Hilary McCormack
A photo journal of a day trip to the Wild Iris of Al Tumayr
"The earth laughs in flowers" Ralph Waldo Emerson February 2023 Selected Reading: Wild Iris Flowers in Saudi Arabia 4x4 Driving...
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Hilary McCormack
- Jan 15
- 2 min
Dakar Rally 2023
Friday, January 6th, 2023: Marhaba to the now annual Saudi Dakar Rally and to a wet and wild start to the year. . It rained Irish-style...
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Hilary McCormack
- Dec 30, 2022
- 6 min
An Alternative Kenya
I, too, am convinced that our ancestors came from Africa. Dr Richard Leakey, Kenyan Paleoanthropologist and Conservationist. Nairobi...
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Hilary McCormack
- Nov 27, 2022
- 2 min
The Pyramidal Star Dunes of Ad Dahna
November 2022: The season is just right to load up the car and head back out into the beautiful wind-manicured desert of the Saudi...
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Hilary McCormack
- Sep 6, 2022
- 2 min
Falcons of Arabia
August 2022: I went to check out the annual Saudi Falcons Club Exhibition that invites falcon breeders from across the region and as far...
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Hilary McCormack
- Jul 10, 2022
- 4 min
Eating out in Riyadh
"I am on a seafood diet, I see food, and I eat it." The tradition of gathering together to 'break bread' is an ancient habit that...
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Hilary McCormack
- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
Heet Cave Day Trip
Ein Heet Cave is located in Al-Jubail Mountain, about 40 kilometers south of Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is an effortless...
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Hilary McCormack
- Apr 27, 2022
- 2 min
Eid Mubarak from Saudi Arabia
This year the holy month of Ramadan, the Christian festival of Easter, and Jewish Passover overlapped for the first time in my lifetime,...
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Hilary McCormack
- Mar 22, 2022
- 2 min
Saudi Cup 2022
The Saudi Cup, held annually on Saturday 26th February, is run over nine furlongs (1800 meters) on a dirt track and is the richest horse...
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Hilary McCormack
- Feb 15, 2022
- 2 min
Saudi Diamond Hunting
This fun day out is easy to arrange whether you have a 4x4 or an SUV with city tires (if you drive with caution on the rough stuff). You...
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Hilary McCormack
- Jan 20, 2022
- 1 min
Adrenaline junkies and music fans
The Saudi leg of 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship kicked off in Diriyah, Riyadh, for two nights of spectacular e-car racing...
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Hilary McCormack
- Jan 12, 2022
- 2 min
Dakar 2022
"A challenge for those who go. A dream for those who stay behind." Thierry Sabine The Paris Dakar (or Dakar Rally as it is known today)...
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Hilary McCormack
- Jan 3, 2022
- 5 min
Dubai, home to dreamers & believers
"If you can dream it, you can do it" Walt Disney. Having navigated the various covid travel hoops and hurdles for a weekend in Dubai, I...
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Hilary McCormack
- Dec 19, 2021
- 3 min
A full moon 'party' in the Ad Dahna super bowl
"Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars." J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Don't think Thailand is the only place you can...
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Hilary McCormack
- Oct 29, 2021
- 4 min
The return of the wild geese!
On October 3rd, 2021, I walked through the doors of Dublin airport for the first time in nineteen months. The sun was shining through the...
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Hilary McCormack
- Sep 26, 2021
- 5 min
“Wild” camping and hiking in Jebal Ibrahim, Makkah Province
"Wild" camping is camping outside of a traditional managed camping site. It is allowed across much of Europe, especially near scenic...
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Hilary McCormack
- Aug 29, 2021
- 4 min
A date safari in Al-Qassim
"A family with dates will never be hungry." If you want to taste some of the most delicious Arabic dates in the Middle East region, then...
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Hilary McCormack
- Aug 19, 2021
- 2 min
A celebration of Arabic Calligraphy
“Calligraphy is an art form that uses ink and a brush to express the very souls of words on paper.” When I was a kid, having nice...
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Hilary McCormack
- Jul 31, 2021
- 1 min
Street Art, Riyadh
The location is Jax Yard, a Ministry of Culture project in the making. It is not hard to see what this area could be like in the near...
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Hilary McCormack
- Jul 5, 2021
- 5 min
A girlie weekend in Riyadh
July 2021: It is pretty hot here in Riyadh now, but if you check the weather reports, you will see that some parts of America are just as...
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