Drive Hard 4.0
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:04 am
Days before Day 0:
Being Off-Road Car less is a real pain especially when it's the season and you do not love anything more than desert sand and great trips!
Now what is family for? Without asking I was offered a 4WD vehicle to take for Liwa:056: and it took me some days to think of taking this outstanding offer considering "Mini Me"! Some guys making fun of this full stock little engine and knowing the big bowls, climbs and dropps of Liwa it honestly scared me not having my own ride. However, decision was done! I take it!! Packing and shopping started day by day....
Day 0:
Working late delayed my departure from Dubai and flying over the highways with 110 km/h did not make me join in time at the meeting point, but was able to catch up at deflation coords given. It is a long and dark way to Hameem, but only the thought of magestic Liwa kept me going.
Camp, the regular chit chat, food, drinks, shisha and of course Hamdan's Karak....as an advise, who ever likes to sleep open air, don't in Liwa! By 4am the wind starting blowing and covered me in sand and make sure also that the tent is stable, it may kind of break over your head! I slept further away and I was spared the Snorring Choir Symphony instead guide by a Solo of Bu Tarek:059:
Day 1:
GOOD MORNING LIWA! Bring it on! Clean up, breakfast, briefing, splitting into two convoys followed by leaving camp into nowhere. Some 100 something kilometres to cover were to conquer in "Mini Me"! Yes, me the "Crazy" person was a wee bit scared who usually bangs Betty up and down the dunes and I asked myself if I would make it knowing what Liwa has to offer, but then what shall happen if I am with the big boys! Power of thought....Yes I can! Woohoo!
I was crested once in this drive caused by always being nosy of what was going on behind the dune and it is so much more easy to drive closer than walk! Don't! So I was sitting (pictures available by Rashid Jazz) and I wipped front and back and literally needed just a little push from Rashid & Rami to keep going as the front tires gave some good traction on wet sand! So easy! Oh yes, that cloudy day gave some rain too. More details of the route shall be displayed by Capri in his report. From time to time we met the second convoy before we all were reunited at Moreeb Dune.
Refill was on the To Do list and we drove up to the pump. Ate some junk food, some refreshed with the toilet hose and some went to the Liwa Guest House, some departed back home.
Off to the next camp spot.....Miss D and I had hilarious fun! Uhm, nothing kinky! That night I got a Choir Symphony:055:
Day 2:
Some hot coffee and Soup cooked by Bu Salem warmed up after another cold night. We left into the dunes from Moreeb, well and came back to the same place.
In between though, we drove and drove and stopped and drove.....and there it was! Egg basket in "Mini Me" inside:013:
I came over the crest and a right turn was just too late and seeing the soft messed up sand below where all others went through before confirmed my thought of not making it out myself! Well, I tried .... unsuccessfully and seeked help. Bu Salem added some additional weight (around 5.3 kg of sand) to the car by making huge beautiful sand fountains with open window! Big boy Momo Alkhatib brought the baby boy out of that ditch, front reverse and again and again, and from that moment on I thought "Mini Me" likes it tough! (the clutch is a little harder now:011:)
We reached some nice stretches of dunes to build up speed and I have loved those especially.
We rested on a dune before heading back after another good drive for inflation.
When reaching the pump the thought of spending a third night came up, but disappeared fairly fast and I had to wave good bye Amazing Play Ground.:012:
My very special Thanks goes to Bu Salem because without you I would not have been able to join this drive and to experience the challenges to face with "Mini Me". You ROCK! He is an amazing boy not to be underestimated by no one and I remain faithful of believing in full stock cars!! (Can I buy him?:027:)
I also would like to thank all other Founders and Marshals for making this trip happening and taking the responsibility watching over all your sheeps within the desert and beyond.
Thank you to all members who were able to join Drive Hard, I have enjoyed your company. Please share your experience!
Now, when is the next??
Being Off-Road Car less is a real pain especially when it's the season and you do not love anything more than desert sand and great trips!
Now what is family for? Without asking I was offered a 4WD vehicle to take for Liwa:056: and it took me some days to think of taking this outstanding offer considering "Mini Me"! Some guys making fun of this full stock little engine and knowing the big bowls, climbs and dropps of Liwa it honestly scared me not having my own ride. However, decision was done! I take it!! Packing and shopping started day by day....
Day 0:
Working late delayed my departure from Dubai and flying over the highways with 110 km/h did not make me join in time at the meeting point, but was able to catch up at deflation coords given. It is a long and dark way to Hameem, but only the thought of magestic Liwa kept me going.
Camp, the regular chit chat, food, drinks, shisha and of course Hamdan's Karak....as an advise, who ever likes to sleep open air, don't in Liwa! By 4am the wind starting blowing and covered me in sand and make sure also that the tent is stable, it may kind of break over your head! I slept further away and I was spared the Snorring Choir Symphony instead guide by a Solo of Bu Tarek:059:
Day 1:
GOOD MORNING LIWA! Bring it on! Clean up, breakfast, briefing, splitting into two convoys followed by leaving camp into nowhere. Some 100 something kilometres to cover were to conquer in "Mini Me"! Yes, me the "Crazy" person was a wee bit scared who usually bangs Betty up and down the dunes and I asked myself if I would make it knowing what Liwa has to offer, but then what shall happen if I am with the big boys! Power of thought....Yes I can! Woohoo!
I was crested once in this drive caused by always being nosy of what was going on behind the dune and it is so much more easy to drive closer than walk! Don't! So I was sitting (pictures available by Rashid Jazz) and I wipped front and back and literally needed just a little push from Rashid & Rami to keep going as the front tires gave some good traction on wet sand! So easy! Oh yes, that cloudy day gave some rain too. More details of the route shall be displayed by Capri in his report. From time to time we met the second convoy before we all were reunited at Moreeb Dune.
Refill was on the To Do list and we drove up to the pump. Ate some junk food, some refreshed with the toilet hose and some went to the Liwa Guest House, some departed back home.
Off to the next camp spot.....Miss D and I had hilarious fun! Uhm, nothing kinky! That night I got a Choir Symphony:055:
Day 2:
Some hot coffee and Soup cooked by Bu Salem warmed up after another cold night. We left into the dunes from Moreeb, well and came back to the same place.
In between though, we drove and drove and stopped and drove.....and there it was! Egg basket in "Mini Me" inside:013:
I came over the crest and a right turn was just too late and seeing the soft messed up sand below where all others went through before confirmed my thought of not making it out myself! Well, I tried .... unsuccessfully and seeked help. Bu Salem added some additional weight (around 5.3 kg of sand) to the car by making huge beautiful sand fountains with open window! Big boy Momo Alkhatib brought the baby boy out of that ditch, front reverse and again and again, and from that moment on I thought "Mini Me" likes it tough! (the clutch is a little harder now:011:)
We reached some nice stretches of dunes to build up speed and I have loved those especially.
We rested on a dune before heading back after another good drive for inflation.
When reaching the pump the thought of spending a third night came up, but disappeared fairly fast and I had to wave good bye Amazing Play Ground.:012:
My very special Thanks goes to Bu Salem because without you I would not have been able to join this drive and to experience the challenges to face with "Mini Me". You ROCK! He is an amazing boy not to be underestimated by no one and I remain faithful of believing in full stock cars!! (Can I buy him?:027:)
I also would like to thank all other Founders and Marshals for making this trip happening and taking the responsibility watching over all your sheeps within the desert and beyond.
Thank you to all members who were able to join Drive Hard, I have enjoyed your company. Please share your experience!
Now, when is the next??
