Gigantic rock arches and needles!
23 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
A different era of Rock engravings
21 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Today we passed a water spring in full desert. This was surely a stop over for caravans on the "incense route" over centuries and so the rock engravings have changed. Accompanying the old cuneiformLäs mer
On and on we go!
20 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Deeper and deeper into the sand
19 mars 2023, Saudiarabien
We are driving deeper and deeper into the sand and break the record at one hill where everyone digs themselves in. After hours of digging and using sand tracks to get out, some of us promptly getLäs mer
and the desert is calling.....
18 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
From the craters, we drove to the North, getting deeper and deeper into the desert again, this time with deep loose sand between huge bizarre sandstone structures formed by millions of years of windLäs mer
The land of 140 volcanos
15 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
This region is one of 140 volcanos and huge lava fields. The fascinating thing is, they all vary in colour, from black through white and red.
On top of it these last weeks, there have been severalLäs mer
The oasis Khaibar
14 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
As we travel north, we pass through the oasis Khaibar in a basin of a huge volcanic area with ample water and fertile soils. For thousands of years this has been a stop on the frankincense routeLäs mer
Medina; tomb of Mohammed
13 mars 2023, Saudiarabien
Mohammed, born in Mecca, was kicked out when he started preaching a new religion. He fled to Medina on a she camel, and where this camel kneeled down, god told him that this was the place to build theLäs mer
And so we fled back into nature
12 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Cities are always stress, here in Saudi all the more, due to the "cruisers" showing off their big engines, exhaust pipes or sound systems around 02:00 in the morning. We were longing for silence andLäs mer
Sleepless nights while "cruisers" cruise
11 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Having not slept the previous night, in the afternoon, we drove north to the edge of the city on an inlet from the sea in the hope of finding a quite place.
Exactly the opposite happened!
As sunsetLäs mer
Duty's done, now follows pleasure, lunch
10 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
The whole quarter is smelling of fresh rooti bread and curry. We continue to follow the crowd and end up in a square drinking chai.
Jeddah: midday prayer and the day starts
10 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
While strolling through the old city centre, we had the pleasure to participate in the friday midday prayer because it was broadcast via loudspeakers in the area. Hardly had the last thanks to AllahLäs mer
Jeddah: multi-culti on the red sea
9 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ 🌬 31 °C
Jeddah is Saudi Arabias trading port and a melting pot of ethnicities, endlessly long along the red sea.
We arrived on Thursday evening, the beginning of the moslem weekend knowing that this would beLäs mer
Ash Shafa-a true Saudi picnic
8 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Today we are in Ash Shafa, 2200 meters high, and the place where the Saudi King has his residence when the government moves to Al Ta'if in the summer months.
For hours we watched troops of baboonsLäs mer
Today, under the sign of RUBBISH
7 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
We are on the way to Jeddah, near Medina and Mecca and it is aparently time to remind us of the reality of the arabian peninsula concerning the topic of rubbish.
As we travelled through huge regionsLäs mer
700km to Al Wabah crater
7 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
700km through a desert sand storm, that is not an experience to be repeated! Our "Sprinti" was jumping across the road like a feather while sand took over the highway.
When we arrived at the Al WahbahLäs mer
Back to Nature, "Edge of the world"
5 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We fled Riad after a night awake, as Lamborghini and Ferrari raced from one side of the city to the other demonstrating their sound and power, to the escarpment, called "Edge of the world", where theLäs mer
Riad, capital of Saudi Arabia
3 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
Riad was a disappointment!
8 million people living in the middle of the flat desert, of which a small part is endlessly rich, living in huge palaces and racing around at night in lamborghinis while aLäs mer
Found it! Al Asfar lake
1 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Yesterday, we ended up in the salty mud, so today we retraced our tracks and tried a new route, and found the place we were looking for, a small dune bordering on the lake and slowly advancing intoLäs mer
Back in Saudi, looking for Al Asfar lake
1 mars 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Today, we crossed the border into Saudia Arabia with the typical border problems of no one knowing what is really needed. We then headed off into the desert, looking for Al Asfar Lake near Hofuf.Läs mer
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
27 februari 2023, Förenade arabemiraten ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
What a beautiful building, even if it is the biggest in the world!
Full of aesthetic materials from all countries of the world and carried out with incredible craftsmanship.
All designs are done withLäs mer
Abu Dhabi, so much more relaxed
26 februari 2023, Förenade arabemiraten ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
After Dubai, Abu Dhabi seemed very relaxed and quite empty with a beautiful "cornische" along the water front.
To spend the night, we drove out to one of the many islands thinking it would be quiteLäs mer
Dubai Fountain, Burj Khalifa
24 februari 2023, Förenade arabemiraten
We then moved on to the "Dubai Mall", a shopping mall the size of a small city and of course the biggest in the world. Everything shining in marble, so clean you could eat from the floor with anLäs mer
"The frame"
24 februari 2023, Förenade arabemiraten ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
In a totally spaced-out state we then went up "The Frame", literally a 150m high picture frame through which the Sheikh Rashid ibn Saeed Al Maktoum, could look from the old Dubai to the new DubaiLäs mer
Dubai, land of Illusion
24 februari 2023, Saudiarabien ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
Time to open our hearts for the craziness of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, both swimming in oil money with especially Dubai known for having completely lost contact to the ground.
With a small boat trip onLäs mer
Back to Khasab, as the hornets shoot by
23 februari 2023, Oman ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Today, we return to Khassab.
As we motor along, suddenly they appear again on the horizon, the hornets, the smugglers from Iran. (Approx 100-150 speedboats per day). This time, they pass real close,Läs mer




































































































































































































































































































































































































































