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Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Discover Al Hayer - Al Ain - 22 Oct 2021


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20 minutes ago, andy_macdxb said:

Anyone have a good estimate of the travel time, Dubai to RV? Hr, Hr 15?

If you go into Google Maps on your phone and on the directions, set a reminder for tomorrow morning, it will give you an estimate starting time.

If you’ve done drives in Murquab on E66, add 35/40mins (60km) to whatever it would have taken you to get there.

It’s a straight drive on E66, exit right onto E20, and then Lane 1815.

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1 hour ago, andy_macdxb said:

Anyone have a good estimate of the travel time, Dubai to RV? Hr, Hr 15?

I’d depart at 4:40am to give time to fuel up en route from Dubai . From downtown it’s showing as 1.hr10mins

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Discover Al Hayer - Newbie Drive Report

"Some nights stay up till dawn. as the moon sometimes does for the sun." - Rumi

Beautiful start of a festive day: after a rapid deflation and a short drive along a pylon track, the sun peaked above the red dunes to the east, while the moon was still up just, watching it rise from the west. 

We entered a very interesting area of tall dunes, close to each other yet separated by open corridors, at times dotted with low shrubs. Al Hayer's farms kept showing on the horizon to the south, until we managed to move north, zig-zagging our way through canyons of very clean sand, with the whole convoy managing to side slope and straight crossing the opening between the cordons, with very few hic-ups. 

This is a very enjoyable area, especially the section between Al Hayer and a dirt track separating it halfway from the northern village of Al Jabib. The sand is red and firm, the dunes long and wavy, with plenty of room to side-slope them (even though they would be ideal for fast criss-crossings), and plenty of vegetation, amply spaced so that it doesn't represent an impediment to maintaining a good speed. Beyond the dirt track, in the direction of Al Jabib, the landscape changes a bit, with closer dunes (forming almost a small plateau), a few more tricky situations, such as old tracks left by the Oil & Gas exploration machinery which is currently scarring most of Sweihan (evidently they had already come this way), some old and fallen wood pylons, abandoned plastic pipes, which forced the convoy to redirect, occasionally, or to pay special attention when crossing.  As the Al Jabib camel farms started to loom on the horizon, grazing camels also begun to appear. 

All drivers did very well, in a little travelled terrain, thus potentially hiding tricky situations. Well done to @Derius Olivier, @Alexanderrr, @Morshedi @kiranshinde, all of whom managed greatly, with minimal refusals, and a couple of stucks in a couple of unavoidable soft bowls. Welcome back to the sand to @andy_macdxb. Thanks to @Josh T. for your availability to work the ropes, as well as thanks to @Trekado for assisting from the center of the convoy, and of course to @Foxtrot Oscar Angela for sweeping and providing guidance to the convoy.

The drive ended after 60 km, covered in 2:43 hours of driving (3:52 hours total), at an average moving speed of 22 Km/h. 

Thanks to all for the enjoyable drive. Have a great week, and see you soon.

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