This study aims to discuss the most significant conceptual structures in Thesiger's "Arabian Sands," pointing out its ideological aspects and how to make discourses into referencing tools. Moreover, it aims to properly apply a current linguistic theory specifically in a translated discourse using a scientific approach. The study relies on a theoretical approach that derives from cognitive linguistics including a variety of theories in perception and conceptual metaphor theory. This study is set on two questions. The first is related to "Arabian Sands" which romanticized Omanis in a time where other orientalists stereotyped the other. Was Thesiger an exception? Or would a deeper look into his metaphorical lexis show us how he brought nothing to the table other than the same old stereotype? The second question is on how to study conceptual metaphor that's rooted in perception in a translated discourse, where the traveler's self is not the only self present. This makes the search for ideological aspects in a translated discourse almost impossible. The importance of this study prevails, aside from applying O'Grady's current linguistic theory, in analyzing discourse in travel writing using cognitive theories, specifically; "conceptual metaphor theory." Added to that, this study is needed since it tries to suggest modifications to the metaphor identify process in translated discourse (MIPTD) and comes out with results and recommendations. The study has a few findings, the most important one is questioning the theoretical requirements for travel writing references to form with a focus on the significance of the body's effect on managing the description and narration of travel discourse. The study suggested using Metaphor Identify Process in Translated Discourse (MIPTD) since using "Pragglejaz Group" Metaphor Identify Process (MIP) is hardly possible. The study concluded three central metaphors that had a deeper ideological aspect Thesiger's discourse which are: the metaphor of "the earth is a body," the metaphor of "identity is clothes," and the metaphor of "event structure."