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Hi Guys,
Back at home now, but it is 5:00 am and I'm as wide awake as can be. Thats what jet lag will do to you. Anyhow, the day before I left, I went on one more excursion with the guys into the dunes. We visited a spot called Fossil Rock where people like to engage in the local sport called 'Dune-busting'. This is where you drive your SUV over the dunes like a crazy person. Our intent was to do a little 4x4'ing with the Toyota Fortuna, but unfortunately, the compressor broke while in the field and we couldn't let air out of the tires. You need to let out about 30% of the air in order to grab the sand. Otherwise, it is like driving on ice.
Anyhow, we didn't get quite as far along the track as we wanted. However, we did stop and climb a couple of dunes and I was just as happy to do that. Temperature was 36oC. I was covered head to toe in sunblocker clothing (Northface pants, columbia SPF 45 long sleeve shirt and Tilley hat), but the guys I'm with are used to the heat. They also only wear flip-flops, which boggles my mind (I had hiking boots on), but it seems over there I'm the one who gets teased. Actually the locals wear sandals also. They must have the toughest, heat resistant feet on earth. Bringing water - lots of water is a must!
Where there is camel dung - there is camel toes!
Now surely - you knew I was going to post actual camels and their toes!
The sand often changes colour from a yellowish to reddish tone. In this part, the sand was predominately red, perhaps because of the iron content. Anyhow, that red sand even looks hot.
This is a shot of Fossil Rock, our original destination.
This was the driving track. As mentioned, without letting air out of our tires, we couldn't proceed. After getting stuck twice and shovelling ourselves out we decided to give up the persuit. This is the stretch (looking uphill) that defeated us! It is quite the experience driving on loose sand like this. As I mentioned, it is a lot like driving on ice.
more coming....
Back at home now, but it is 5:00 am and I'm as wide awake as can be. Thats what jet lag will do to you. Anyhow, the day before I left, I went on one more excursion with the guys into the dunes. We visited a spot called Fossil Rock where people like to engage in the local sport called 'Dune-busting'. This is where you drive your SUV over the dunes like a crazy person. Our intent was to do a little 4x4'ing with the Toyota Fortuna, but unfortunately, the compressor broke while in the field and we couldn't let air out of the tires. You need to let out about 30% of the air in order to grab the sand. Otherwise, it is like driving on ice.
Anyhow, we didn't get quite as far along the track as we wanted. However, we did stop and climb a couple of dunes and I was just as happy to do that. Temperature was 36oC. I was covered head to toe in sunblocker clothing (Northface pants, columbia SPF 45 long sleeve shirt and Tilley hat), but the guys I'm with are used to the heat. They also only wear flip-flops, which boggles my mind (I had hiking boots on), but it seems over there I'm the one who gets teased. Actually the locals wear sandals also. They must have the toughest, heat resistant feet on earth. Bringing water - lots of water is a must!
Where there is camel dung - there is camel toes!
Now surely - you knew I was going to post actual camels and their toes!
The sand often changes colour from a yellowish to reddish tone. In this part, the sand was predominately red, perhaps because of the iron content. Anyhow, that red sand even looks hot.
This is a shot of Fossil Rock, our original destination.
This was the driving track. As mentioned, without letting air out of our tires, we couldn't proceed. After getting stuck twice and shovelling ourselves out we decided to give up the persuit. This is the stretch (looking uphill) that defeated us! It is quite the experience driving on loose sand like this. As I mentioned, it is a lot like driving on ice.
more coming....
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