Morning Fewbie Plus Desert Drive - Nahel - Abu Dhabi - 23 Jun 2024

[Luke K P]

Another super fun drive into nahel! Great leading @DP1011and @Emanuel... 

5 minutes after departure we arrived at the double bowl ready for some sidies. I was quite surprised at how different the terrain felt from just two weeks ago as it hasn't rained.

We got some quick loops in before yeilding that playground to another convoy and went in search of more bowls 😎

Lots of switches and and ridges led to our first of two popouts. F1 pit lane precision on the fixes...Teamwork got the jobs done quickly and we moved on to yet more play areas. Last big bowl of the day we discovered @DP1011 had left his number plates as an offering to the desert... A quick search of the last 5 mins driving but didn't find it. 

As we headed to the exit we spotted three gazelles running across the dunes, and a group of black and white camels.i guess sacrificing his number plates for his first two wild animal sightings in nahel was worth it!

We covered around 50km in total before exiting.. at end of inflation my thermometer was reading 47 degrees... Maybe we have to start even earlier...??

Great driving by all and hope to see you all again soon. I'll try to load some videos to Instagram tonight. If we're not buddies on there yet, add me so I can tag you in the footage!

Edited June 23 by Luke K P

[Luke K P]

BTW I was super happy to get 2 photos of my car in the same location.. looking west will with full moon setting, and looking east at the huge sun rising this morning. What a combo!

[DP1011]

5 hours ago, Luke K P said:

Another super fun drive into nahel! Great leading @DP1011and @Emanuel... 

5 minutes after departure we arrived at the double bowl ready for some sidies. I was quite surprised at how different the terrain felt from just two weeks ago as it hasn't rained.

We got some quick loops in before yeilding that playground to another convoy and went in search of more bowls 😎

Lots of switches and and ridges led to our first of two popouts. F1 pit lane precision on the fixes...Teamwork got the jobs done quickly and we moved on to yet more play areas. Last big bowl of the day we discovered @DP1011 had left his number plates as an offering to the desert... A quick search of the last 5 mins driving but didn't find it. 

As we headed to the exit we spotted three gazelles running across the dunes, and a group of black and white camels.i guess sacrificing his number plates for his first two wild animal sightings in nahel was worth it!

We covered around 50km in total before exiting.. at end of inflation my thermometer was reading 47 degrees... Maybe we have to start even earlier...??

Great driving by all and hope to see you all again soon. I'll try to load some videos to Instagram tonight. If we're not buddies on there yet, add me so I can tag you in the footage!

Thanks @Luke K P for the well written summary. few imp things you forgot to mention is : 1. Congrats self for 50th drive with @Carnity ! You are one of a great team sprit members I have come accross! Keep it up mate! 
2. Thank you for keep the chai ready while fixing the pop out it felt luxury to see the cups with chai ready for everyone💥.3. Thank you for sweeping us and the your help with couple of refusals and popouts! 

 

@Emanuel You were a perfect SL with right distancing all times and very well driven as you continue to build the relation with your new beast:)

@Andrew John Melvill Was pleasure again to see you and how you are stepping up your level with everydrive✌️! 

@Mahmoud Taha - Been very long and am glad you enjoyed the first time experience to Double bowl and Gafteen bowl:) 

@azad that was a quick fix and am happy you managed to pick it up where we left last drive ! Well done!:)

like you all, i too thoroughly enjoyed  the drive and again, Thank you for being on time✌️.

See you all soon in sands!

[Emanuel]

On 6/17/2024 at 7:25 PM, DP1011 said:

You will! Looking forward to the be part of ur spl 50✌️

 

As promised this drive will be second leg of where we left last drive, so we start where we had our end , and cover Double bowl in first 30 minutes💥😁! 

That was my first time at Double Bowl. The White Rhino has a different gearing than my previous Pajero, which was noticeable once it shifted by itself into 2nd gear while in tiptronic, and of course I lost power. I'm learning now how to keep it just below the RPMs where it will change so I can sustain climbs longer. All part of the fun learning a new car.

[Emanuel]

On 6/23/2024 at 12:08 PM, Luke K P said:

Another super fun drive into nahel! Great leading @DP1011and @Emanuel... 

5 minutes after departure we arrived at the double bowl ready for some sidies. I was quite surprised at how different the terrain felt from just two weeks ago as it hasn't rained.

We got some quick loops in before yeilding that playground to another convoy and went in search of more bowls 😎

Lots of switches and and ridges led to our first of two popouts. F1 pit lane precision on the fixes...Teamwork got the jobs done quickly and we moved on to yet more play areas. Last big bowl of the day we discovered @DP1011 had left his number plates as an offering to the desert... A quick search of the last 5 mins driving but didn't find it. 

As we headed to the exit we spotted three gazelles running across the dunes, and a group of black and white camels.i guess sacrificing his number plates for his first two wild animal sightings in nahel was worth it!

We covered around 50km in total before exiting.. at end of inflation my thermometer was reading 47 degrees... Maybe we have to start even earlier...??

Great driving by all and hope to see you all again soon. I'll try to load some videos to Instagram tonight. If we're not buddies on there yet, add me so I can tag you in the footage!

Nice Instagram video @Luke K P of the F1 style pop out repair on The White Rhino. Had no idea it was being filmed and a good surprise.

[Emanuel]

On 6/23/2024 at 6:29 PM, DP1011 said:

Thanks @Luke K P for the well written summary. few imp things you forgot to mention is : 1. Congrats self for 50th drive with @Carnity ! You are one of a great team sprit members I have come accross! Keep it up mate! 
2. Thank you for keep the chai ready while fixing the pop out it felt luxury to see the cups with chai ready for everyone💥.3. Thank you for sweeping us and the your help with couple of refusals and popouts! 

 

@Emanuel You were a perfect SL with right distancing all times and very well driven as you continue to build the relation with your new beast:)

@Andrew John Melvill Was pleasure again to see you and how you are stepping up your level with everydrive✌️! 

@Mahmoud Taha - Been very long and am glad you enjoyed the first time experience to Double bowl and Gafteen bowl:) 

@azad that was a quick fix and am happy you managed to pick it up where we left last drive ! Well done!:)

like you all, i too thoroughly enjoyed  the drive and again, Thank you for being on time✌️.

See you all soon in sands!

Thank you @DP1011 for the compliment. Always a pleasure to drive with you and familiar friends.

Will your friend be posting those pictures on our gallery or somewhere else we can have a look at them?