Phase 1 – Middle East & North Africa
A super quiet night and not as cold as I thought it would be. It was cold, but the pod is fairly warm even without the diesel heater being kicked into action. I think might need to get some diesel and try it out though. Bruce the Jeep is doing ok though, I do feel […]
UAE to Jordan Day 4 – 13 Feb 23 Monday Read More »
Still annoyed about my solar, my engineering friend Alif messaged me with a potential reason for the alternator not powering the solar battery. It makes perfect sense and helps, but does not calm my annoyance at the fitting when I made it very clear how I wanted my set up. I think we can survive
UAE to Jordan Day 3 – 12 Feb 23 Sunday Read More »
We wake up to the sound of wild dogs. Not bothering us, just running around the bush, chasing each other. Breakfast is porridge and fruit, which I serve to ‘Lady Becky’ still in bed. She claims she did not sleep too well, but it sounded like she did unless I was mistaken and it was
UAE to Jordan Day 2 – 11 Feb 23 Saturday Read More »
We spent the night before the trip frantically over thinking, running around the Villa and try to find, this, that and the other to pack into Bruce and the trailer. We did not finish until nearly midnight so there was no way that we were going to be up early enough to be at the
UAE to Jordan Day 1 – 10 Feb 23 Friday Read More »
There was a rather strange period in the early hours of the new day! All of a sudden the insects and animals went to sleep and the temperature cooled to a bearable level that we both got a couple of hours sleep. It was super calming and peaceful. Feeling refreshed and after a cooling wash
Trailer Shakedown (Day 2) – Oman Read More »
At the end of a tough week for both of us with work we emerge from our office Saturday morning with our eye down on Bruce the Jeep and the trailer desperate to take them for the first shakedown and test run. We quickly load, gather camera equipment, make a detour via the supermarket for provisions
Trailer Shakedown (Day 1) – Oman Read More »
What a cracking night. Only woken twice. Once by the Omani Environmental Officer driving by on his patrol and then waking to reach out for the blanket because there was a slight chill in the air. When it is so quiet, noise does travel so we heard a faint call to prayer, the waves crashing
Oman – Eid Visit (Day Five) Read More »
May the fourth be with you all Star Wars geeks. We might not be in a galaxy far, far away but we are in a country far, far away and now settles into life in the road. Yes there are many challenges but you adapt and over come, even after grumbling and kicking the ground
Oman – Eid Visit (Day Four) Read More »
t was a busy night in the carpark. We picked the wrong spot for sure. Disappointed really as this was hard ground, level and dark. After slipping into a coma at gone 1am and disturbed only a handful of times by the fishermen we are suddenly aware of a police car pulling up beside us.
Oman – Eid Visit (Day Three) Read More »
We wake to the gentle breaking of waves, a completely empty beach except a large pack of wild dogs who decided that it would be good for an early morning paddle in the sea. They also decided to tell each other about it so the only two humans on the beach with them might wake
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