Full Day Intermediate Desert Drive - Liwa Yellow Truck - Abu Dhabi - 17 Dec 2021

[Gaurav]

Drive RSVP is closed now.

Please find your convoy numbering below

@varunmehndiratta @Chinthaka Ruwan @Ranjan Das @Lawrence_Chehimi @Ashok chaturvedi @Ilya @marks

We will use Radio Channel 1: 446.006'25

1. Gaurav                     Silver Pajero
2. varunmehndiratta    Wrangler JL
3. Chinthaka Ruwan     Silver Xterra
4. Ranjan Das               Grey Wrangler
5. Lawrence_Chehimi   White Patrol Y62
6. Rawad                        Blue Patrol Y62
7. Ashok chaturvedi     Yellow FJC
8. Ilya                            White Wrangler
9. Marks                        Grey FJC

@Rawad please let me know if you are still intending to join, will add your name.

[M.Seidam]

Wishing you all best of luck 🤞 drive safe all and enjoy 🙏👍

[Rawad]

28 minutes ago, Gaurav said:

Drive RSVP is closed now.

Please find your convoy numbering below

@varunmehndiratta @Chinthaka Ruwan @Ranjan Das @Lawrence_Chehimi @Ashok chaturvedi @Ilya @marks

We will use Radio Channel 1: 446.006'25

1. Gaurav                     Silver Pajero
2. varunmehndiratta    Wrangler JL
3. Chinthaka Ruwan     Silver Xterra
4. Ranjan Das               Grey Wrangler
5. Lawrence_Chehimi   White Patrol Y62
6. Ashok chaturvedi     Yellow FJC
7. Ilya                            White Wrangler
8. Marks                        Grey FJC

@Rawad please let me know if you are still intending to join, will add your name.

Only if am before or after Lawrence. He has a new kick ass 360 cam and I wanna be in the frame 😂

[Varun Mehndiratta]

6 minutes ago, Rawad said:

Only if am before or after Lawrence. He has a new kick ass 360 cam and I wanna be in the frame 😂

Then Lawrence's position should be dynamjc..360deg rotation for him too.😂

Edited December 16, 2021 by varunmehndiratta

[Frederic]

Have fun guys !!

[Rizwanm2]

Wish u guys all the best.. have fund n play safe👍

 

[Thomas Varghese]

Wish you all the best for a fun filled day adventure. 

[Varun Mehndiratta]

I enjoy writing Drive reports or for that matter recount of any unique experience i go through - reliving the beautiful journey, reimagining some good some/scary moments through that adventure and just trying to freeze those moments in form of words.

However yesterday's drive to Liwa been something unique. I don't think i am as a good a writer to be able to express what a wonderful experience it was. So i'll just say -- it was Liwa, there was @Gaurav , there was a convoy full of energy and skill full drivers and only chatter on radio was about how magneficient the setting is. 

Thanks @Gaurav for planning this retake drive, i am sure wasn't that easy after all we witnessed in last drive. Thanks all for making it an awesome experience. 

 @Chinthaka Ruwan @Ranjan Das @Ashok chaturvedi @Lawrence_Chehimi @Rawad @marks @Ilya

Edited December 18, 2021 by varunmehndiratta

[Chinthaka Ruwan]

Finally we reached not only to the Yellow Truck but  we managed to cross the entire desert and reached to the other side thanks to excellent lead from @Gaurav support from @marks  @varunmehndiratta  and brilliant driving from the entire convoy also the vehicles. Without all these things together  it is a nightmare to cross the unforgiving Liwa landscape. Thanks @Ranjan Das @Ashok chaturvedi @Lawrence_Chehimi @Rawad @Ilya @varunmehndiratta  @marks @Gaurav Thanks everyone for the excellent drive and see you all soon on sand. Lot of pictures are in the gallery. Have a wonderful week.

[Ashok chaturvedi]

Thanks for the report @varunmehndiratta 

@Gaurav I think this was one of safest drive I could imagine in Liwa. 

Except few stucks there was no untold instance and near all drivers self recovered. 

I was quite surprised that two nissan petrol are turning out be heros of sand and climbs and now feel guilty of selling my new top of line NP replacing it with FJ.  

I did at times try practice using different gear combination for the sidie and tall climbs. The first attempt was based on brute speed and second on low gears for the additional power. It was always the second attempt which made me go higher. Ensuring there is not too much jolt on the engine upper frame with the crack, I was careful.

The best experience was to have solo night in my tent. Around 3 AM the temperature dropped to 11 C and needed to tuck in under an extra (last minute pick) blanket. The next gadget I must buy is a cannister stove to prepare some hot tea. The whole day during the drive I was looking for Karak Chai tea stand appearing anywhere...by chance. 

Gaurav had detoured  return, post yellow truck  with consensus of all decided the return trip to be in opposite direction of the desert entry. Which added another 150 Kms to my return. I also had to attend my Niece anniversary.. so I drove over 400 kms to reach Dubai by 9.30 pm on reaching went straight to the hotel venue. Could not change clothes or bath.. I must been the (best??) dressed unshaven un bathed stinking  among all the suites and booted party guest. Even the hotel staff wondered if I have landed in a wrong party. My wife a bit crossed did spray half a bottle of perfume on me as my relatives and friend as norm were giving me the hugs. 

All in all.. I thank everyone in the convoy for the enjoyable drive and could not have missed the drive created specially for us,  who could not complete the same a fortnight back.