Travelogues Saudi Arabia

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Camels fit into the desert like sneakers on a sports field. They have wide feet equipped with fat pads, allowing them not to sink quickly. They possess particularly long...

Report on the fieldwork for tagging green and hawksbill turtles in the Red Sea.

Once again on tour in the desert with Roel and the other boys and girls from GPTours. Yesterday, around 50 VIP guests from Holland flew in, who were allowed to drive in the...

Actually, the day started quite normal: getting up early, heading to the next - and final bivouac: Bisha in the south. .. the usual search for water, driving through cities,...

Today, I (Felix) would like to say a few words myself! While Susann has been diligently working on her doctoral thesis in the past week, I went on a small expedition to the lagoon...

Just from Al Dawadimi > Wadi Ad Dawasir, said the Dakar organization - so 800km in the truck = 12 hours on the road south. But first, dispose of wastewater: for this,...

This is the 'Dakar'.. every day everything can suddenly be different: In the prologue, both trucks were still in the top ten, then on the 2nd day several hours ! time loss for...

Liasion to Al Qaisumah- another 600km drive. But first quickly the water aria part 2 - however, thanks to the tank truck and 2-stroke pump (started with hand and rope) quickly...

What does a service truck like our 'Dakar hotel' with built-in shower, toilet, kitchen, and sleeping places need a lot of? Right! Especially diesel and water. Diesel? No problem...

The Mushroom Rock is really very photogenic. Wadi Dhisha is the most beautiful valley we have visited so far. Originally, only cars are allowed to pass through, but if you're...

Wonderful coast, only staying and swimming not allowed!! The entire border of KSA is closely monitored by the Border Control. Most of the time, permission to stay is granted,...

So now off to the bivouac in King Abdullah's Sport City, where the crew had already brought the cars from the port. Everything is being prepared, triple checked and inspected. ...

Now the final tests of the racing vehicles, then we can finally get started. About 40m outside of the bivouac there is a good test track with almost tracks, sand, and also some...

Not easy to get to the Red Sea as camping is only allowed at a distance of 500m and swimming is prohibited anyway! The megaproject Neon is in full swing, 1000s of trucks are on...

The Red Sea is gigantic for snorkeling, you can see all kinds of fish and corals. Received a bottle of homemade red wine from a nice Austrian living in KSA. Sand duning with...

After 550 km of absolutely straight road, we reach Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Visit to the National Museum, with meteorite and prehistoric...

In the middle of Saudi Arabia, there is a region with thousands of extinct volcanoes. Here we met a couple from Switzerland whom we had met 3 years ago in Sweden! The two of...

30h at the reef

Warm welcome from the Saudis After the wedding, the women, separate from the men, organize their own daily activities. When taking pictures, the face cover is naturally removed!...

12 hours on the road - starting in Jeddah at over 25 degrees, then encountering thunderstorms, rain, and temperatures below 15 degrees while traveling. Then, amazing landscapes...

Saudi National Day, everyone dresses in traditional attire. Women in black as usual and men in white! It could be mistaken for a carnival, but the costumes and weapons are worn...

In the area, there are exclusively volcanoes that have ejected black lava, but one of them decided to spit out white lava.

Old town of Jeddah, often still inhabited. But not by Saudis! A liter of diesel costs 19 cents here, but 10 gigabytes of internet costs 40€! Clothing store, modern or...

Mountains that look like dragons! We have never seen such landscapes before. Monkeys that are not always very friendly.

Attention desert pictures, contagious! The Rub' is the largest sand desert in the world, we drove over 700 km in it.

Easter has also broken out on our ship. Huge chocolate Easter eggs, painted eggs, rabbits and turtles (???). There was also an Easter basket in the cabin. After safely sailing...

Train to Frankfurt, 30 minutes later - but no problem, then a smooth flight with Saudi-Air to Jeddah, I think the 2nd largest city in Saudi on the Red Sea - about 2 million...

The rock art is between 40,000 and 80,000 years old.

The small one is at most 1 hour old. Partially, the old villages are rebuilt as museums.