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Thank you, everyone, for joining this amazing exploration drive and making it super successful with such a strong convoy of level-headed and sensible yet capable drivers (most imp). Truly, Razeen exceeded my expectations in terms of beauty, vastness, challenges and landscape with it's deceiving dune formation and breathtaking view. At Razeen, we found a good mix of many different terrains of Abu Dhabi in one place: Big dunes and bowls of Al Qua and Wagan Tricky and unexpected dune formations like Bu-Tais Super soft sand and technical dunes like Liwa and TOC. As we have barely explored a quarter of the planned area, surely we need to explore more with good entry and exit points to avoid long gatch tracks and add new areas for our regular drives. @Looper big thanks for taking some amazing pictures of everyone with such an epic landscape, and for giving us a good memory to remember for a lifetime. I saved a few for a real portrait. Thanks, @DP1011 for SL duties, I was not looking at the rear view at all, because of your capable driving which let me explore like a 6 years old playing with new toys. I loved it, thoroughly. Thank you @Joji varghese and @Rajiv Sam for support duties and making sure everyone had your helping hand when they needed it the most. Special thanks and shout to @Zed @Stumpy Paj @Rajiv Sam and @DP1011 for making that insane slip-face climb to save me, when dune was adamant to hold me for breakfast. @Naveen Raj @Bjoern @Salim Akhtar @Amir Amiri and @Gok Krish was great to see you all after a long time and thanks for your wonderful drive capabilities with a lot of patience, teamwork and humor to make such exploration drive even more memorable.

Thank you very much @Gaurav for this wonderful start to the winter drives. When I got up at 6 am on Friday morning I somehow did not fantom that the day wouldn't end till this drive ended. While it might seem a long drive for kind of short drive, for me at the end of the day, it felt that the effort was totally worth it. It was a totally new area and those scenes of mighty dunes ahead of us took all the fatigue that I had and was eager for more. I was having so much fun, I could drive for the rest of the day instead of taking the track for the purpose of exploration. Everyone was super enthusiastic, and we had more fun whenever you got stuck (please see chart below 😉 ). All of the crew not only had a chance to bring out their shovels but also learn a thing or two about recoveries. @DP1011 was a fantastic second lead, there is nothing more one could have asked from that role he played. No Abu Dhabi drive is ever complete without @Zed marking his presence. He is a wise man who is always present to help in any situation. @Rajiv Sam and @Joji varghese always ready with the shovels and displayed excellent support whenever needed. @Amir Amiri showed us how to tackle the last "Pajero Bowl" of Razeen (nice moniker by the way @Zed). The silver surfers of @Gok Krish and @Bjoern did confuse us once or twice but it was fun to hear the roar of 392. @Salim Akhtar never fails to amaze with his Pajero and it was great to see @Stumpy Paj and @Naveen Raj in their SWB cars. Looking forward to many more drives in this area in the coming days and preferably full day drives so that all the extra fuel that we carried could be put to effective use as by the time we were exiting I was once again on a full tank.

I love Zedy's expression here: yes/no/yes/no/yes/no/yes/

The gallery of this drive showcases the joyful moments of everyone in the convoy as they enjoyed. thanks to @GauravThere's not much to add. After driving for 2 hours and 30 minutes, we reached our destination at 5:35 am. We were five minutes late due to thick fog, not to delay i straight went to fix my flag. @DP1011 informed me that the drive was canceled, leaving me speechless. My expression must have conveyed my disappointment, but @Zedand @Looperreassured me that the meeting point had been shifted, which brought a smile to my face once again. As I moved as the sweep in this amazing convoy filled with experts, I observed every detail, savoring the experience. Special thanks to @DP1011for the black coffee and snacks. The sand became progressively softer after 9:00 am, but I continued to enjoy the journey. Typically, the drive back home is a challenging and I tend to get drowsy. Thanks to @Gok Krish who offered me a green bull, I stayed awake and safely reached home.

Rest of us meanwhile:

As mentioned in the early morning briefing, terrain was going to be challenging and soon enough we were riding inside the massive bowls climbing to our hearts delight. We had a good run, but unfortunately had an incident along the way. The most important thing is you both were unharmed. The unfortunate incident showed the fantastic teamwork, and all of you worked very hard to get the Pajero back into a condition so we could drive it out of the desert. @Mehmet Volgayou are a true warrior and kept calm throughout the ordeal and surely we will be meeting again on the sands soon enough. My sincere thanks to the entire team for the efforts to get the car out. Purely from a technical driving perspective, i wanted to give some pointers and feedback on the drive itself on how i experienced it: @Gertjanyour communication was spot on, and the lines you took were very very smooth. Fantastic driving. @Mohit Gurnani I've seen you driving the last couple of weeks and I've been very impressed. The only minor thing i noticed is the speed you carry sometimes, which is in some places excessive and that also means that you need quick corrections to get the car under control. This is a minor remark and overall I've been super impressed with how far you came now. Just try to be mindful of the speed. The trick is to just create enough momentum and speed that's necessary without having to decelerate or brake. I am sure you'll master that very soon. @Ishakas we spoke on the drive, i was very worried about you yesterday, as i saw your Pajero fishtailing and fighting gravity in many areas. Hence i asked you to check in which gear you were driving (we have seen 4HLC can sometimes help in getting a better power ratio vs the regular 4H). I would not advise you to keep driving in 4L otherwise your transmission will be giving up very soon. The Pajero is a heavy car and you will need to learn to find clean lines with good momentum while now you were forcing your way onto most of the dunes and ridges, which not just looks scary, but you have seen yesterday how the desert can be unforgiving. I highly recommend you to join 5-10 Fewbie level drives and adjust your way of off-roading before doing higher level drives. I was seriously concerned about your safety yesterday and hope you understand.

So these should be marked in dark red as no-go areas😂😂

And @Zed was the lead supervisor. A slightly worried team lead.

Thanks looper for giving the chance. And my pleasure to see you all guys.

Thanks @Gaurav for this interesting drive today! It was the drivr which we all were looking forward to, it was more like a one day picnic, where we were prepared for everything and anything that the drive will offer, and Towards the end as we all echoed' Was totally worth the effort. And with such a lovely bunch of people, who always make weekends enjoyable! And thanks for the opportunity for the SL, Was pleasure watching you on all your experiments and lines taken. Was great to watch you in rear mirror @Salim Akhtar and how amazingly you handle your machine! and then all behind @Stumpy Paj @Naveen Raj @Zed @Looper @Bjoern @Amir Amiri @Gok Krish @Joji varghese , Great to see you all ! Thanks @Rajiv Sam for sweeping ! See you all soon again ( who knows could be Razeen again, " Razeen exploration 2.0 - The untouched beauty"? 🤘🏽🤞!

A big thanks for @Frederic and team Carinity for taking us into these awsome dunes! I enjoyed the morning out with @Mehmet Volga, @Ishak and @Mohit Gurnani. It was indeed a lesson that the dunes need to be treated with the utmost respect. I trust that all will work out well. A few pics in the gallery to enjoy! See you all soon on the sand again!