Turkey Shoot…
So there you have it. Unofficially back in Europe although still technically Asia for a bit. I’ll post a comprehensive article about the what, where, why and WTF about Iraq in a bit. I might do it in bits as…
Kuwait Green Card Pass to travel to Iraq
Entry Gate below GPS 29.24375, 47.97391 GOOGLE Map Link opens new window Permit Building GPS 29.24364, 47.97303 To get out of Kuwait into Iraq you need to go to a Kuwait government office to get what they call a green…
KSA to KW – Al Khafji to Al Nuwaiseeb Border Crossing
Another drive-through border with a few strange things which are becoming even more common nowadays like retina scans and stuff on top of your fingerprints and photos. When you arrive at the border there are a few no stops you…
Ghost Ship….
This is one empty mall. Doesn’t help that it’s Ramadan so all the food places are closed. Shops open but no people. Sad. It was a very nice Mall and had really good WiFi and it even had a small…
Border Insurance Kuwait Costs…
Around the World in 80 Minutes…
After a random but generous offer of “overlander overnight facilitie”s on Facebook we made contact with Nara and Amin. They offered overlanders showering, sleeping and laundry facilities out of the blue in a Facebook post. Turns out we were the…
Shocker…
Just out of town (luckily only just past the checkpoint) and I think something is wrong. I can hear a slight grinding when slowing for the checkpoint. The car had been feeling a bit bouncy since yesterday. I attributed this…
The Mirror Crack’d
Never got to see much of the mirrored building initially as the minute we arrived through the gate there was something wrong with Henrietta and specifically her clutch. More on that later in another post. There is a gate across…
Tales of Meeting and Parting…
We arranged to meet one of the members from the Overlanding Association WhatsApp group. You may not even know that the Overlanding Association is pretty much half my fault. But that’s another story all together. We run 35 or so…
Blind Date…
Been a long time coming. Milady Landy came to the Dakar Bivi to see us. At least that’s what I’m telling myself as maybe they came for the race. Anyhow a chance encounter with racing Defender TD5 Andrew from AliSport…
Fast X
Since we were in Saudi Arabia at the right time of year we decided to go to see the Dakar race. In the first place we waited for a few days and decided to go to an earlier viewing point…
UAE to KSA – Al Ghuweifat to Al Batha Border Crossing
Quite a simple border really although it was quite stressful beforehand as we understood it was really difficult and it was actually quite painless. We did make a monumental mistake at the beginning and missed the turn off for the…
Oman to UAE – Khatmat Border
Quite an easy border really but as you would expect for the Middle East and for a modern country. Some of the huts on the side of the road had people in them but they were only interested in things…
NatureHike Fire Pit...
Some of you have asked me about one of the pictures where we are using an off-ground fire pit. This is the manufacturer "NatureHike" it's officially listed as this on their website "Stainless Steel Camping Burning Rack" ...
Plastic Sea…
Yeah there really is a TV series called that… And an idyllic picture of the beach in Kenya at Diani looking like it should. But what it’s really like in parts is this. This is of course nothing to what…