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Thanks @Asif Hussain for once again choosing a fantastic area. @sertac well managed and our surprise package @Mujtaba. This time you've proved to be an excellent planner in terms of the Last petrol station on the way and for the Friday prayers for Muslims. The most amazing journey became even better as we lay on the tallest dune in the area and caught some meteors on a starry night. @Gaurav bhai, thank you for your guidance, patience, trust and back planning to make sure each trip is an enjoyable experience. @shadow79 most capable with it without the race juice and @skumar83 totally my best buddy to help me with sweep duties. Love you all.

It's time to call a family get-together drive for kids of all age and wives of all stage to cool down in this awesome weather. The plan is to drive to Al Qudra Flamingo and Swan Lake, near Al Qudra oasis. This place gives enough photo ops for shutterbugs and flamingo and swans will keep the kids entertained for hours. We can start soon after the Friday prayer and visit this lake for a couple of hours and play in the vicinity area. Then find a good clean spot for bbq and evening snacks to enjoy the serene lake in the desert. If enough 4x4 turns up, then we can also plan for quick few hours desert drive behind the Qudra lake area and spot few gazelles in the best medium-sized dunes range within a 10-15 Km radius. When: 24th November, Friday 2017 Meeting time: 12:15 PM for praying OR at 12:45 PM for others Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/Sa7LwwMLEb72 (Al Qudra mosque, we will finish Friday prayer and leave immediately) Level of drive: All drivers are welcome Type of Car: All cars are welcome What to bring along: BBQ, Snacks, quick meal, whatever you like with little extra to share Approximate finish time: 8:00 PM, 24th November, Friday 2017 RSVP the below calendar:

Here i go with quick trip report. This was 2nd drive i lead and i thank all of you for joining my drive and trusting my move. We all met at meeting point on time and left to deflating point which was around 35kms from there out which 15kms was mud road and we splashed mud all around our chassis for which we have to give our 4x4 steam wash now. After deflating and quick breafing and convoy numbering we started exploring BU TAIS dunes for first time. This place had mix of technical, soft sand and huge rolling dunes with massive bowls. As marked in my GPS we finally reached to spot of 8 palm trees which is grown deep in one of the bowl. I saw everyone smiling including me to see such a lovely place with huge rolling dunes... we had enough time to play around and we all settled down at the top of one huge dune and waited to sun go down. Then there was small twist which was the most beautiful part of the drive... gaurav bhai reminded about meteor shower which is expected to shower after 9pm... So we all decided to stay and capture some glimpse. @Mujtaba and his friends decided to exit early and we continued counting meteors. Gaurav bhai has seen around 14 meteors and myself with second highest 11. Finally exited late night and all reached home safely.. Thank you all once again for making this trip wonderful @Rahimdad @Gaurav @shadow79 @skumar83 @Mujtaba @sertac see you all soon.....

As rahim bhai said, excellent planning by @Asif Hussain, absolutely wonderful terrain and the tranquility while watching the stars at night have recharged the batteries for the work week. Looking forward to the next drive.

Approx I think from 3-6 would be good time to hit the dunes, depending on family settling down.

Hi @Gaurav; i think there will be enough 4x4 at least you me and @Rahimdad will be there. Actually i dont interest BBQ part this time i have another BBQ party i have to attend that day. So what i am interested is 4 wheeling. This is family trip but do you have any roughly idea about when we can try those dunes? I am trying to figure out am i going to be able to come with you and after that catch the other BBQ?

Here’s a few photos from the 2017 Dubai International Motor Show. I had a meeting and I was a bit pressed for time so didn’t get as many as I probably should have. There was a good selection of new stuff from all the major manufacturers but I just took photos of stuff I liked. If anyone has any more, please share! Sorry, that’s it. @Carnity will only let me upload 10mb. Rest of the pics are in the Whatsapp group.