by Marina Bruce | Mar 16, 2018 | Behind The Wheel, Offroad, Our Trips, Weekend Trip Listings
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by Marina Bruce | Dec 18, 2017 | Our Trips, UAE, Weekend Trip Listings
If you follow the Desert Diva on social media you might already have heard that after a year away in Oman, Marina has returned to the UAE – at least until Spring 2018! Oman didn’t work out for a number of reasons; we had not planned on renewing our UAE Freezone...
by Marina Bruce | Aug 21, 2017 | Our Trips, Weekend Trip Listings
In a nutshell Two day, one night camping and offroading trip taking us from the edge of the UAE’s Garden City to the edge of the Rub Al Khali (Empty Quarter), through the most beautiful and varied dunescapes. Easy driving, trip suitable for beginners,...
by Marina Bruce | Aug 20, 2017 | Behind The Wheel, Camping, Nature, Offroad, Oman: Mountains and Plains, Our Trips, Weekend Trip Listings
In a nutshell Offroad and camping trip commencing on a Thursday evening, starting in Oman, close to the Mezyad/Hafeet border post, and concluding on a Saturday around noon near Yanqil 4×4 essential One night desert camping and one night wadi camping Easy sand...
by Marina Bruce | Apr 27, 2017 | Oman, Our Trips, UAE, Weekend Trip Listings
If you have a GGC Residency – ie a residency visa stamped in your passport from UAE, Saudi, Kuwait, Qatar or Bahrain – then those of you with approved professions*, which will be most of you, will be able to obtain a 28 day AGCC Foreign Resident Visa on...
by Marina Bruce | Apr 16, 2017 | Camping, Oman, Weekend Trip Listings
The last public holiday before the summer is to celebrate Israa Wal Miraj (The Prophet’s Acension) and although it is likely to fall on Monday 24th April (subject to moon sighting) the UAE has already declared Sunday 23rd to be a day off for all government...
