Oasis Palm

... We continue over the Tizi-n-Talremt pass and through the Ziz Valley, which is particularly well-known for its palm trees and the length of the oasis. All along the road there are innumerable "ksars", small villages of individual houses. From here we reach ...

... desert, we have to travel with an armed policeman guard in our minibus. What do you think of when you think of an oasis? Palm trees, water, someone feeding you grapes and fanning you with a palm frond? Guess what, you'd be sorely disappointed. This ...

... cholla cacti and one out to a large rock arch..  We then drove on through the centre of the park to a longer hike at 29 Palm Oasis.  The 3 mile hike was up over a small hill to a beautiful oasis in the middle of a large dry desert area.  ...

... March 31.. Late edition Well we had a litte more excitement than we bargained for on arrival into Palm Springs.   Apparently it is quite a tricky little oasis to fly into when the wind is blowing, which it was.   It was really windy ...

As soon as I got off the bus, I liked this place.  It's a really small oasis where Bedouin people live.  They go around on donkey carts and women were a gray garment and a black veil with no hole for the eyes.  Everywhere around you ...

... at $15/car entrance fee and picked up some postcards. On the ranger's recommendation, we decided to stop and see the Cottonwood Springs Oasis, and then head over to the western side of the park. The western side of the park is at a higher elevation, so ...

... driving through Saskatchewan prairie) through flat, sandy terrain and then finally life appears before you in the form of palm and olive trees. Siwa is one of five oasis' in Egypt and is now home to 25,000 people. We spent our one and only full day ...

... the Great Sand Sea starts just there ... Siwa is still a great place to relax : countless bubbly hot springs, bike rides in the oasis and a fascinating mud fortress at the core of it. It is also a great place to freeze at night in December. Pick ...

... in every direction and then suddenly I could see us approaching something black. And just that quickly, we were surrounded by palm trees. The Oasis is huge and the springs are getting larger each year. The lake was enormous and they have natural hot and ...

... and return to find some gentlemen "assisting" Marie. Women just do not have the freedom in Egypt they do in the west. Sites: 4 wheeling over the sand dunes, Pyramid Mt., Salt Lake, British Ruin, Dinner and Lodging: Le Beshmo Lodge, Bahareya ...

We have arrived in Palm Springs. We spent the day shopping at the Desert Hills Outlet Center on the way here. It definitely lives up to its name of being a "premium" outlet. They had the standard designer fare, with great discounts. However, they just ...

... again.  Nothing else to report on the journey and as we entered Palm Springs the traffic became greater again.  Palm Springs is a massive oasis in the desert well known for the rich to stay as the weather is great and there are plenty of golf ...

... after an ok sleep in the back of the car, headed into downtown for a full English breakfast then walked into the Oasis Resort for a free swim and use of sunbeds. Very warm at midday around 90 degrees with no clouds, decided to head off at ...

... view of the city, specifically of the citadel and the major mosques of Cairo, the minarets piercing the skyline elegantly. BAHARIYYA OASIS: At 8a.m. on Tuesday we left for Bahariyya. It was an epic bus journey marked by long hours getting through ...

... 's hard to overstate the drama of finding a desert oasis. We descended further and further down until finally we saw palm trees and water. The oasis exists because tectonic forces have created a valley in the desert which is below the water table. For ...

... Hummingbirds, so small and fast, maybe 4 cms high. They came really close and sounded like huge bees. We walked to Palm Canyon which is a green oasis in the middle of the desert. It was really beautiful. We went on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway ...

... cocktails and Sunday - Thursday Cafe Boulud Prix Fixe meals (great for Sunday brunch). Whether you're a traveler looking for an oasis, or a local, looking for a place to get away for an hour or so, whisk yourselves to the Brazilian Court. Paradise on ...

... provided us with some most memorable landscapes and momentums: scortched valleys, deep canyons, three storey boulders, rattle snakes, palm fringed oasis, joshua trees, red neck attitude, blooming cactuses and gallons of water. Unlike Asia, the heat here ...

... was so easy to talk to & be with .  If anyone is interested in finding out more, by all means email me. Palm Springs was an oasis in the desert & it was beautiful to wake up nearly every morning to blue skies, sun & mountains in every ...

... next to the Visitor Center was a lovely RV park - we'll keep it in mind for the future. And, we were directed to the Andreas Oasis a few miles away. As you may guess, it is right next to the San Andreas fault - we drove over the fault on the way. We ...