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What an amazing weekend we had in Liwa !! First of all I want to thank my wonderful husband @Frederic to stay home with the kiddos and giving me the opportunity to lead my first Liwa crossing. On the way to Liwa I had some difficulties with my alternator and I really feared that I wouldn't be able to lead but with the help of @Srikumar, @Gaurav Soni and 2 wonderful mecanics in Liwa town who were able to temporarily fix it, I made it to the meeting point ! My whole fewbie convoy did really great and we were able to make it to waypoint 18 on time and without too much struggles. Also the second day went quite smoothly with only a few refusals, one winch recovery and a pop out fix. I want to thank everyone who joined and also congratulate you for successfully completing the Liwa crossing ! See you next time

Oh Liwa !! You Were majestic ! And Our Lead ! Oh @Kailas, You were unstoppable ! Not missing out on anything that offered to make it such a fantastic drive ! Nothing less than what we would have asked for ! Thank you ! @Lawrence_Chehimi.- Always great to have you and thank you for sweeping us, and those few tugs/shovels ! @Gertjan - You were absolutely impressive as a second lead and great judgement of right distance ! U never fail to impress with your professional captures - and am Glad you have some of your captures too this time with your camera .. A fantastic convoy and congratulations to all of us again ! Thanks guys for the shovel support those couple of times, everytime i was revising the learning i had from previous one , always great to have you as part of convoy @Senthil Kumar, @Jona, @Alexanderrr, @imranaasghar81, @Brett Eicher . @Mus_hus78 hope you managed to fix your car and am sure next time hopefully @Sunil Mathew am sure you too had a great time on day 2 with us ! Thanks @Carnity, @Gaurav @Frederic @Srikumar@Gaurav Soni@Hisham Masaad@Vanessa8580 - The masterminds and the leads behind this to be remembered drive for rest of the year untill the next one - Thank you !

Oh Liwa!! Congratulations team FB+ for the Liwa Crossing accomplishment. We had a relatively short convoy as there were few dropouts and @Mus_hus78had to exit very early due to 4WD issues. Couldn't ask for more. Every thing was perfect, the convoy, terrain, camping. There were lots of climbs, huge bowls and drops that were almost 150+m @Gertjan was the prefect second lead. I felt very comfortable driving in front of you. Always kept good distance and your awareness was fantastic. And thanks to all the pictures and videos. @Jona and @Brett Eicher were the only FB+ in the convoy. But you guys allowed me to push to an IM level and handling it so well. @imranaasghar81 looking forward for the 360 clips. @Senthil Kumar & @Alexanderrr had no issues handling churned track. @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler & @Lawrence_Chehimithanks for your support. Thanks to others for supporting the supports. Looking forward for next Liwa drive. Drive Stats We covered almost 180kms in total. We drove very close to Saudi Border taking more of dunes and less Sabhka.

Absolute amazing drive @Vanessa8580 every dune I crossed got me closer to believing I was on Tatooine 😁 and you did a great job leading us into Liwa and out no matter what the scenario @Brette did an amazing job in second lead no matter the difficulty of the landscape @Srikumar and @Varun Mehndiratta who didn’t back down when it came to helping a hand We had a great support team that lended a hand around every corner we took. Especially the camp fire at the end of the day which reminded me of the times in beavers/the small time I had in Scouts.

And the video's of the slide down the sand wall: The sound is a lot less than expected @Alexanderrr: https://youtu.be/dZ2fMR2cNaQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asahNFTcR2A @imranaasghar81: https://youtu.be/mJ8roLOKKQ8 https://youtu.be/YyeRTO_S_4g @Senthil Kumar: https://youtu.be/mJ8roLOKKQ8 @Sunil Mathew: https://youtu.be/cJa-BsQFNGI @Lawrence_Chehimi: https://youtu.be/WraNAm8syvc https://youtu.be/NfvBPITNnqc @Brett Eicher: https://youtu.be/6Y96xxbX4CY @Kailas: https://youtu.be/HdSvoufnXUw

Evening All, I have started uploading the Liwa videos - I have not edited them allowing you to spin the camera to spot your car. Hope you enjoy the footage I will most likely release 5 - 10 videos a day until its all uploaded. Please subscribe and activate notifications so you will be alerted of new content. Imrans Offroading - YouTube Just wanted to say it was a blast driving with you all through Liwa Thank you to Gertjan Kailas and Deepak @Gertjan @Kailas @DP1011 , Deepak wranglerfor keep us all safe whislt keeping us in awe of the beautiful surroundings whislt having lots of fun. Thanks to all on the camping night to make my son feel at home and keeping him well fed (Hisham, Hishams Son and Mohammad) Thank you, Imran

Super congrats to all of you for completing this unforgettable challenge ! Amazing job @Kailasfor taking up the lead in this kind of terrain and completing it wonderfully !

🤣 yip, @Gary F got what I asked for. Was quite something. Three winches, two pulling, one securing and amazing teamwork within the intermediate team and our fellow Fewbie @Tharun Kumar V. Need to have a look at what the GoPro caught...

Thank you very much @Kailas for leading this incredible trip... such a fantastic weekend, and you made the route superb! Great highlights along the way. And such an amazing convoy of drivers... so many laughs and smiles, truly made it all so much better. And a special thanks to @Gertjan for providing such spectacular photos on top of being second lead.... you didn't miss a beat 😎 Already can't wait for the next one.

Both Ariana and I enjoyed the first day and the camping with all of you a lot. Was great fun and a great bunch of people! Would have loved to complete the crossing with you 😢 but there will be other drives 😃

Thank you thank you thank you everybody for being part of this great trip, special thanks for @Kailas for signing up for this challenging area , I consider it was a succesfull trip as everybody returned safe with cars in one piece. Also a good part was that there were no cellular connections so everybody got a little brake from their phones 😄 and enjoyed the nature closer. Thank you @Lawrence_Chehimi and the rest of the team for extra support, thank you @Gertjan for taking extra time to take pictures for all of us. Hope everybody enjoyed , I will upload couple of pictures and videos later, cause now it doesnt go through on google drive. Now back to work 😔

Thank you for making this trip happen, this was a great experience. Great lead from our Marshal, superb support team and great company. Looking forward to the next edition.

Thanks all for RSVPing for the drive. We have a really strong convoy with some awesome machines and warm bunch of ppl. I don’t know why but usually I always end up having convoy full of Jeeps and FJs with some even bigger trucks on my drives, it’s good to see a beautiful elegant Lexus this time, thanks @Ali Abas for signing up 😀. Rabbit is considered to be luckiest of all 12 animals as per Chinese culture - so I am hoping we will be lucky enough to have a nice pleasant weather. I am planning to join with a naked Jeep, so no rain plz 🙏🙏 Also it symbolizes smart and elegant personality - so we are in for some elegant ridge riding and a drive where we all will be smart enough not to fight gravity 😀 Plan for the drive is simple - we will start with the first ray of sunlight. And try to explore ourselves on as many long range dunes as we can - riding over some nice sharp Faqa signature ridges and criss-crossing through some awesome dunes to end close to where we will be around 11am (hopefully). I am not planning to have a set route, who knows if weather and convoy pace permits, we may end up close to Solar Park or maybe even Little Sweihan area in Qudra with its awesome tightly packed huge Sweihan style bowls. And if not maybe in Faqa somewhere - there’s no limit of what we can explore at Faqa in any case 😀. It’s really tough to control a rabbit once it’s out of hole. Focus is on having fun and having a jam. Looking forward to see you all this weekend. In case of any change in plans, please update the rsvp in time so as to avoid last min planning. @Jona @Pierre de Maigret @Richard Franks @Mus_hus78 @Beide Worku @Brett Eicher @Patrick van der Loo @Mike M. @Richard Franks @Felix Obst @Davie Chase @Ali Abas

Hi @imranaasghar81 no issues go ahead.

Noted. Will remove from Manage tab. If you wish to join you can select going

@Gertjando you mind if I share the Google photos link with my dad ?

Download started. Ill upload unedited so you can all see your cars

@M.Seidam @Gerrit Bus @Daniel Rodas Thanks Doc for organising this drive - my first during the work week as i always drive during the weekend. The small convoy enabled us to drive at a steady / fast pace, with minimal refusals (where we had to shovel couple of times); but it was fun at the end of the day. @Gerrit Bus you drove amazing well mate for your first IM drive; keep up the good work and try to manage the lifetime of the Jeep as much as you can. Driving behind you gave me the opportunity to watch you jump from the dunes; pls be careful mate. Thanks for sharing the vids mate - have you tried to stick the cam on the side of the car so that you can capture your jumps? Maybe for next time! @Daniel Rodas long time that we did not drive together; as the SL, you took us on the correct path when Doc was having refusals. @M.Seidam Super Technical? Yes it was a 'Super Technical Drive', which required full focus from all drivers. the dunes were not tall or scary, but the tracks were tricky. I look forward to our next drives together. Until then, enjoy your week. Cheers

Hello all, hope everyone got back safe yesterday, thank you all for amazing trip, I hope to be the drivers seat next year, I had a brilliant driver in @Benjamin , but in the passenger seat I got to see the beautiful scenery. Thanks @Vanessa8580 for your safe leadership and path finding , to all the support team and everyone one in attendance from all the groups making this a memorable experience. @Bjoern hope you managed to safely use the winch.