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Come and join explorer and adventurer Mark Evans around the campfire on The Jewel of Arabia Expedition as we follow the route taken by British explorer Bertram Thomas in 1928 from Ras Al Hadd, the most easterly point of the Arab world, along the coast to Salalah, the second largest city in Oman as we meet and talk to the young Omani’s transitioning Oman into a sustainable global green energy hub. From ancient turtle nesting grounds to internationally recognised migration pitstops for thousands of wading birds. From Earthshot prize winning carbon capture innovation to the world’s only non-migratory population of humpbacked whales, from frankincense groves to a future of green hydrogen and amazing raptor restaurants Oman is awash with stories waiting to be told. https://jewelofarabiaexpedition.com/
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Come and join explorer and adventurer Mark Evans around the campfire on The Jewel of Arabia Expedition as we follow the route taken by British explorer Bertram Thomas in 1928 from Ras Al Hadd, the most easterly point of the Arab world, along the coast to Salalah, the second largest city in Oman as we meet and talk to the young Omani’s transitioning Oman into a sustainable global green energy hub. From ancient turtle nesting grounds to internationally recognised migration pitstops for thousands of wading birds. From Earthshot prize winning carbon capture innovation to the world’s only non-migratory population of humpbacked whales, from frankincense groves to a future of green hydrogen and amazing raptor restaurants Oman is awash with stories waiting to be told. https://jewelofarabiaexpedition.com/
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Dr. Mohab Al Hinai, Vice President of Sustainability and Circular Economy at Oman Environmental Services Holding Company - Be’ah is a self-confessed sustainability junkie, leading transformative initiatives that drive sustainability and circular economy principles across The Sultanate. His diary is so busy that I only managed to catch up with him at the end of our Jewel of Arabia, but it was worth the wait as a fascinating discussion ensued….! Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
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From the massive wetland reserve of Bar al Hikmann to the man made reed beds filtering polluted water. From Oman’s first wind farm to the opening of raptor restaurants. From camera trapping hyenas to the rapturous welcome and start of the expedition legacy at Knowledge Gate International School Muscat. In this second of a two-part podcast, Expedition Leader Mark Evans looks back on some of his personal highlights from the 30 day expedition starting at the birdwatcher's paradise of Bar al Hikmann and taking us down the rest of Thomas’s route to Salalah before turning back for Muscat and the start of the Jewel of Arabia legacy. Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
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From the shores of The Indian Ocean to the starlit skies of 1000 night camp. From the sounds of the desert to the call to prayer. From protected turtles to the very first all-terrain wheelchair in The Middle East. In this first of a two-part podcast, Expedition Leader Mark Evans looks back on some of his personal highlights from the 30 day expedition starting on the beach near Ras Al Haad and taking us down to Masirah Island just off the mainland coast of Oman. Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
In the days after the end of the expedition the team have dispersed and travelled home. Nigel to the Lake District in England, Ana-Maria to Switzerland, Dikra and Ibrahim to their families in Oman. But before they left, Mark, took a moment to get them all to look back on the expedition, their personal highlights, and the things that have really struck them about the drive for a more sustainable and biodiverse in this beautiful country. There are wonderful stories of wildlife, of communication, of warm welcoming hospitality, or natural beauty and much much more. As the Jewel of Arabia now looks towards education and legacy, It was perhaps Ibrahim who summed it all up so well… The Jewel of Arabia isn’t just the journey, it’s the message.…
Now the physical expedition has drawn to an end the legacy and engagement aspects of the Jewel of Arabia ramp up. Over the last 3 days Mark and the team have spoken to over 1,500 young Omani’s about the expedition, how they have been following it, but most importantly, how they will look to the future from what they have learnt. To find out what young people have been learning Mark visited the Knowledge Gate International school in Muscat where he was welcomed by 600 super enthusiastic pupils and the bagpipes. Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
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Mark and the team have arrived at their destination, the 2nd city of Oman, Salalah. The last couple of days have been a whirlwind of visits from students from British School Salalah, joining The British Council hackathon and something very special captured on the daily trail cameras set near their overnight campsites. In amongst all of this, the team were formally received in Salalah by His Highness Sayyid Marwan Al Said, Governor of Dhofar. In front of a local audience, including His Excellency Salim Al Mahrouqi, Minister of Heritage and Tourism and His Excellency Azzan Al Busaidi, Undersecretary Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, Mark talked the guests through the expedition and the remarkable sights and sounds of sustainability and biodiversity the team found in Oman. Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
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On the last walking day of the expedition, the team followed Thomas’s diary notes to trace his route down into Wadi Darbat, Which during the monsoon season becomes raging torrent of a river. Of course, this amount of water brings with it life. So after the team had scrambled and crawled their way down to the wadi bed through thick thorny undergrowth, they were treated with the sight of azure blue river pools that teemed with fish life and so also attracting a huge variety of birdlife too. A very special place to visit as they approach Salalah. Every night Mark has been setting a camera trap. See some of what they have captured on the Expedition Instagram, but last night was very special when the camera caught an Arabian wolf eating some leftover lamb carcass left as bait. In the Dhofar mountains the team are deep in Arabian leopard territory, to round up this episode Mark describes a multinational reintroduction programme for the Arabian leopard. Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
Now in the southern region of Oman, Mark and the Jewel of Arabia team have arrived in the region Bertram Thomas referred to as Arabia Felix. Mark describes this as one of his favourite places in the world. The landscape has changed from rough, rocky and arid desert to rich, lush green, almost tropical looking . The wildlife has changed too, they caught the first bat on their camp trail camera last night. In was a treeless landscape apart from a few acacia and frankincense trees today the team visited the largest living land species in Oman, giant baobab trees at Wadi Hanna. This landscape couldn’t be more different from the sands of The Empty Quarter where the team were just a few days ago. It is very easy to see why Thomas referred to this area of Oman as Arabia Felix. And as the expedition starts to near its end point of Salalah, Marks looks ahead to the welcome and visits planned for the next few days. Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
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Oman lies on a major migratory flyway between Arabia and Asia. It is also blessed with a huge diversity of indigenous birdlife. But for many species over many years, the easiest and most abundant source of food was found at landfill sites. For many reasons this wasn’t ideal. But furthermore as Oman has reduced the amount and type of waste sent to landfill there was a consequential knock on effect to many, some critically endangered, species. The solution has been to develop a series of so called “raptor resturants”. Where food and food industry waste can be set out in secure areas for bird species to come and feed on. The mutual benefits to humans and birdlife is huge as Mark found out when he spoke to Ahmed Al Zubair a Senior Sustainability Strategist behind the birdlife buffets Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
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Spread across 3,500 acres in Oman’s Dhofar region, Wadi Dawqah is home to the world’s largest protected Boswellia sacra forest, a place where thousands of frankincense trees have flourished over the centuries. This is where the most sustainable, ethical and transparent source of frankincense begins its thousand-year-old journey into the world. After visiting the site, Mark talks to Matt Wright about the vision for the future of sustainable frankincense and creating the world’s first smart forest. The Land of Frankincense World Heritage Site Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
From the edge of the Rub’ al Khali Mark tells the story of the ancient lost city of Ubar, the legendary lost city in the largest sand desert on earth. In his previous expedition, The Heart of Arabia , Mark retraced Philby’s effort to find Ubar, which ultimately failed, but considering the significance of the place, the Jewel of Arabia team wanted to visit some of the possible locations. Possible locations, because Philby wasn’t the only British explorer to have searched for Ubar, T. E Lawrence, Thomas, Thesinger and Ranulph Fiennes have all made efforts to find the Atlantis of the Sands. It was during Fiennes search that artefacts were discovered, and excavations began. Mark and the team were given a guided tour of the site as it is today from some local guides. Ubar was significant because it was the last guaranteed watering hole for camels on the trade routes before heading into the Rub al Kahli. But, climate change and human extraction mean that today the well is dry. The icing on today’s cake though was to meet an old Bedouin friend who had a photograph of himself travelling with Wilfred Thesinger along the same route. Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
Today the team passed the Harwheel wind farm, which is Oman’s first wind farm and made up of 13 turbines. With a target of achieving net zero by 2050, the transition to a renewable and sustainable future is underway; Oman has set itself the challenge of becoming a global green energy hub, and a regional and world leader in the production of green hydrogen, a journey overseen by inspirational individuals such as Dr Firas Al Abduwani. Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
The British explorer, Wilfred Thesiger wrote that it’s impossible to be alone in the Arab world. This is a sentiment echoed by Mark and the team as they have travelled through Oman. After the toughest day of the expedition so far yesterday, day 20 of the expedition was the complete opposite. The day started with a walk along a beautiful, deserted beach of white sands and azure, blue water before they arrived at an abandoned fishing village. Before long some other travellers arrived and soon conversation over coffee was in full flow. Mark describes his love for the hospitality and generosity of the Omani people. Because later in the day they met the fisherman would refuse any money for the fish he insisted the team cook around the campfire that night, the mechanic who helped fix the shredded tyre wanted only a smile and the coffee shop owner who heard the expedition team had arrived at his coffee shop insisted the round of coffees was a gift from him to the team. Mark reflects on this being one of the many things that makes the country so special for him. Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
At the end of a long and tiring day, Mark talks to us from one of his favourite campsites in all of Oman. He is sitting in a cave, ospreys are circling overhead and the team are about to bed down, exhausted. 24 hours ago they were looking at looking at night sky when they noticed the stars disappear and felt the first drop of rain. The rain came and was followed by strong winds which led them to trying to quickly store and protect everything in camp. In the morning the weather had passed over. Mark had been told about an incredible archaeological site near by that was full of trilith fossils, what they were and what their purpose was is still unclear, but they went up a nearby wadi to find them. As they continued their journey later in the day the challenges began. A punctured tyre led to a shredded tyre and some route redesigning. But just as they approached their stopover where Mark talks to us from now, they encountered sabkha, which is like slippery, muddy quicksand. But the team worked incredibly well together again, freeing one of the vehicles and reaching camp to rest after what has been a long and exhausting day. Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
After a tough day yesterday walking face into a sandstorm, Mark and the team have headed inland to learn about the Bauer Nimr Reedbeds. Visible from space, the Bauer Nimr reedbeds are the largest manmade reedbed on earth. Their role is both fascinating and vital. The plantation is a multi-award winning flagship project for the biological cleaning of polluted water from oil production at the Nimr oil field in the south of Oman. At peak times, up to 175,000 m³ of polluted water currently runs through the plant in one day, Nearly 95% of the crude oil in the water can be removed or recovered without the use of energy or chemicals. But a lush green reedbed like this brings other benefit too. It has become its own biodiversity hotspot with over 130 recorded bird species found there, thriving fish populations and water at the end of the process that is clean enough to be recycled for local agricultural use. Expedition website: The Jewel of Arabia Expedition Follow the expedition on social media: Instagram and Facebook The Jewel of Arabia Expedition podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio…
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