Tony Walsh – author & tours through Arabia
Suggested books that relate to Oman and Arabia including those written by Tony Walsh
‘The Land of Frankincense’, my new book, explores key locations associated with Frankincense in Dhofar, including the four UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Locations such as Wadi Andhur, Continue reading “The Land of Frankincense is my Guide Book to historic places in Dhofar Oman associated with Frankincense – “
Tulips under a male Date Palm, just off Kensington High Street in London,
set the tone for a mix of Continue reading “Arabia at the London Book Fair 2018”
The offer for me to fill the vacant Presidential seat at the London Book Fair 2018 got turned down,
though I guess the new book by Bill Clinton and James Patterson ‘The President is Missing’ will Continue reading “London Book Fair 2018”
Oman has been included in Bradt Guide’s 2018 ‘Exceptional Places’ and the Bradt Guide to Oman is now available worldwide.
This annual listing is a recommendation of those countries, cities or regions that Bradt, the award-winning guidebook publisher, feels should be visited.
This year’s exceptional places include Continue reading “Oman in Bradt Guide’s 2018 ‘Exceptional Places’”
Writing the revision for the Bradt Guide to Oman – Experiences that could and could not be included, turned out to be a difficult area to deal with. I needed not only focus on finishing the text & maps but also change my viewpoint of Oman’s tourism.
Previously, for my tour company organising a visit into a museum in Oman for tourists would be pre-planned in a basic tour, a special visit to Honey Bee keeper Continue reading “Including local experiences in the Bradt Guide to Oman”
Bradt Guide to Oman in Faces magazine with a double page article.
Fantastic and Continue reading “Bradt Guide to Oman covered by Faces Magazine in Oman”
The Bradt Guide to Oman cover is now finalized after a couple of edits,
I’m so pleased and think this Continue reading “Bradt Guide to Oman cover”
Bradt Guide to Oman – Maps are a critical part of the this Oman Travel Guide. There are several for each chapter in the guide and all are new for this edition ranging from a country map, though the regional maps, down to a map or insert that might cover part of a town.
I stitched together the base of each in Photoshop Continue reading “The Bradt Guide to Oman – Maps”
Warm sunny days and a hot keyboard! My rewrite of the Bradt Guide to Oman is very intense; it’s not the information so much as writing it in a way that is unambiguous.
One of the things Ive had to do is use Microsoft’s Word ‘review’ button. Continue reading “Summer time – rewrite of the Bradt Guide to Oman!”
Well! I’m excited to be authoring the Bradt Guide to Oman 4th edition.
The original Continue reading “My next few months – rewriting the Bradt Guide to Oman”