View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Size:small

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Size:smallView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party visiting with Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn. On the left members of Wilfred Thesiger's party sit with a group of Wahiba Bedouin beside a large tree on a flat plain. Sacks and water skins hang from the tree's branches. On the right a saddled camel is couched in the sand. In the background a few bushes grow on the flat plain that stretches uninterrupted into the far distance. Due to the nature of these

facing forward

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party heading towards palm groves in Liwa oasis

tufts of grass and small shrubs

a 'well constructed church is prosperously maintained here with a resident Padre and his assistants

Two of the men wear thobe (long shirts)

Mountains rising behind

A "Hermit's band" or gomtak is placed over his right shoulder

In the distance the party's camels are grazing on one of the trees

Interior view of a mudhif (guest house)

Portrait of an Arab man

Adobe and stone buildings in the city of Abha sit on the far side of the field

Oarsmen wait beside a line of abra at a ferry launch on Dubai Creek