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Dame Freya Stark
Traveller extraordinaire Dame Freya Stark talks about her experiences of solo travel through the Middle East. Fascinated by the Orient from a young age she decided to learn Arabic and Persian to aid her on her travels.
She was one of the first non-Arabians to travel through the southern Arabian deserts; she reveals some of her best tips for travelling and the wonderfully slimming properties of riding camels.
Dame Freya Stark died on 9 May 1993.
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