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A little late in the day for a post but better than never. It was long time since I drove here and was my first drive under the stewardship of @Hisham Masaad. This area is a spaghetti of tracks - you would be hard pressed to see even a single square foot of land which has not been used and abused and the fun is in navigating them masterfully. The specific characteristics of the Big Red area which are for our enjoyment are: Those medium sized dunes between camel rock and Big Red - it is fun navigating them at high speed non-stop You get to use your manual gear here - the automatic would not work all the time - especially on those tall dunes. And finally of Couse the Big Red and Camel Rock themselves. In this drive we did everything and more. and a big thanks to @Hisham Masaad to lead us on a wonderful trip round the area. All were present ahead of time and ready to go and we hardly had anything that can even be called refusals. Everyone gave their top performance and drove masterfully. Few observations - In the desert one needs to have a good distance between cars - which means you not only not drive too close to the car in front but also not too far away. I noticed a few were driving a bit too far from the car in front. Please be mindful that you might not only lose track of the convoy also in certain cases it can be troublesome because you will miss how a specific dune needs to be tackled. There are hundreds of permutations and combinations that affect a climb up the dune or navigate in the sand. There is a element of chance that everything falls into a perfect place, and you achieve great heights and often silliest of things go wrong and you don't. All I have to say here is don't worry - you will come here many more times - do it many more times as well. As you drive more and more you will learn to manage all those tiny permutations and combinations that can go wrong and achieve it - just give some more time. Thank you @Thomas Varghese for your services at the rear end of the convoy and ensuring the flock is moving. Also, a big thank you to all present @Joji varghese, @Junaid120120, @topgear, @Rsjiv Samuel, @Davie Chase, @Sunil Mathew, @Chris Wing and @Daniel Yang see you all in a new drive very soon.

Still in planning stage

I would say that everyone should plan to be the previous night. It is next to impossible to drive the entire day without camping. I will be leaving Dubai around 2:30 pm on Friday and reaching the meeting place. I suggest you all should reach there on the evening of 18th. Request - guys with bigger cars bring one bag of firewood.

Just counted 24 in the waitlist- 2 more convoy worth. Amazing response.

Congratulations @Sree - Fortuner well done

Congratulations @Yesu Yarlagadda the baby wheels are off now. well done

Congratulations @Antony Abraham well done

Congratulations @Rasif ABDUL RAHIM well done.

Congratulations @MMansoor, it is quite well deserved now isn't it? well done

Congratulations @Daniel Yang well done.. see you soon

Congratulations @Naveen Raj well done

Congratulations @Michel Van Woudenberg looking forward to many more drives with you.

Congratulations @Rob S well done.

I was speculating a couple of more drives. It’s going to be a test for the fastest fingers.

Something I learnt today. Don't worry there is much more to enjoy than these drives. of course the Liwa drives are special, but in no time you will be able to drive in such drives.