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  1. Dear Sailors WIth less than 18 hours to go for our drive, find below the details. Meeting Time : 545am (we still have 2 WL drivers, so no excuses of friday night party, alarm didnt buzz would be acceptable). Radio Channel : 3 Convoy Order : A long convoy in Area 53 is going to be super fun. As i mentioned in my Intro to drive, this is an area, where one stuck could lead to multiple and its super tough to retract. So, we will go ahead with our shield - The Platoon concept - this is a drive which will really test the skill of Platoon leaders, so come prepared all - with all ropes, shovel, jacks - set and ready. Varun in Maroon Wrangler @Ishak on his Dolphin Pajero will be my wing man as SL. @Bashar Beasha on his Safari will be at no. 3 @Ahmad Nerat with his LC on no. 4 @Benjamin Will be our 1st Platoon leader. As Spidey's uncle Ben once said - with every promotion comes greater responsibility. Congrats on INT promotion @Mark B on his black gladiator will be at no. 6 exploring his first FB+ drive. @Bjoern at no. 7 in his Silver Wrangler. @Jaro Tuzinsky with his phone fully secured will be rocking position 8 on his FJC. @Sunil Mathew on his Fortuner will be our 2nd Platoon leader. Good position to test the new tyres. @Patrick van der Loo on his TJ will be at perfect 10. @Gary F on his sandrunner at number 11 @Felix Obst at no. 12 with his White Wrangler @Krishna R our lone Xterra will be sweeping the convoy. So, see you all tomo morning, all set to take a leap in beautiful Area 53.
    9 points
  2. Good Morning @Patrick @Ahmed Wagdy @Misha Puskar @Stan @Frans M @Jad Moussalli @Zubair @george charbel @premindra rajaram @Paolo Pellegrini @Mehmet Volga & @Frederic below is the convoy order for our adventures tomorrow, looking forward to seeing you all bright eyed and bushy tailed in the sand ready to rock and roll on radio channel 4. have a great rest of your day
    8 points
  3. Dear friends, @Sam K @Gertjan @Pacific @Salim Akhtar @Alexanderrr @Beide Worku @Simon D @Charbel @Imteeaz @Mohamad Anwer @Chris Wing @Rob S look forward to meet you ready to move tomorrow 6:15am. We will be on Radio channel 2, and convoy order is as below. Any requirement you can reach me on 0506318834.
    6 points
  4. Dear Friends It was a real pleasure meeting and driving with you all . Indeed these afternoon weekday short sprints are stress relieving and an opportunity for those who has full weekend to enjoy the dunes still including my self 😄 @Fabien Monleau thank you for executing the second lead flawlessly and despite the pop out it was managed in no time . Good to see you after quite a while realy 🙏 @Ahmad Nerat I am impressed of your handling truly and you proved that you were not the weakest link despite my pushing in little sweihan at some time. I didn’t feel it was your first Fb+ drive well done my friend 👍, thanks for the nice clip too with the monkey dance back ground remix 😄🙏 @Sunil Mathew it seems that you and the fortuner are synchronised doesn’t matter if it’s black or white 😅 pleasure meeting you again dear. @Ignacio Quindós I am more than happy to learn that these weekday drives found a solution to stress relieve your coming busy weekend . You drove you keep fantastically well 👍 @Mohamad Anwer it has been really for a while since we drove together . Good to see you brother and well done 👍 last but not least many thanks to @Hisham Masaadfor watching us all from the rear of the convoy . Really pleasure to see you after such a long time . See you all soon in the sand inshallah Seidam
    4 points
  5. Day 6: Al Ula - Wadi Deesah (263 Km.) After waking up in The Tent with a View, we headed further North-West, toward Tabuk province, with the goal of reaching a fabulous wadi, located just past the small village of Al Deesah. The two-lane road climbs a plateau, on very uneven surface. From its top, as the road descends, a dramatic scenery unveils one turn at the time: successive mountain ridges outlined against the light, fronted by a wide wadi dotted with savannah-like vegetation, and a thin, low lying, layer of dust, lifted by the blowing winds. A stunning, wild view, of a prehistoric, scorched land awaits us at the bottom of the plateau. At the bottom, we follow wide riverbeds, cross a few patches of sand, and finally reach the last of the canyons, before its ending just at the beginning of a narrow opening, from which palms trees and flowered bushes loom colorfully. That's where the tarmac turns into gravelly sand, and the track dives deep into the canyon, with walls getting closer and closer. It's a scene from Jurassic Park, or Indiana Jones, with the scenery that changes at every turn of the road, alternating palm groves with reed fields and pink oleanders. The surface of the track goes from wet gravel to soft dry sand patches, to water filled pools and narrow lanes. The wall of the canyon, orange red in the sunset light, open up just before closing in again, at some points forcing the car into narrow tunnels, almost completely covered overhead by protruding rocks. While one could expect a small dinosaur to pop out of the papyrus at any moment, we only manage to encounter the occasional goat herd. At the end of the Wadi, the road opens up into a much wider riverbed, quite rocky and devoid of vegetation. At this point we turn around, trace our tracks back to the village of Deesah through the magic tunnel, that manages to show yet another version of itself, thanks to the light striking from the opposite angle as before, thus changing all the previously soft hues into sharp contrasts. As the clouds started to fill the sky again, and raindrops started to fall, we decided not to camp, and found refuge in a local farmhouse, where locals usually rent 2 spacious rooms to stranded (or lazy) travelers. With that, we ended a very relaxing day, filled with the memory of this primitive yet exotic wadi still very vivid.
    3 points
  6. @Mohit Gurnani, @Gautam Banka, @Parliament, @Bravoecho, @Adam James, @Stumpy Paj and @GauravSoni Here's the plan for the morning. Meeting time: 6:00 AM Meeting Point: Faqa Fuel Station: Emarat- Grayteesah Radio Channel: 2 (446.031) Convoy Order:
    2 points
  7. Not many drivers on this one, hopefully @Looper can reward us with some intermediate-level runs as a reward
    2 points
  8. Wanted to put all fj's in front, but felt bad for the Pajero's😅
    2 points
  9. Yup!!! 😃 tested at 14 and 13 psi , last weekend and mid week drives, will be testing lower pressures tomorrow 🤞🤞
    2 points
  10. Nice convoy! We’re going to have a blast at the back @Rob S @Mohamad Anwer🤣
    2 points
  11. Always ready to help with shoveling @Varun Mehndiratta, anytime before 8am 😂😂 looking forward for tomorrow
    2 points
  12. Hahaha we will have @Mark B and @Bashar Beasha to do all the shoveling now… they should get the feel of FBPlus, m old school - bullying/ragging was legal and not frowned upon 😀… good old times 😂😂
    2 points
  13. Varun! You are a legend!! Thank you I was about a day away from finding some of the convoy and doing some sabotage 😂😂😂 kidding of course!! thanks again and seee you Saturday 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
    2 points
  14. Hi Sand Sailors Hope the week is going nice for all. It seems like a long time ago that we had some off days, so already looking forward to the weekend. We still have 4WL drivers, so with less than 48 hours to go for the drive, kindly review your plans and update the rsvp (in case of any change). Based on the final status tomo morning will take a call on how to proceed with final convoy. Thanks for your understanding and looking forward to see you all this Saturday @Benjamin @Sunil Mathew @Bjoern @Gary F @Mike M. @Krishna R @Ishak @Jaro Tuzinsky @Patrick van der Loo @Senthil Kumar @Ahmad Nerat @Rajiv Sam @Felix Obst @Bashar Beasha
    2 points
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  16. Hi @Felix Obst Hmm, I didn't jump any queues - I was always ahead of you on the waitlist for the last few days when I checked the website, so all seems correct
    1 point
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  18. Thank you @Ale Vallecchi for sharing this amazing trip! The narrative and the photos are a great incentive to discover more! I'm sure you will have more beautiful photos after sorting them. Let us know if you can put a few of them on a shared drive or gallery.
    1 point
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