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Category: Desert, Bedouins and Old World

Adventures into Sahara, living with Berber, Bedouins, nomadic way of life… (North Africa, Middle East and Sahel)

The Valley of the Shadow (Walking The Judaean Desert)

on June 7, 2020September 14, 2021 By James Dee Clayton 91 Comments

'Alone' in the Judaean Desert, Year 29, The Dead Sea, Being Chased by Armed Israeli Soldiers, Tea with a Bedouin and Finding Wadi Qelt... "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."And so I came to this place... brought [...]

Sands of Time (Living with Berbers)

on January 3, 2018May 26, 2020 By James Dee Clayton 183 Comments

Sahara... صَحَارَى How can one word still evoke so much? Even now, as time moves on at such quickening pace... Worlds begin to collide, continents drift. Again I am standing with feet between two lands. Yet for once I am not shaken, but stilled by this dissonance, this ambivalence... Life continues to move forward into [...]

In the Land of Israel (Craters and Bedouins)

on July 2, 2017May 26, 2020 By James Dee Clayton 101 Comments

Israel, that ancient and mysterious land, a name, a word so evocative, a place like no other, with the vast waters of the Mediterranean on one side, and a whole host of powerful Arab nations surrounding on all other sides, has been a strong and fascinating country for me to explore... and another key destination [...]

The Edge of the Old World (People and Land of Senegal)

on December 21, 2016May 26, 2020 By James Dee Clayton 236 Comments

Burning red suns fall across a land of sand, colour and burgeoning hearts, where wild creatures tall as trees roam freely, the lion awaits, an oasis brings rest and peace, and the stars glow brightly in an ink-black sky. You are swallowed into another portal of culture - mesmerised by the colours of the world transforming before [...]

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Happy Holi 2023! Well, can’t say we didn’t embrace it! The streets of Mumbai have been so welcoming and so have the Indian people. I’ll be washing colour out of my hair for the next week. Been wanting to do this for years, and this time the stars aligned for me, feeling very grateful ❤️💙💜💚
Meanwhile in Varanasi…
Oh, my dear India, I have waited patiently for your intoxicating madness many years. It’s good to be back. Now we dance ✨
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