by Marina Bruce | May 14, 2017 | Liwa, Offroad
Back in my home country of Scotland, the Scout Association challenges their members to “Zodiac Camp”, that is to say, camp at least one night in every month of the year. At 57 degrees north it’s quite a challenge, with freezing cold nights, rain and biting wind, not...
by Marina Bruce | May 11, 2017 | Car Modifications and Accessories, Equipment Reviews, Offroad
Last year the guys at TRED Pro gave me a set of their Total Recovery Extraction Devices to evaluate and write about in Outdoor UAE. We received them just after the summer, in early September and the biggest challenge was to try them out in daylight, in the hottest...
by Marina Bruce | May 10, 2017 | Offroad
Many moons ago, when we first started driving off-road in the UAE, many people told us that Liwa is a no-no for off-roaders during the summer. They said that the extreme heat of 50C+ coupled with soft sand made the area too dangerous for anything other than winter...
by Marina Bruce | Apr 16, 2017 | Offroad, Oman
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by Marina Bruce | Mar 7, 2017 | Offroad, Oman, Oman: Seaside
I never need much encouragement to go and explore out-of-the-way places in Oman – it’s a big country and there are lots of opportunities to get off the beaten track – so it was no chore to load up the car last week and head southwards into the Wahiba...
by Marina Bruce | Jan 30, 2017 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Liwa, Madinat Zayed, Offroad
Next month will see the 5th anniversary of the day I was introduced to the famous old abandoned Oshkosh water truck! It has been lying deteriorating in the desert for the best part of 20 years and you will see from the photos how it has fared under the desert sun...
