COVID 19 Compliant - Tuesday Afternoon Fewbie Desert Drive - Big Red - Sharjah - 25 May 2021

[Thomas Varghese]

18 minutes ago, Lakshmi Narasimhan said:

Thanks @Anish Sfor the wonderful evening drive, @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil for second lead, @Shaz Shah for center forward and @Tamas Hoffmannfor joining late and helping as flying sweep and providing moral boost and assisting in recoveries and rerouting the convoy. 
Thanks to all friends for joining the drive and sharing the fun. Unfortunately @Shaz Shahcar has to be dropped out and he continued to drive @Thomas Varghesecar, again unfortunately @thomas tyre poped out  and valve continued leaking. It was a hard decision to drop both of you to safety, good  to see such sportsmanship demonstrated by both and @Anish S as a lead. Drive is not complete without struck, refusal or cresting all of these recovered quickly and with transmission over heating. We all learnt a lot and enjoyed driving in the dark as well. The terrain was beautiful and surprisingly most of the area was virgin. Looking forward for another such wonderful drive. See you again !!!

all sorted out and ready to rock and roll in the desert. 

[Thomas Varghese]

[Darren Brooke]

Thanks @Anish S@Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Shaz Shah @Lakshmi Narasimhan and last but not least@Tamas Hoffmann

@Anish Sreally great route selection and great to do a little exploration drive on the opposite side of the main road

@Tamas Hoffmannthanks for picking up the lead role while @Shaz Shahcar was "escorted" from the dunes

@Thomas Vargheseglad to hear the car all sorted, interesting to watch how a pop out is "nearly" 😆 repaired for the first time. Loving the photos!!

Really enjoying these mid week evening drives, so until the next one, stay safe

[Thomas Varghese]

[Srikumar]

7 hours ago, Thomas Varghese said:

all sorted out and ready to rock and roll in the desert. 

Please only Rock and Not Roll in the desert 

[Thomas Varghese]

Just now, Srikumar said:

Please only Rock and Not Roll in the desert 

wanted to continue in your tomorrow drive @Srikumar but my 1st dose of vaccination is tomorrow. I'm confused. Will it trouble me or I will be fine. That's why I left the drive. 

[Shaaz Sha]

hi 😊. Thank you @Anish S for a superb evening drive. The drive was smooth and the terrain level was nice. started off slow and smooth and gradually with medium and high climbs, kept a reasonable pace to avoid any issues of over heating ...   enjoyed it. It was not a great day for me in the desert yesterday with my car and with @Thomas Varghesecar. The whole convey performing really well and it's was unfortunate for me and @Thomas Varghese to exit out early. @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil did an excellent job as 2nd lead and looks like he is in full sync with his jeep now. good job buddy 👍. @Chinthaka Ruwan did really well and thanks buddy for keeping the XTERRA participation in the convoy till the end 😃😃🙏.. @Darren Brooke did superb with his TAHOE, which is one of my favorites. you did an excellent job with you full size SUV. @JeromeFJ had a smooth drive and it was easy peezy for his FJ. @Russwith his beast had a blast and could hear the roaring of your beast. @Lakshmi Narasimhanthank you for sweeping the whole convey to safety. Did a great job buddy 👍. And finally @Tamas Hoffmann thank you for being our flying sweep and for the tugs. Hope everyone had a superb offroading trip and see you soon .

[Alain Canivet-Abikhalil]

Love those midweek rides !

Yesterday was a pretty nice adventure... we rode for more than 4 hours.

Small dunes, high dunes, criss crossing, night driving... that was rich !

 

Thank you @Anish S and @Veedooshee, I really enjoyed being your second lead and thank you for the advice, especially when I got stuck / crested.

 

@Tamas Hoffmann, it was good to follow your lead too for a little while and good idea you had to cross the road into those virgin dunes.

 

@Shaaz Sha even though you were unlucky yesterday it was good and reassuring to have you around.

 

@Lakshmi Narasimhan well done good to see your improvements since we first started together.

 

@Thomas Varghese, thank you for the pictures.

 

@Chinthaka Ruwan @Darren Brooke @Russ @JeromeFJ never fail to bring good vibes to the group !

 

See you all very soon.

Edited May 26, 2021 by Alain Canivet-Abikhalil

[JeromeFJ]

Thank you @Anish S and @Tamas Hoffmann for the drive. It was a real gift to wander through in empty dunes on this week day evening. Thanks Thomas for the pics, and all the convoy for the excellent vibes within the group !  

[Anish S]

 

@Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Chinthaka Ruwan @Darren Brooke @Shaaz Sha @Thomas Varghese @JeromeFJ @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Russ

Thank you everybody for joining and making this drive awesome, well done, all of you performed really well. We  manage to experience both day and night driving as well as different terrains.

Thank you so much for the comments and lovely photos, i really appreciated that. Those descriptive comments covered most of the drive 👍 , so i do not have to write a drive report😀.

Big thanks to @Tamas Hoffmann & @Shaaz Sha for the support and @Lakshmi Narasimhan & @Alain Canivet-Abikhalilfor being amazing sweep and second lead.

I hope Shaaz's tow point is fixed soon so that we can see you soon. Good to hear that Thomas's wheel is sorted.

Hope to see you all again in the sand, till then take care.