Chapter 4
Middle East: Egypt to Oman
Local journalists with Eddie (second right) and Ahmed (far right)
Street scene, Cairo, Egypt
Boy and Camel, Cairo, Egypt
Street scene, Cairo, Egypt
In a taxi with Eddie
Ancient Boat, Cairo, Egypt
Visit to the Great Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt
Regular Gasoline (rarely found in these parts)
Chatting with a Camel rider
Street scene, Cairo, Egypt
Street scene, Cairo, Egypt
“my five pieces of luggage: one small carry-on rucksack, one overnight bag and three containers holding a total of 120 litres of highly flammable unleaded petrol.”
After crossing the Red Sea, minor servicing, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft service space that only a gyro can use, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
First petrol station out-landing, Saudi Arabia
Second petrol station out-landing, Saudi Arabia
The big shed, thunderstorm out-landing, Saudi Arabia
Approaching thunderstorm, minutes after out-landing, Saudi Arabia
Belfast Telegraph - 14/4/10
Larne Times - 15/4/10
“ I stared in amazement out of the shed doorway, sand, litter and debris were now being blown all over the place and the whole sky had turned brown.”
A video diary record by Norman during his stay in the petrol station, after being forced to land in the middle of the Saudi Arabian desert.
(Audio gets a little clearer after 0:44)
My two Saudi Arabian hosts
After the thunderstorm, Saudi Arabian desert
Drying the laundry, Doha International Airport, Qatar
Arrival at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates having just crossed the southern Persian Gulf
Temporary transponder repairs, Al Bateen, United Arab Emirates
Rapid transponder repair crew, Al Bateen, UAE. (generous benefactor Hussein, second from left)
Crossing arid mountains towards Muscat, Oman
Looping GPS track - crossing the Gulf of Oman