Al Jahli Fort

Al Jahli Fort is about 5 minutes walk from my place and yet I hadn't visited it until last weekend.

There's no excuse really, people had told me it was a must see. Anne told me about the Wilfred Thesiger exhibition, that it was a treat. How right she was. It brought tears to my eyes when I saw how wonderful his photographs were, photographs capturing the beauty of this place a generation or so ago. The beauty of the desert and most importantly of the people.

Sue, Kathryn and I were enthralled, we stayed quite a while revisiting our favorites, soaking in the stillness and silence. Some of his quotes were included. This one touched me:

"It was very still, with the silence we have driven from our world"

Wilfred Thesiger