Once again my obsession with this place drags me 500 odd kilometers into the barren wasteland to experince utter silence and stark beauty at its best. Pitch dark roadways, chattering cold tents, undies full of sand, rattle snake tracks and inflatable beds have become something I am starting to get comfortable with! I've done a lot of solos on this sector and always felt it was a long way from home. The road never seems to end. The constant humming of tires go on ceaselessly urging you to silently take a nap on the wheel. Add to it the fatigue [View Full Entry]

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At long last I was able to take my brand new car, the Toyota FJ Cruiser out into the desert and do some dune basing. This experience proved quite exciting, somewhat terrifying (especially when Yuki drove) but certainly addicting. I am proud to say, I did not have to get help or dig the car out once! Anyway, the key to dune bashing, or at least what I learned thus far, is to keep your momentum to get over the dunes. Also, map out routes, because when you are about to go over a dune, you literally can not see over [View Full Entry]

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Yes, at long last I have made it to the real desert. Well, this is actually a bit more of the tourist desert, for I actually make it to the real real desert later on. Any way, this was a nice introduction to the desert that makes all tourists feel like they're seeing the desert. What goes on here is pretty cool though, but please don't generalize and think that this is the reality out here. From what I've seen in my few trips to the real desert, the people are very nice, very humble and pleasant. This place is kind [View Full Entry]

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Liwa, Tal Murib Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Liwa » Moreeb Dune By Yathi March 30th 2007 Yathi Nothing much to write except we went, we saw and we conquered. Pretty straight forward I guess. And yeah Tejas snores so c [View Full Entry]

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Well the place pulled me back again!! The pictures I posted don't do justice to the real thing and I ain't no poet to write a nice song to explain it. One has to go thr to experience the feeling. Empty void, majestic heights, monotonous tones, minimalistic lines. It truly is weird. A long ride made longer by the cold, battery on our car dying on us and the empty pitch dark road ways freakin us out. For miles we were the only car on the road not to mention in the desert! On our way we saw this barn [View Full Entry]

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