Thursday, December 11, 2008

My day trip to desert!!!


My pictures of the Eid day in the desert!




Start of the Day, after Salat el Eid






In the pink lagoon at Wilyat Al Jazir (Government needs to take care of the area, its full of plastic bags)








The water at the lagoon is almost over








Camel, for marianne







The Badwein house at Khadrat Al Jazir where we had our Eid Lunch...they were so nice people, we went to ask for directions and they hold us for a whole lunch and treat!!!








Head of the Bedwein house where we had our lunch!






Lunch!






Al Lakbi Souq








Al Souqra Fishing/ship yard








Al Jazir courniche








Road taking to Suqra from Al Lakbi








A view from over the hill to the fishing/boat yard/courniche








A Friendly treat at a women's house in Souqra where again we just asked directions and they didnt let us leave until we had their Qahwa








From the hills of Sharbithat








Again, we ask directions, and we are held for a Qahwa



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A beautiful sunset at Shaleem at the end of the day








I zeroed the trip meter when i left from Nimr Round About and after reaching Nimr round about, the trip meter reading was 437KM. The stops we made were only the ones in the picture shown. the whole trip is shown in the map as lime colors.we left base at 0830hrs and reached base at 1800hrs.

The road from Souqra to Shaleem is graded. wadi had made the road very bad, so if you dont like to take your 4x4 on real wadi roads, i advise you not going on that road. but the whole road is over the mountain so it really is a pleasent drive.

from Shaleem back to Nimr-Marmul main road is metal again, but we were short on time so we took a short cut from Shaleem to Amal then from Amal to nimr. Shaleem to Amal again is a graded road but in much better condition.

Other than those two, the whole route is metal and good road condition.






I will always remember this trip, one of the best trips of my life!!!