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Desert Driving in the UAE (An eventful weekend)

Posted on Aug 14, 2011
Deep Karani
7 Comments


It was a humid Friday morning when the Premier Events team decided to explore the red sands of the madam district in the UAE. Uniting with the other members of the Arabian off-road Academy, Premier team decided to travel around the desert and exploit of the lazy afternoon.

We knew we had company, but had not imagined a troop of over a hundred gargantuan vehicles come together with us for the adventure. Divided in three different groups (beginner, intermediate, and expert), and SUV’s equipped with desert gears and expert drivers, we moved into the sands with a heavy dose of adrenaline and excitement.

My Pajero looked like a toddler between the gigantic cruisers and the desert-mod-jeeps, and we faced quite a mock when we repeatedly stepped out of the convoy to avoid the bigger dunes. I couldn’t imagine my hefty 3.5 engine not sustain the sandbank, but nevertheless we made through to a certain extent, experienced driving in the desert and lived through the heat all day long.

We continued to drive for hours in the desert clicking pictures, breaking bumpers, pulling out immovable cars, bearing the humidity and enjoying the beautiful scenery. After a long day of driving in the desert, we stopped by amongst hundreds of FJ Cruisers, Land Cruisers, Nissan Patrols, Jeep Wranglers, etc. Thank the stars, at least my Pajero stood out as it was the only amongst all the other giants.

At Sunset, all the Muslim brothers gathered in the east direction to pray after breaking their fast. The Iftar was a treat with so much food that I’d never seen at once in the city. All cars brought with them food for themselves but of course a little extra to share with everybody in the group. From dates to seekh kebabs, I relished every morsel of the cooking. We laughed, chit chattered and got to meet and greet so many amazing people we had never met in this country before.

More than all, my respect mounted for my Muslim friends who faithfully continued to fast even in the August heat living the day without a drop of water, while I swigged bottles to keep myself breathing.

In the day, we started to recognize the desert to be as expressive as we human beings are, but of course it takes an eye to understand the tranquil land’s emotions. While driving through the red sands, I observed its calm nature for minutes, and then also a flash of hostility during other times. We could fictionally imagine dunes pointing a finger at us challenging our manhood to cross its border, and then its kind cuddle when we repeatedly rolled tires over to perform the stunt. It crippled my jeep’s both front and rear bumpers when we affronted its motherliness, but it gently cleared our path to cross when we calmly waited for the winds to change the desert’s theme.

If you think there’s not much to do in Dubai, you’ve probably not experienced the best part of this country as yet – driving in the desert.

Again, Ramadan Kareem to all :-)








7 Comments for Desert Driving in the UAE (An eventful weekend)

Muhammed Sarwar  Aug 15, 2011

Dear Deep,
Congratulations, well written, I like the choice of your words. Many of us achieve our goals but only the wisest of us enjoy them; penning your experience and recording it and reliving, this is enjoying the experience.

A few more pictures to support your comments – like one for each paragraph showing stuck vehicles, thirsty people and etc.

It is the driver behind the Pajero that makes all the difference and you surely have proven yourself to be an Arabian Offroader!

I wish Premier Events Team every success

Thanks,
Muhammed Sarwar

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Mohsin  Aug 15, 2011

Dear Deep,
Its great write-up ….. This was the first Iftar Drive organized by http://www.arabianoffroad.com, and we are very proud and excited to see the participation from all the members, this enthusiasm and brotherhood feeling has encouraged us to organize many such events and drives.
I hope and wish we have many such occasions, and I would like to see you, your friends and your colleagues on our drives and get together.

Kind Regards
Mohsin
http://www.arabianoffroad.com

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Deep Karani  Aug 15, 2011

Thank you, gentlemen.

We are happy to be a part of this, and wish to see this community growing bigger and better by the week :-)

See you all in the next trip, Cheers!

Deep Karani

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Imran Shah  Aug 15, 2011

Great article.. We will do it again when I get my Pathfinder back… :-) Lets do it after Eid..

Imran Shah

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Shakeel Chowdhury  Aug 15, 2011

Deep you have written a superb article, very well said. I wish you best of luck in the coming future and also hope we get to read more article often like this. I am happy to refer you to Arabian Offroad, and you loved it. The one very special thing about Arabian Off road i really love about are the members. I am sure as days pass you wil get more and more addicted to the desert, cause its never enough!

Regards,

Shakeel Chowdhury

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Vivek  Aug 16, 2011

dear deep ..

it was really awesome to read your experience .

Next time we all will plan it together and go for these type of adventure safaris .

regards
Vivek

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KS  Aug 16, 2011

Dear Deep,

I am sure you have heard, ‘the more, the merrier.’

Well, it just the beginning for you and for us at http://www.arabianoffroad.com it is also true. The more people we have the more pleasure we have to go out and have them experience the experience. Cause it is only an experience that can be experienced!

None can tell anyone how it feels!! The adrenaline, the excitement, the frustration, the heat. the sweat, all of that is what makes it an experience to be had! And had for sure!!

The persuasive words that you have put down, I hope, would awaken a lot of people who live in this country and, more so, own an off-road capable vehicle but have never been out into the desert, to get off the lazyboy and into their car and join AOA at http://www.arabianoffroad.com to come with us for a whole new experience!!

Thanks for your kind words and hope to see you soon!!

KS

P.S…. good to see your sprits up despite the bumper of your car going up ;-) . That’s the way to go!!

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