Mountains at last!

Our real soul lives in the mountains and deserts. This is where we breathe out and feel connected with the universe. And if it happens offroad, this is pure adrenalin on top!
Today, we headed off back into the mountains of northern Oman with aiming at Salmah, Bilad Sayt and a 2000 meter high Plateau as our direction.
It was exhilarating and flabberghasting from the first minute. Gravel Roads climbing higher and higher over incredibly narrow rocky tracks with steep slopes dropping off; and then suddenly, you have a truck coming down the hill the other way!
This is the moment of truth when you reverse 100 meters to find a space to let him pass, and then you suddenly feel the ground breaking away under the front left tire.
Oh my, oh my!
What a feeling of relief when we drove on!
But back a few steps.
We drove to Wadi Bani Awf for 15 kms along the Wadi floor to the snake canyon, which becomes narrower and narrower, cutting deep into the mountains. When it became too narrow, we headed off to the right up a track that has been the steepest yet. "Sprinti" was no longer driving but climbing!
Night set in along the way, and so we found a small plateau to spend the night in total silence broken by the occasional villager 4x4 climbing past. These crazy people were actually driving this by night! But then I suppose they drive this route several times per week; because there are actually villages in these mountains!Read more