Rub Al Khali, The Empty Quarter

Unfortunately, I put a little damper onto this otherwise so amazing experience. We were allowed to camp in the reservation for the night. Before we went for the 4WD excursion I was asked to leave the dog in the car, which I did. The next morning, I took Rexby on the leash to take him for a walk. The ranger and his superior came racing their car towards me and gave me to understand that he had told me to keep the dog in the car, and I was not allowed to walk him, not even on the leash. I profusely apologized, saying I felt really sorry that I unintentionally had acted against his instructions after he was so nice to us and still had the impression, I was not able to fully appease him. So once I had packed up my car, I grabbed a bag of dates, as you are permanently gifted some you always have heaps of them in your car, went to see him to make up, but he just laughed, thanked me and all was forgiven.
And again, you Saudis are amazing!!!! Thanks so much for this unplanned adventure!Read more