by Marina Bruce | Sep 11, 2016 | Camping, Offroad, Oman: Mountains and Plains, Our Trips, Weekend Trip Listings
Last week I blogged about our upcoming Rub Al Khali and Umm As Sameem Trip, a two and a half day, two night tour to one of the most remote areas in Oman. Just south of the Umm As Sameem, in fact all over the southern empty quarter, there are many dune massifs, locally...
by Marina Bruce | Sep 26, 2015 | Oman: Mountains and Plains
Part One One of the biggest challenges of the weekend was clearing the Oman border; the UAE had its act together and departures were processed quickly (even although the ticket machine was not working). Everyone in our party had got up very early to be there about...
by Marina Bruce | Dec 27, 2014 | Offroad, Oman: Mountains and Plains
This large area of wet/damp/sinking salty mud’s name translates to “mother of all poisons/worries” and to the camel caravans long ago it would have been a formidable obstacle to cross. The “modern” explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger was the...
by Marina Bruce | Oct 10, 2012 | Offroad, Oman: Mountains and Plains
Part three of our epic Oman adventure saw us heading in to the west of Oman, with plans to link up with the “Oman Empty Quarter” route in Mike Nott’s excellent book Off-road Adventure Routes Oman + UAE.I will start with a word of caution to any of...
