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Hello, boys. I think we all had a good time in Sweihan today. It was a beautiful day today, and we were all gathered at the meeting point, eager to get our fill of adrenaline. We began at 6 a.m., half an hour late, waiting for daylight, and proceeded gently towards the huge dunes of Sweihan. The terrain was wonderful, with plenty of room for an Intermediate convoy to explore and flourish. The convoy was able to handle all of the hurdles, and there were no major snags or refusals. We didn't use any recovery gear today, and we didn't even get out of the car except for short breaks. We had a last-minute surprise before the start today with @Asif Hussain joining the team.Thank you so much, @Asif Hussain bhai. It was a pleasure to have you on board. We kept cruising, conquering every dune on our way, with lots of sideys, lengthy climbs, and incredibly soft sand patches to put our skills to the test, and each one of you did a fantastic job today. At roughly 8.15 a.m., @MMansoor car overheated, and we decided to take a break to assess the situation beneath a tree shade beside a large bowl. Every one of us got a fair shot at attempting that huge bowl. We decided to proceed further after filling the coolant in @MMansoor car, but the vehicle overheated again. we decided to exit him at the nearest exit .It was 9 a.m. by the time we arrived at the pylon track, and @Asif Hussain also chose to exit with @MMansoor. The rest of the convoy agreed to continue for another half an hour , and after tackling a few more enormous dunes and sideys, our sweihan expedition came to an end at another pylon track . Thank you @Asif Hussain for participating in our effort and for all of your assistance, support, and guidance. It's great to hear you had a good time with us on your backyard drive 😄. Thank you @Ranjan Dasfor your excellent second lead in the second session, and thanks to @Pacific and @Looper for their support...Congratulations to @Gilbert Khalil on your first IM drive! Thank you @Waqas Parvez, @Vaibhav, @Rajiv Sam, @Anoop Nair, @Naveen Raj, @MMansoorfor joining the drive and for making it an epic one. @MMansoor, sad that you had out exit and hope your car gets well soon. 😄. It was nice and wonderful to drive with you guys and hope to see you all soon. Some pics in the gallery.👋🏿🙏

Thanks @Frederic for introducing me to this terrain. We all had a nice time following your tracks buddy. 👍

@Shaaz Sha I still remember that big smile of yours when you saw the dunes on our last Sweihan drive. I knew at that point in time you’d be back to conquer them ! Well done guys !!

Wow. Just So Impressed with Sweihan. First time to this most talked dunes and @Shaaz Shayou made it the best experience. Agree with @Anoop Nairworth every penny waking up so early. @Asif Hussainit was nice meeting you for the first time. Everyone drove so well though the sand was soft and challenging. @Ranjan Das Experience spoke for itself and you drove amazing. I am sure once you have the car checked you will capture the big dune. So keep us posted on the issue. Can help other Jeepers in future. @Gilbert Khalil and @Waqas ParvezLoved following you guys. thank you for keeping the pace all the time @Rajiv Sam we have drove together in so many drives and you have majority time followed me. Hope i did not keep the sand churned for you. @Anoop NairStock jeep is such a challenge to drive but you driving skills were top notch. @Naveen Raj2nd drive with you and you were flawless. @MMansoorif it was not for the car trouble i am sure you would have enjoyed it. but there is more to come and you do not have to be sorry. This could happen to anyone. Good things is that you drove back home safely without any issues. @Pacific and @Looper thank you for supporting the drive. Amazing convey and looking forward to see you soon on the sand.

Bravo @Shaaz Sha, keep exploring and keep rocking. Very proud to see so many amazing comments from all offroaders.

Thank you, @Shaaz Sha, for an amazing drive. I didn't get much sleep last night because we had to get up at 3:30 a.m. to start our drive. There was no warm-up and the first dune was almost 100 meters long. The drive was non-stop of high dunes twice the size of Iftar or super bowl. I've driven in Liwa before but it was nothing compared to the high-speed drive we did today ,the terrain was beautiful with no cross tracks While we waited for @MMansoor car to cool down, we had a great time with all of the drives and laughed a lot, while @Ranjan Das @Looper @Pacific, and @Gilbert Khalilcontinued to try to climb the mighty dune. @Asif Hussain Thank you for your second lead, it was a pleasure meeting you for the first time. @Vaibhav we had been looking forward to this drive, and it much exceeded our expectations, you drove beautifully @Rajiv Sam@Naveen Raj@Anoop Nair @Gilbert Khalil@MMansoor@Ranjan Dasit was pleasure driving with you all it was simply a flawless drive @Looper@Pacific Thank you guys as usual for the support. I

Another epic drive from @Shaaz Sha We did not even touch the shovel or rope sums it up nicely. Every penny worth of waking up 2.45 in morning😁. thank you. Pleasure driving with all of you @Ranjan Das @Gilbert Khalil @Waqas Parvez @Vaibhav @Rajiv Sam @Pacific @Naveen Raj @MMansoor and @Looper. Good to see @Asif Hussain bhai after a long time. See you all soon...

Thank you @Shaaz Sha for yet another scintillating, fast and furious drive - the only way to enjoy Sweihan and what it has to offer to us off-roaders. Your drives are always action packed and this one was no exception. Notwithstanding the challenges we had only couple of minor refusals which meant nonstop adventure. thanks to Asif Bhai, Gautam and Prashant for all the support. @Looper, @Pacific, @Asif Hussain @MMansoor, hope your ride gets sorted without much ado. @Gilbert Khalil, @Vaibhav, @Rajiv Sam, @Waqas Parvez, @Anoop Nair, @Naveen Raj - it was great meeting and driving with you gentlemen - thanks for all the encouragement, help and push in getting my ride over the mighty dune - she is definitely due for a check up. Wish you all a great rest of Sunday.

@M.Seidam it was 1st time happening like this while I drive. Sorry for keeping you all waiting. Thanks to @Carnity members for taking good care of me. Really appreciate the dates and the juices you gave me. Even though I was planning to quit the club after this week as subscription discounts were taken off I won't mind paying a little extra and continuing in the club after yesterday's unfortunate incident and the care given to me by all the co drivers. I started to feel dizzy and disoriented after the refusal I had yesterday. Was sweating profusely from that time and I was thinking why even though the AC was working fully I was feeling like I was taking a sauna bath. The advices Dr gave me more insights into the very recently diagnosed diabetic condition of mine. I was thinking diabetics is a condition which could be treated by just popping in the medicines. After you all accompanied me to the exit point and leaving @Mus_hus78 to take care of me, we both inflated our tires, took down the flags and continued on our way back home. @Mus_hus78 accompanied me for sometime until we reached the exit for him to head to Al Ain. He checked on my health condition and only left me after being convinced I could manage on my own. Once I reached Al Faqaa petrol station I decided to park the car there and spend the night in the petrol station until I felt perfectly ok for me to head home. 3 hours later I woke up feeling better and had a big pomegranate juice and some samosas which gave a sudden energy boost and continued back home in a very controlled drive and parked my car around 5.30 am in my apartment parking. Regarding the incident with @ShereenMK it was most unfortunate that the air bags popped out. Hope he can resolve the issue and get the air bags refixed with minimal expenses. I sincerely thank the marshal @Srikumar, the good doctor @M.Seidam and the rest of the convoy for taking good care of me in my times of duress and wish to drive with them in the future after coping and solving this insulin resistance syndrome or diabetics which I will diagnose by consulting a good doctor for the same. The good doctor can suggest or recommend a good physician who can really help me. Once again a big shout out to team @Carnity.

Waw what a drive , definitely Sweihan taste different in the night more thrilling and adrenaline pumping adventure. Thank you dear Sri @Srikumar for this amazing experience, for a second I thought you were serious about night blindness 🤣 adding more Adrenalin into the veins of the fellow drivers 😂 . Couple minutes after take off a pop out sound like heard in the front part of the convoy. Curtain airbags diploid in @ShereenMKpathfinder , Despite the fuse was pulled . Luckily no one got hurt and we exited him from safety point of view. continuing rolling , in and out bowling, roll coastering , criss crossing of our lights along our vehicles with at times long sidys. It was a treat from the back to enjoy this festival . not for long and @Thomas Varghese didn’t feel good so we took a break and we checked on our friend that he is good however we all agreed to exit him. Hope you doing much better now my friend. @Mus_hus78 thanks for being the second lead , you slide like an ice cream down in reverse 👍 @AlexM and @Karthik Raptor both second time we drive together in a row and in the night too 😅 excellent performance guys keep it up 👍 @KAMALIO nice seeing after a while hope your sons enjoyed it . Bet they took the tips to avoid motion sickness seriously 😄as no complains heard 👍. as you see dear clear communication is all what this sport is all about to keep it fluid and safe. @Prakash Anoop it was pleasure to be in the passenger seat in the red wrangler ,after we dropped Thomas to exit as I took the wheel of his car , going back to collect my lonely waiting Xterra in the center of huge bowl 😅. Man you drive like a pro 👍 once more thank you @Srikumar for the adventure ride in the dark tingling our senses with fine adrenaline 😅 take care all and see you soon https://youtu.be/yt89Q3ftDP8

Sri’s drives never disappoint and its another amazing drive, one of my best carnity drives, after the Liwa ones. His pre-drive briefing, (stories about Mustafa and his own “night blindness”😅) set the tone and what to expect from the fast paced rollercoaster adventure. Thanks @Srikumar, @M.Seidam and all the convoy members for yet another memorable drive. Look forward to returning to Sweihan sometime very soon!

This is the place where I had my first Swihan drive experience on 9th October 2020 in fact my 2nd Newbie drive and the day when @Asif Hussain was promoted as Marshal. Today is another day to remember and a great showing by all. The first half was spent climbing tall dunes and being thrilled at sight of those mighty dunes. We visited a couple of huge bowls where were tried to climb. In the first one I was not very successful will do it next time, but was able to conquer the second one. There are always going to be many many tall dunes to conquer and never ever a good idea to try everything in the same drive and do mistakes. In an intermediate drive there is nothing much to do as a support, since everyone is quite accomplished drivers, especially in the sweep, all I was doing was follow a churned up track and take some pics. The pics I put in the gallery will never do justice to what we experienced today. Thanks a lot @Shaaz Sha for this magnificent drive;, @Asif Hussain blessing with your presence and partial 2nd lead and showing how to climb those dunes for the rest of us; @Pacific in the center froward enjoying yourself. It was unfortunate to see that mighty Patrol of @MMansoor get hot, hope it gets fixed soon - and keep us updated on the causes. @Gilbert Khalil you for sure had a great day in your first Intermediate drive. It was a pleasure driving with you all @Ranjan Das, @Waqas Parvez, @Vaibhav, @Rajiv Sam, @Anoop Nair, @Naveen Raj and @MMansoor.

Thank you @Gaurav bhai.

Dear @Thomas Varghese first of all no need apologize for keeping us all because it’s our job to do . one for all and all for one . second I am really happy to hear that you are better and please don’t hesitate to PM me for any help that I can do for the future . third and realy sincerely I thank Mustafa @Mus_hus78 for staying with you till the last moment . Last but not least thanks to @Srikumar our leader for finding the shortest quickest rout out and all the members who were attending with vigilance all through 🙏

Thank you @Mus_hus78 @ShereenMK @AlexM @KAMALIO @Prakash Anoop @Karthik Raptor @Thomas Varghese and our dear resident doctor @M.Seidamfor joining yesterday's Sweihan Night Adventures. It was an action packed drive that was perfectly executed by the entire team. It was very unfortunate that @ShereenMK had to exit out as soon as we entered with the side airbags getting deployed causing no tension on the seat belts. Look on the bright side, you don't have to worry about side airbag deployment in the future (that's is ofcourse if you don't get it replaced) 😂 With some amazing drivers in the convoy, it let me be a bit adventurous at some places, but every time I looked back the entire convoy was still following. Well done guys, you certainly are rockstars. There quarters into the drive, Thomas informed that he was not feeling well. With a doctor being in the convoy @M.Seidam took fantastic care to make Thomas feel better. However, as it was not advisable for Thomas to drive out in the dark, Seidam drive Thomas's car out. Once we reached the tarmac we bid farewell to @Mus_hus78 and Thomas who departed, while the rest of us went back in for a quick spin to get Seidam's car. @Thomas it was a wise move to take a nap and drive back home fresh. Glad that you made it home safely. @M.Seidam thank you for the fantastic support at the back end of the convoy as well as in taking excellent care of Thomas when he needed it. Always a pleasure driving with you. Thank you once again to all the drivers and I hope the Sweihan Night Adventures was worth the drive from Dubai. Till we meet again, take care.

@Simon Dawood @Warren Flay @Tom B @Gregory @Mark D @Daniel Rodas @Rob S @Naim Aoun @Fabien Monleau @Mohamad Anwer @ASAD. Thank you very much you all for welcoming me back in the sand after my two months gap. Lucky to have such a great convoy in my return, everybody did it great so I shook off my dust and now ready for the next. Excellent support by @Tom B @Gregory and @Rob S. I want you all on the next guys. Thank you! Sure we will be smashing some dunes in AD soon... get ready after the Eid 😉

Let me be the first to say that even though we averaged 0.5 kph for this drive, @Mehmet Volga drives always deliver fun in spades. Lots of good natured ribbing, teasing and competitive razzing, good spirits abounded with lots of hands for the shovels. All we need now is this crew in Sweihan.

Cracking drive today, thankyou @Mehmet Volga, hopefully the first of many drives with you. Well done to @Tom B for a cracking job as SL and its always re-assuring having mr @Gregory in the convoy, well done with all the support today! If the Pajero struggles to tow out anyone again, rest assured Tom and I can put our own tug of war skills to work again! It was fun at the back watching the Pajero boys followed by the classic land cruisers! As always, photos in the gallery, though apologies to the guys towards the front I barely got a photo of you! See you all again soon!

Big thanks to @Srikumar and @M.Seidam for the perfectly executed drive! Pushed myself close to the limits several times for sure, what a thrilling night adventure! Hope everyone recovers well, looking forward for the next time!

Thank you for an interesting and enjoyable drive @Chaitanya D and @varunmehndiratta. Look forward to joining more of your drives Varun!

Thank you every one for joining the drive. Believe we had good time, enjoying the technical part of the Sweidan and Mahafiz, and in between Faya high dunes and side slops of Mahafiz. Congratulations @Vishal Nair for your first FB drive, I am sure you started feeling the new level and need to be ready for more, well done my friend. Pleasure meeting you @RiaanJH for the firs time, obviously you have good knowledge, practice and control of your car…. Well done. Thank you Riaan for the nice photos. @Jona @Sudhanva Sonawane @Zixuan Huang - Charlie @Sunil Mathew Nice meeting you again in sand. @Chris Wing great CF, thank you bro. @marks thank you very much for watching our back, and pleasure meeting you for the first time. And finally, great SL and lead @JeromeFJ big congratulations for leading us yesterday. Mahafiz was not an easy area, and made us crossing it with all challenges, and happy to see all made till the end without issues. Look forward to see you again in sand Nice weekend and week ahead. Hisham

Dear @Gaurav, Forgot to thank you for organizing such a wonderful off road club which has so much camaraderie between the drivers engaged in such extreme sports. For sure the insistence of joining the Absolute newbie drive before commencing all other drives plays a big part in such close friendship. I don't trust any other club like I trust @Carnity and that is the reason I have remained in the club even though being paid. Of course premium services comes at a cost. Thank you club @Carnity and all the founding members and the marshals keeping up the basic human values in such a value diminishing world.

Thank you @Mus_hus78 @M.Seidam @Srikumar and everyone else to attend to such a medical emergency during the drive. Very glad to hear that you pulled over to sleep in the car until you felt fully recovered. 👏

Thanks @Chaitanya D and @varunmehndiratta. Sunday Morning well spent! Loved the drive route choosen🤘🏽! See you all soon in next drive!

That doesn’t look like Google Maps, is it Apple Maps ? Perhaps that was the reason the link went missing ?

Thank you guys for a wonderful drive. I am sure I am going to learn a lot in coming future.Adding the route map of the drive. Have a nice weekend..!!