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    We have just completed an excellent three day desert navigation course here in Oman with UK natural navigation expert Tristan Gooley.

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    Latest Connecting Cultures journey team address VIPs in Muscat

    Sixteen amazing young people from 12 nations spoke at a reception for 100 people at the British Embassy in Muscat on January 17th.

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    2013 Footsteps of Thesiger Desert Expedition - Apply Now!

    Apply now for our 'In The Footsteps of Thesiger' desert expedition in Oman - Jan 20-25th 2013.

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    2014 - In the footsteps of Bertram Thomas Desert Expedition

    A journey on foot and by camel from Salalah in Oman to Doha in Qatar, celebrating the first ever crossing of the Empty Quarter.

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Thu, Apr 26, 2012 Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh team survey Oman mountain flora

A series of teams from the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, Centre for Middle Eastern Plants, are currently visiting Oman researching remote mountain flora in the northern mountains of Oman....

Tue, Apr 24, 2012 Le Figaro focus on Thesiger's 1947 journey through Oman

Mark Evans is due to meet journalists from Le Figaro who are working on a series of articles focusing on great explorers in Muscat next month. One of their articles will focus on Thesiger, and the...

Mon, Apr 23, 2012 Dates announced for Connecting Cultures 2012-13

Thanks to the continued support of the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Centre, and the MBI Al Jaber Foundation, the dates for three Connecting Cultures desert journeys in the winter of 2012-13 have been...

Tue, Apr 3, 2012 April 2012 Connecting Cultures journey hailed a great success

The latest team of eighteen young leaders arrived in the Connecting Cultures office today after five challenging but successful days on Jebal Akdhar. The certificates have been presented, pledges...