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My son's birthday is on 18th, and just like his mom he has a penchant for celebrating birthdays. But then I and my wife are actually trying to sort out the logistics of it so that we can come to Liwa.

Team @Carnity we see this Rank Progress and Badges. Can you please help us understand how it works?

Every one is so immersed in the driving, no one got anytime chitchat and look elsewhere and comment on stuff. Everyone is needed to have 100% concentration on the drive. That’s what an @Ale Vallecchi drive is. Love every second of it, it is like meditation, devoid of any thoughts just the plan of next few seconds of drive - how to clear that dune. To think of it, @Ale Vallecchi’s drive are not difficult but are just pure meditation. I don’t think I am able to express myself correctly, but you know what I am saying.

Another perfect drive. 99.98% accurate. Nonstop fun. First time ever I recorded a 0 second stoppage drive. Beat every target set by @Ale Vallecchi. Thanks to @JeromeFJ for the support and taking up the slack & @Sunil Mathew for an excellent second lead. The radio communication was at almost negligible and only thing we had to declare that the drive is going on smoothly. Thanks you all for this drive and looking forward to next one.

Thank you very much @Kailas for a great drive in the afternoon. It was a bit technical in the beginning but soon everyone settled down and drove quite well. @Desert Wrangler wondered why was that when I was in my newbie drives there used to be so many more refusals than when she is driving now. I guess it is because these days unlike early covid days more serious off-roaders are coming to the drives and they are driving excellently. @Russ thanks for all the support in keeping the flock together.

It was a great fun drive thanks to @Chaitanya D, the pace was relaxed and the breaks were perfect both in timing as well as in area. @Jessica Lambert, you were a good 2nd lead, you drove very well. So it's true then - that everything looks upside down in Australia, I used to think it is just the memes 😁😆. @munkybizness, @Srikumar for the helping hand in the recoveries, which were few and quite easy ones.

Thanks @Shaaz Sha for a truly wonderful drive. The surprise play area at the end was cherry on the top. Never knew Qudra has such nice spots to offer, even the mid section of long range dunes were great fun to drive. @Tom B thanks a lot for keeping an eye at the back and helping in keeping the flock together. @ASAD. & @Vinod Damodaran pop outs happen all the time and it is part of game, we fix it and move ahead that's all. We had a couple of pop outs just the previous morning, one with my car so there's nothing to be troubled about. @hugo, @Andrew McCarthy, @Issaa, @Joseph Raju @Reggie Landicho and @Michel Van Woudenberg it was great driving with you guys and you drove nicely and had good control over your cars. See you all soon in the desert discovering even more nice playgrounds.

@Shaaz Sha take the dirt route to the meeting place ?

Thanks @Islam Soliman for the drive. It was a unique experiment to have big heavy vehicles in the front and puny ones towards the back. We were virtually gliding in the churned up sand in back, but a great experience nevertheless. Never ever did I was worried about pop out for so many times did I today. But it was a miracle that there were only two in the convoy. a big thanks to @Humayun Ghias, @Amir Amiri, @Pacific, @Matt.T, @Ranjan Das, @Ashok chaturvedi and finally the newly minted advisor @JeromeFJ for participating in an intense but fun drive.

Yes you need a Green on Al Hosn App

@Chaitanya D doc please add me to the drive in manage.

Congratulations @JeromeFJ well done.

Congratulations @varunmehndiratta well done.

Happy lunar new year to our friends and wishing you good health, joy, and success in all your endeavours in the year of the Tiger.

Congratulations @munkybizness 👍 well done.

@Santoso Marjuki congratulations buddy. Well done.

While coming for the drive I was mentioning to my Son features of an enjoyable drive. It will start with a small technical area for the warm up, then it is followed by a long range dunes or tall dunes or bowls and finally finished off with another round of technical area to calm down all the adrenaline. Today was one of those drives thay qualify for the hall of fame list. In fact it was better, since we enjoyed both long range dunes as well as the tall dunes of Little Sweihan. @M.Seidam you had a meticulous plan for today and it was great fun driving under your lead. @Davie Chase, you drove like a pro and did an excellent job in the second lead. Always maintaining enough space to reroute the convoy whenever needed. @Alphin Aloor It was a 2nd 5member convoy drive with you after one at Al Faya many months ago with @Pancho as lead. You had to stop your car at an steep angle, and perhaps could have recovered without any anchoring, but abundance of caution never hurt anyone. Thanks again @M.Seidam for your expert guidance on this recovery. Off-road driving like parachute jumping, with practice and safe driving nothing goes wrong and it’s an adrenaline shot, and great fun, even those precarious looking rescues. @Daniel Rodas you win the “Looper” of the day prize. Driving on soft churned up trail, one tends to slip off the trail. I had plenty of them before and with practice you will too master your car. But you drove quite well and ready for the next level. Today was my first drive I joined after I was nominated to join the Support Team, and it is great honour for me and had a blast driving at the rear of the convoy. See you all soon.

@M.Seidam short convoys are the most fun to drive with, I am looking forward to a very fun drive.

Congratulations @Kailas. See you in many many more drives.

I have my Jeep insurance with Orient as well. During the first year renewal (2020) I wasn’t off roading but in 2021 I was. I am that kind of guy who will buy everything with all options (my Jeep is the only exception). I gave all the bills for all the upgrades that was done to my car and they increased the insured value. So the premium remained same as previous year.

Well done @Tareq Al Turq. Congratulations 👏

I opened this post in my computer to share the link, but realized that I was sharing my screen in a teams call. That was awkward. Anyways @Frederic to the rescue.

Congratulations @Quresh Pajero well done. I remember i was in the 2nd lead car that day when you did your absolute newbie.

Technically it is meeting time but if you come at that time you will see that everyone is deflated and ready to go. Most people come 10-15 before.

Yes we do. Just subscribe to the WhatsApp notification channel and wait. You’ll find previous weekday drives in the calendar.