView of a sand dune and a date palm grove in Liwa oasis. A large sand dune lies in the foreground, dotted with vegetation. A sand fence has been constructed from palm fronds along the crest of the sand dune. In the salt flat (sabkha) beyond a grove of date palms grows on the flat. In the far distance scattered salt bushes grow on the far edge of the plain, below a watchtower that sits on the slope of a far dune overlooking the flat. Due to the nature
Kuwaiti-built trading vessels
The stone curlew's neck is broken and leans to the left
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking through a palm grove in Liwa oasis
Prayer flags can be seen suspended overhead
On the right a second rowboat sits beside a beached dhow with a cloth covered deck canopy
and the Sandia mountains visible in the distance
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through in the desert during the party's journey from Shisr well to Mughshin Oasis
The south face of the Potala hung with two silk applique banners of the Buddha surrounded by other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
Above them one man stands on a wooden yard
View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions at a fort in Al Ain / Al Buraimi oasis
A man wearing a plain thobe (shirt) and a headscarf topped with an 'agal (head rope) stands facing forward
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels through the Wadi al 'Arad sands
