Sand Dance: By Camel Across Arabia's Great Southern Desert

by Bruce Kirkby and Bruce Kirkby

Book Overview

For forty days and forty nights during the winter of 1999, three Canadians, Bruce Kirkby, Jamie Clarke, and Leigh Clarke, along with three Omani Bedu, travelled by camel across Arabia's great southern... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771095651
• ISBN13: 9780771095658
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Voyage

This book is a really interesting account of the three Canadians' journey across the Empty Quarter on the Arabian Peninsula. I followed the news reports of their journey back when it was under way, so it was really interesting to read this personal account and get more of a close-up view. I felt like the book basically had three focusses: the desert environment, the camels, and the Bait Kathir Bedouin. The book describes all three in personal detail, and you get a sense for how these three elements all interact. I found the observations of the Bedouin culture very interesting. I also liked having the bits of Arabic dialogue because I study Arabic but I was unfamiliar with this dialect. All around it's a very interesting book.

desert experience

I was fascinated by the experiences of the three adventurers. I particularly enjoyed the photographs included in the book. I returned to them quite often to get more of a feel of what they were experiencing. I regret that, as a woman in these countries, I would be unable to come close to anything like this. The camels were delightful and I take back all those horrible things people say about them.