Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Paint The Desert Pink Event - Abu-Dhabi - 26 Oct2025

[Ana]

Dubai venue for me as well @Frederic

[Ana]

@Fredericme again 🫣

I registered for self only , now I have a friend who wants to join me as pasager , can she come along ? 

[Frederic]

39 minutes ago, Ana said:

@Fredericme again 🫣

I registered for self only , now I have a friend who wants to join me as pasager , can she come along ? 

Yes absolutely. no issue.

[Frederic]

Dear All,

As this event is inching closer, a lot of updates have been sent out by the organization, so i will be preparing a separate Whatsapp group where all Carnity attendees will be added.

This will make communication easier with quick regular updates, or if you happen to need any of us, we are only a ping away.

[Bhas]

Hi @Frederic, just seeing the messages. Yes i will attend and registration was done earlier this week. Confirm to Bring the 100AED and will be thr in Dubai too.

[Jessica Lambert]

Hi all, I’m not able to attend anymore, my little guy isn’t well. Have an amazing time.

[Frederic]

Just reached home a little while back and i wanted first pen down my first thoughts after this event and a bit of a short overview of how it went.

After a few days of sharing lots of information with everyone who had signed up through a temporary Whatsapp channel that was created, we started to get a glimpse of what to expect, and the plan of the organizing team was daring and ambitious. 

Since @Zedwas behind a lot of it, i had full faith in the concept and knew that after all, this was done for the cause. The off-roading part today came second, and that's how it was. 

Our entire Carnity family came fully prepped, with practically all vehicles decorated, and got themselves dressed up for the occasion. 

The Spanish energy, with the families of @Aserand @Diego, and also now @Pavito Al, was uplifting, and every one of you kept a big smile, even though the waiting became a bit long at times. 

I am so proud of all of you and our entire Carnity club for being able to show up for this good cause, and that nearly everyone joined in the Dubai venue as well. Imagine for the Abu-Dhabi residents how much they had driven that day. 

Once the ribbon was formed, we had about 45mins of off-roading time left, so we decided to merge both convoys and go for a small spin only. We had some good fun in the nearby dunes, but kept it short and sweet, so we could all inflate and head back to the Dubai venue on time.

The farm itself was very nice, and slowly but surely the other clubs also arrived. 

As mentioned, there were prizes for:

Best Dressed Male - Went to @Luke K P as we all expected, but as Luke had to leave a bit earlier, @Diego collected the prize

Best Dressed Female - Went to @Ana her friend, well deserved!!!

Best decorated vehicle - Went to a nice SWB pajero from our ME4x4 friends. Also well deserved!!

For myself personally @Krinesh his decoration was absolutely stunning, with such beautiful details. But everyone really did their best. 

The main raffle prize was a set of Beadlock Rims, which went to @Aser 🤑

The main focus of the event of course was trying to bring awareness about early testing for breast cancer, and the organization did a fantastic job to keep the focus on this part. I happily forgive the small organizational hiccups along the way. I know that every one of the organizing committee worked so hard with sleepless nights to make this happen, and they deserve a warm applause. 

I hope we can do a second edition next year with more convoys. This was an event of high complexity to bring so many clubs together under one goal. It was great to familiarize and rekindle with old friends like @Mahmoud Taha and others. 

I will put my photos under the following gallery:

Newbie - Paint The Desert Pink Event - Abu-Dhabi - 26 Oct 2025 - Carnity.com

 

See you all soon in the sands again!

[Zed]

Thank you @Frederic & @Vanessa8580  for leading 2 convoys to Nahel and of course their amazing support team too 🙏  Good to see @Luke K P @Aser @Diego @GauravSoni  , apologies I was busy trying to make a ribbon and didn't mean to snub anyone. Next drive I want to see @Vanessa8580's New MaxTraxx in action 🔥😅

[Mahmoud Taha]

20 hours ago, Frederic said:

Just reached home a little while back and i wanted first pen down my first thoughts after this event and a bit of a short overview of how it went.

After a few days of sharing lots of information with everyone who had signed up through a temporary Whatsapp channel that was created, we started to get a glimpse of what to expect, and the plan of the organizing team was daring and ambitious. 

Since @Zedwas behind a lot of it, i had full faith in the concept and knew that after all, this was done for the cause. The off-roading part today came second, and that's how it was. 

Our entire Carnity family came fully prepped, with practically all vehicles decorated, and got themselves dressed up for the occasion. 

The Spanish energy, with the families of @Aserand @Diego, and also now @Pavito Al, was uplifting, and every one of you kept a big smile, even though the waiting became a bit long at times. 

I am so proud of all of you and our entire Carnity club for being able to show up for this good cause, and that nearly everyone joined in the Dubai venue as well. Imagine for the Abu-Dhabi residents how much they had driven that day. 

Once the ribbon was formed, we had about 45mins of off-roading time left, so we decided to merge both convoys and go for a small spin only. We had some good fun in the nearby dunes, but kept it short and sweet, so we could all inflate and head back to the Dubai venue on time.

The farm itself was very nice, and slowly but surely the other clubs also arrived. 

As mentioned, there were prizes for:

Best Dressed Male - Went to @Luke K P as we all expected, but as Luke had to leave a bit earlier, @Diego collected the prize

Best Dressed Female - Went to @Ana her friend, well deserved!!!

Best decorated vehicle - Went to a nice SWB pajero from our ME4x4 friends. Also well deserved!!

For myself personally @Krinesh his decoration was absolutely stunning, with such beautiful details. But everyone really did their best. 

The main raffle prize was a set of Beadlock Rims, which went to @Aser 🤑

The main focus of the event of course was trying to bring awareness about early testing for breast cancer, and the organization did a fantastic job to keep the focus on this part. I happily forgive the small organizational hiccups along the way. I know that every one of the organizing committee worked so hard with sleepless nights to make this happen, and they deserve a warm applause. 

I hope we can do a second edition next year with more convoys. This was an event of high complexity to bring so many clubs together under one goal. It was great to familiarize and rekindle with old friends like @Mahmoud Taha and others. 

I will put my photos under the following gallery:

Newbie - Paint The Desert Pink Event - Abu-Dhabi - 26 Oct 2025 - Carnity.com

 

See you all soon in the sands again!

Absolutely my teacher @Frederic ! It was an amazing experience bringing everyone together for a shared passion. A second edition with more convoys sounds exciting — count me in!

[Frederic]

1 hour ago, Mahmoud Taha said:

Absolutely my teacher @Frederic ! It was an amazing experience bringing everyone together for a shared passion. A second edition with more convoys sounds exciting — count me in!

Thank you for the friendly words @Mahmoud Taha, i merely teach others what i have been taught by my mentors @Gaurav@Srikumar@Emmanuel@Asif Hussain and @Rahimdad a little while back  

If we carry on the same values:  respect for others, for nature, and an emphasis on safety, we are all one big family. It showed on this event and i was delighted to be a part of it. See you soon in the sands.