{"id":53241,"date":"2023-01-20T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/jeddah\/en\/uncategorized\/a-british-man-is-trekking-1300-km-across-saudi-in-the-footsteps-of-legendary-explorer-harry-philpy\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T08:01:28","slug":"a-british-man-is-trekking-1300-km-across-saudi-in-the-footsteps-of-legendary-explorer-harry-philpy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/jeddah\/en\/inspo\/travel\/a-british-man-is-trekking-1300-km-across-saudi-in-the-footsteps-of-legendary-explorer-harry-philpy\/","title":{"rendered":"A British Man Is Trekking 1300 KM Across Saudi In The Footsteps Of Legendary Explorer Harry Philpy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>105 years ago, British explorer Harry St. John (Abdullah) Philby crisscrossed Arabia and even wrote a hugely popular book about his journey later. Now another fellow British explorer, Mark Evans, over a century later, is leading a team that&#8217;s loosely following Philby&#8217;s 1917 trail.<\/p>\n<h2>The journey across has been dubbed the &#8220;Heart of Arabia Expedition&#8221; after Phiby&#8217;s book.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re off! Leg 2 of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heartofarabia_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@heartofarabia_<\/a> is underway, following ancient camel trails bound for Jeddah <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKinSaudiArabia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UKinSaudiArabia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiBritishSoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaudiBritishSoc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrepGrammar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PrepGrammar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExplorersClub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ExplorersClub<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IASArabia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IASArabia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdventurousAud1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AdventurousAud1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiGeography?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaudiGeography<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KSAHeritage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KSAHeritage<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zLBakAZAcJ\">pic.twitter.com\/zLBakAZAcJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Evans Oman (@UniOfTheDesert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniOfTheDesert\/status\/1615061286332600347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>But this isn&#8217;t just your regular trek, field data will be gathered on this journey, and they do plan to visit sites (many unknown) that Philby mentions in his travelogue.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In 1917 explorer St John Philby wrote about herds of gazelle on the plains west of Riyadh. Today our @heartofarabia expedition found evidence of Ostrich-last seen in the 1930\u2019s. Broken eggshells and ancient rock art <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKinSaudiArabia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UKinSaudiArabia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiBritishSoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaudiBritishSoc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExplorersClub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ExplorersClub<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrepGrammar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PrepGrammar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8mEp3PsQz7\">pic.twitter.com\/8mEp3PsQz7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Evans Oman (@UniOfTheDesert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniOfTheDesert\/status\/1615316482027622401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The team which comprises people from around the world has set off from Uqair on the country&#8217;s eastern coast in November.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The team received a great send-off at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Diriyah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Diriyah<\/a> from direct British and Saudi descendants of Harry St John Philby. The cousins (Philby\u2019s grandchildren) met for the second time in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Riyadh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Riyadh<\/a> after the British contingent travelled to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaudiArabia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaudiArabia<\/a> for the departure of the expedition. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oUILXVzBJP\">pic.twitter.com\/oUILXVzBJP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saudi Embassy UK (@SaudiEmbassyUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiEmbassyUK\/status\/1615381003110850561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The journey hasn&#8217;t been easy even in winter\u2014just look at the morning temperature that Evans tweeted.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Several hours progress towards Jeddah this morning as we wound our way along ancient villages and wadi beds. 4 degrees C at sunrise.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heartofarabia_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@heartofarabia_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKinSaudiArabia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UKinSaudiArabia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiBritishSoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaudiBritishSoc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngloOmaniSOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AngloOmaniSOC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalScotGeoSoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RoyalScotGeoSoc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrepGrammar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PrepGrammar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiEmbassyUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaudiEmbassyUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBIFoundation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MBIFoundation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TI5afr9v2L\">pic.twitter.com\/TI5afr9v2L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Evans Oman (@UniOfTheDesert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniOfTheDesert\/status\/1615645033830424576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The sporadic rains in Saudi have also caused much difficulty for the team.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Heavy rains in central Arabia will make it heavy going for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heartofarabia_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@heartofarabia_<\/a> expedition team when they leave Riyadh on Jan 16. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKinSaudiArabia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UKinSaudiArabia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiBritishSoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaudiBritishSoc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IASArabia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IASArabia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrepGrammar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PrepGrammar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Darahfoundation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Darahfoundation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mocsaudi_en?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mocsaudi_en<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngloOmaniSOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AngloOmaniSOC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExplorersClub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ExplorersClub<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RGS_IBG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RGS_IBG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalScotGeoSoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RoyalScotGeoSoc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T82GxPta7B\">pic.twitter.com\/T82GxPta7B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Evans Oman (@UniOfTheDesert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniOfTheDesert\/status\/1613090890041401345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But nonetheless, the team is persisting, and you can track their progress <a href=\"https:\/\/heartofarabiaexpedition.com\/track-the-expedition\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"105 years ago, British explorer Harry St. John (Abdullah) Philby crisscrossed Arabia and even wrote a hugely popular book about his journey later. 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