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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.

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

Another great drive @Anish Sand @Kailasreally enjoyed the technical dunes and the deliberate stuck scenarios learnt a lot about me vehicle and maybe need to look at changing the steps lol great to meet a lot of new folks as well as those we have driven with before. Fantastic team work shoveling together as one. @Looper @Davie Chase @Marwan Haddad @Waqas Parvez @Fabien Monleau thanks for the support as always great to have you supporting@Alain Canivet-Abikhalil

@Shaaz Sha another great drive today, different from your normal high octane drives with far more technical areas and challenges. Well done @Zixuan Huang - CharlieCharlie as 2nd lead and a solid support from @Thomas Varghese Had a few refusals and some stucks in the soft sand but all were dealt with fairly easily and a pleasant morning had by all. A slight drama at re inflate with @Shaaz Shasmoking up his compressor cabling almost setting light to the wiring loom. I hope it's easily fixed Shaaz and no other damage caused.

Thanks for joining me this morning in the lovely dunes of Abu Dhabi. I was initially a bit disappointed with the amount of cross tracks the first half hour but as soon as we headed South it opened up and we had some good fun ! All of you did really well ! Thanks for the great second lead in John and the support from Mostafa ! @John Vanderbleek @Andrew McCarthy @Amro Aydin @Anna Dillon @Imran Kashif @Mohammed Yazir Thattarathil@takeshi sobue @Adnan Halepota@Melenany

Thank you @Kailas for the nice drive it was great driving behind you . @Jeepie it was really nice to meet you . Thanks to the convoy members for making this a fun ride. Looking forward to drive again together.. Cheers ...

Many thanks @Mehmet Volga for the drive today ! Despite the cross tracks and ditches, you managed to take us from one face to the other, from one bowl to the new one. Even if the pace was discontinued, we could really enjoy each of the play areas. Thank you also for the detailed drive report. Playing was really the word of the day, as it seems we have each of us enjoyed a lot taking the different challenges, pushing our cars higher on the slopes, and challenging each other in an always friendly way. @Zed, excellent 2nd lead, and always so enthusiastic @Karthikeyan Govindarajan, @Josh T., nice meeting you for the first time, @Pacific, for the first time in Sweihan, you pushed the Jeep to the top, @Hasan Wahlan, always a pleasure to drive with you. @Farouq Owdeh, the sound of your engine made me believe mine was off ! Excellent level for the group, good drive, good laughs, all what we need ! Thank you all. (See a few pics in the gallery, waiting for the videos ) @Srikumarsorry to hear your mishap, hopefully it can get fixed without too much troubles…

@Thomas Varghese some outstanding photos of my Jeep thanks.

Hi . It was a nice and chilling day today and thanks to every one for being on time. We started on time and it was lovely terrain..a blend of all the challenges . We had lots of criss crosses and many interesting ridge rides and side slops. The sand was super soft at many places and our convoy was ready for every thing that came our way. You guys were amazing today and it was not an easy task..... you deserve a round applause ..👏.👏 We had a few refusals and stucks but never had any serious issues to interrupt our flow, It was a pleasure driving with all of you. Thanks to @Matt.T for perfectly executed CF role and thanks to @Thomas Varghese for sweeping us safely and for the wonderful pics. Thank you @Zixuan Huang - Charlie for the perfect 2nd lead. @Gregoryyou were amazing today buddy. You really didn't have any sort of trouble in making it through those soft technical patches. @MMansoor , @JamesThorn and @Daniel YangYou people did really good today and it was not easy to maneuver your beasts in such a terrain..But you guys did well .keep it up. @Chris WingYou were outstanding buddy.. Keep it up. Thank you guys once again and hope to see you soon . some pics in the gallery

Thanks for a great drive @Kailas, and great to see you again @Jeepie and @Simon Dawood! I’ve put some pictures in the gallery, but mostly of the rear of the pack. @Karthik Raptor My V6 Raptor is never gonna sound as good as yours! What a monster! Great to meet you all. Cheers!

Thank you @Shaaz Sha for the most technical drive I have participated recent times. Surprisingly all the drivers coped up with the terrain very fast. Kudos to everybody showing up on time on Saturday morning. Thank you @Zixuan Huang - Charlie for being the 2nd lead and @Matt.T for being the CF and support for todays convoy. See you all soon in the sands for another drive. Pictures posted in gallery.

Really enjoyed this morning, a lovely drive that set up a lot of confidence, love how you had faith in us along the way - felt more like a day out than just a drive 😁

Merci beaucoup @Frederic. Very nice work in leading us to those great areas to the south. That was great fun. Hope you have a great Xmas and hope to join you again in the new year. Ah. Upside down photo added for the benefit of the Australian in the group😂

Absolute cracking drive today! Enjoyed mixing it up at the back in the raptor and landcruiser tracks! Possibly my most enjoyable drive to date! Thanks @Vanessa8580 !

@Kailas it was a different learning experience going through to the technical ridges and understanding to control your pace, enjoyed the pace drive (fast and furious) and shovelling was fun, burned a few calories @Davie Chase i owe you two drinks😃 @Looper great second lead and @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil for the support ,rest of the crew was fantastic @Marwan Haddad @Fabien Monleau @Vaibhav

Post Drive Report: Absolutely Fantastic That was a great drive by everyone. For your first time out in the desert, literally for some of you what you did cannot be under-estimated. @haridas kt you'll get used to the different feeling of being in sand and start to really control the car, instead of it controlling you (like it did a few times today) @Andrew McCarthy having done a masterclass helps a lot before venturing into a convoy drive and we saw today that what you learned first time round was put well into practice. You need to sort out the bumper - it's not sensible to remove it each time. Thanks for acting as second lead. Great job. @Asad only a few moments when the courage to use the accelerator let you down today. Some nice self recoveries. @Ashhad Siddiqui I am glad you felt you learned something today. We all learn, every time we go out into the desert. I think a few more convoy drives at newbie will be worthwhile for you for the future. Thanks for taking on the additional role in the middle of the convoy. @Zeeshan Patel the Patrol has a lot of power that needs to be tamed. Once you get the feel confident with your car, the rest becomes a lot easier. For a first time out, fantastic. @Dr Tanveer Ahmed so, you flummoxed me with how to get into your battery terminals, but apart from that, a great day out as far as I see. You controlled the car beautifully. @Siddharth gupta It's a beast and you handled it very well. As expected, you got crested, but after that you started to understand how your car works on the sand and did amazingly well. @Alex Raptor thanks for the incredible support on this drive from start to finish. Normally we have an experienced CF and sweep in a drive like this - you managed both roles perfectly. See you soon in the sand. Hi Jessica, There is an Absolute Newbie drive every Friday. I've removed your RSVP from this one so that you can join which wvr you want in the future. Have a great day.

For the trenches crossing the dunes, and the cables and sensors, you can have a look at this previous post. it does not make them better, but at least we understand the purpose !

@Kailas, @Jeepie and all the convoy members, thanks for the lovely drive today. Look forward to the next one!

Dear @Mohamad Anwer @Danish Mohammad @Belal Aldaour @kiranshinde @AlexM @Reggie Landicho @Shaaz Sha @KAMALIO @salah2u @siddharth maheshwari @Pacific Look forward to meet you tomorrow, discovering Area 53. Convoy list and Radio channel is as below. Pleased to have @Shaaz Sha supporting and looking after us tomorrow.

After meeting right on time with 15 cars together, we smoothly started our drives in two convoys keeping different tracks. I had driven in this area some time ago, a fewbie plus again, and it was clear from everything but just sand and wonderful dunes & bowls to play. Now, like the part at northern Sweihan, it is full of those bulldozer tracks, solar panels, cables, plugs and poles... We couldn't keep enough pace for a Fwb+ due to numerous cross tracks killing more than half of all playable dunes so caused 30 min overtime at the end. We had to keep it slow because it was risky to attempt on the dunes as many of them were suddenly broken with those tracks. It was really sad to see the dunes which I have previously ride on were completely non-approachable... Anyhow, we managed to exploit some dunes and bowls in between them and had our play time enough to make us laugh. It seems we will have to wait some months to visit that area again, as @Warren Flay pointed, until the Mother Nature has recovered her wounds by blowing winds. Sorry to hear @Srikumar had a broken suspension and the second convoy had to exit early, but no worries, you didn't miss too much... Drive report for convoy 1: The performance of the first convoy was outstanding, excellent long hill climbs, wider sideys and criss-crossings worth to record. Adrenalin pumped for @Zed today; flying over the bump and "teleporting" from the top of the dune... breathtaking experience buddy! Thank you for your excellent 2nd lead as well! @Pacific had his standard mood in being extremely boring with effortless reaching up to the tops, except the last bowl close to be crested (that was my Pajero's turn to smile in watching 😉) . Center support fulfilled bro 💪 @JeromeFJ, thank you for your great support today my friend. Especially the last bowl couldn't be beaten without your perfect guiding. You lifted each car one by one and set the convoy back! @Karthikeyan Govindarajan, couldn't count how many "minus" points you got today, all to be considered in your next promotion 😁. Good to see you in plus buddy, keep it up! (but do not think I missed that fishtailing 😉) Other boring guys; @Josh T. ; really enjoyed watching your amazing control on that heavy truck! Huge progress you have made in very near past bro. Well done! @Hasan Wahlan ; flawless ride buddy! let's have more on a clearer route next time @Farouq Owdeh ; didn't know you are in competition with @Pacific as I got bored in waiting you to fail... Let's try something "technical" next time 😉 Keep it up friend 💪 Lessons learnt for today; I think we need to mention some events of today; @Zed unwanted dune crossing close to roll over; as I explained on the radio, you all need to consider "centrifugal force" impact while climbing and looping on bowls/dunes. When you follow a looping track in a circle, additional force pushes you out, meaning that the momentum is bigger than the one in straight climbs. This may pull you on a higher track, and even over the top if there is no path to move up there. So keep this in your mind on the "rounded tracks" and lower your speed accordingly. @Karthikeyan Govindarajan's fishtailing and @Farouq Owdeh's over speed during their return from climbing... The risk with fishtailing is again to roll over, in Karthik's case, he was a bit late to slow down + changed his track with making a sharp turn instead of keeping straight. Farouq's was a straight down coming, but again a bit fast bringing damage risk by hitting his bumper at the bottom. The main reason in such is that speedy climbs reaching at tops creates some satisfaction on the drivers' mood and this may lead disruption of your attention while returning back. To avoid all above, it is always safer to make your first attempt on an easy and slower way in order to check the conditions, understand the track, see the bumps and other obstacles and then make your second attempt with a speed adjusted accordingly... Thank you all for another lovely day. I love driving with you. See you next time on the sand!