by Marina Bruce | Jan 14, 2015 | Al Ain, Camping trip reports, Offroad
It’s not often I have a free weekend, but after committing to a really big drive, then having to cancel it due to standing-by for some work, which didn’t materialise, on Friday I was left without anyone to go to the desert with (believe that if you...
by Marina Bruce | Jan 14, 2015 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Camping trip reports, Liwa, Offroad
On the last weekend of October 2014 Oasis Offroad ran a special trip titled “the Dark Skies Challenge.” The concept was simple – teams of four had to work their way over 100kms of sand dunes to find “buried treasure” and camp for the...
by Marina Bruce | Nov 2, 2013 | Camping trip reports, Great Campspots, Oman: Mountains and Plains
You might have noticed I’ve been away for a good chunk of October, the reason for the blogging hiatus is that we were on a 20 day grand off-road tour of neighbouring Oman. The first 8 days were spent following Mike Nott, he of Offroad Adventure Routes: UAE and...
by Marina Bruce | Jan 10, 2013 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Camping trip reports, Liwa, Offroad
The Western Part of the UAE is about 99.9% desert, and is known as the Maghrib area. I’d never gone beyond the big dunes in the Arada area, so back in November when Kevin of ME4x4 let me know about a 2 day driving and camping trip here I instantly said yes! In...
by Marina Bruce | Nov 12, 2012 | Camping trip reports, Personal Blog
The Pink Ladies needed a new sewing machine and scissors, as well as a float to buy some cash for materials (Tawam reimburse us for the fabric etc but having our own float means that none of our ladies are ever out of pocket). So the challenge was to raise about...
