by Marina Bruce | Oct 23, 2016 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Camping, Liwa, Offroad, Weekend Trip Listings
Event #002 – date Friday 4th November 2016 Start Point: Al Ain South (approx 90 minutes from Abu Dhabi/Dubai) Briefing Time: 1445 hrs Move off Time: 1500hrs Finish Point: ADNOC #660 Abu-Dhabi to Himeem Road (approx 1 hour from AD, 2 hours from Dubai and 2.5...
by Marina Bruce | Oct 18, 2016 | Liwa, Offroad, Weekend Trip Listings
Having received a number of requests to join me on one of my expedition trips in the Liwa area I am pleased to announce an itinerary for my first one. Event #001 – date Friday 21st October 2016 Start Point: Abu Dhabi to Himeem Road (approx 35 minutes from Mafraq...
by Marina Bruce | Oct 7, 2016 | Liwa, Nature, Salukis
The cool season is upon us and although we go to the desert year round, the best time to visit is early winter or spring. Here’s a clip of my beloved Rahaal stretching his legs in the desert. Big thanks to Clive Delves of CD Productions for capturing this...
by Marina Bruce | Jul 28, 2016 | Festivals and Shows, Liwa, Photo Blogs, UAE Heritage and Culture
The Liwa Date Festival is running until Saturday – you might have seen my blog about it last week. They are running an instagram competition and I’ve put in 12 entries – would love if some of my instragram-account-owning followers could like their...
by Marina Bruce | Jul 25, 2016 | GPS Co-ordinates and routes, Liwa, Madinat Zayed, Offroad
This blogpost has been moved – if the auto redirect has not worked, you can find it here – https://arabiancitiesandsands.com/white-sands-to-madinat-zayed-off-the-beaten-track/
by Marina Bruce | Jul 14, 2016 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Festivals and Shows, Liwa, Onroad, UAE, UAE Heritage and Culture
The Annual Liwa Date Festival returns to Liwa City (Mizaira’a) from the 20th – 30th July 2016, from 4pm to 10pm daily. Now if you are coming from Abu Dhabi or further afield it’s rather a long drive for just an evening, so why not make a day of it? ...
