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**Shoof Oman! #022
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**Shoof Oman! #020
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HH Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Camel Festival – Sweihan – 20 Jan-2 Feb 2019
It's that time of the year again folks! A fantastic camel festival only an hour's drive from Abu Dhabi and Dubai, even less from Al Ain! This is your chance to discover more about the ship of the desert and its revered place in Emirati culture and...
The Desert Diva’s Guide To The Al Dhafra Festival
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Sand and Rock Tour (12th-14th October 2017) SRT#011
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 4x4 essential One night desert camping and one night wadi camping Easy sand dune...
Journey to the South Western Corner of The UAE
Mike Nott, author of Advanced Off-Road Adventure Routes UAE & Oman, kindly included a couple of routes of mine in the second edition of the book. Here is the story of the original recce trip for one of them which was originally printed in OutdoorUAE magazine back...
**Shoof Oman! #015
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**Shoof Oman! #013
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**Shoof Oman! #003
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xxAl Dhafra Camel Festival (10th Edition) – 2016
It's that time of year again! The dates - 13th to 29th December 2016 Timings - normally something to see from 8am through to the evening - can sometimes stray a little from the published schedule The place - 18kms south of Madinat Zayed, Western Region - GPS N23.54116...
Rahaal Racing
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 footage...
Sunday Saluki Snapshot #4
Ok, so it's Tuesday! On holiday in a freezing cold and wet Scotland so all behind with everything. Rahhal resting in the shade at the Qasr Al Sarab, during the ADDC back in April. Wish I was warm now!