GaNgNaM StYle

[BettyPo]

Meeting at 8pm worked out well and the regular given 30 minute waiting time gave all plenty of room to show up in time, except for Bader of course:011:
I decided to take Betty's brother instead of her sister as I thought no drive would be involved, but as it turned out a short night drive was included lead by JEEP master Momo and I got convinced to sit as a passenger:016: Well, sitting with an angry Sarookh who drives in 2-wheel on 20 PSI was not a bad decission though I felt sick towards the end:033:. At least he was in a better mood and showed plenty of leg during camp:030:
The combined camp with joiners from all 3 drives for the following morning gave an amazing atmosphere with chit chats, laughs, hell of food and even some entertainment!:015:

I keep receiving complaints by my friends that I do not have time for them anymore since I fell for the desert and my growing passion for being in the sand box, rather then spending time in malls.
I invited one of my friends (Abdullah) to join whom I have known for years, who truly enjoyed Sarookhs drive and even more the camp stating that he liked the people (YOU) as they all are like family!! So here we go again and he is thinking to get a 4x4 again as he enjoyed himself so much and says thanks to all.

I am thanking especially all chef's who cooking in the kitchen a new dish out for all of us on a weekly basis and volunteering their time to watch over us and of course the real chef's who catered plenty of food for us during the evening.

Hope to see you all sometime soon and share your experience......

Nancy aka BettyPo

[Sarookh]

First Thank you Nancy and Abdullah to keep me company and putting up with that night C...y :stupid: driving :038:

I arrived to meeting the point a bit late as i was not planning to join but things change and i needed to steam offfffffffffffffffffffffffffffff big time.:014:

We drove to the pink rock and back to camp where the food and good mood was waiting for all of us....Thank you Mazaj, Khatib, Abu Jimmy, Bu Tareq, Hamdan for the good food and halwa and yes Omar for the amazing Turkish Coffee.

In the morning every one took off towards to his meeting point with a big smile and even before starting the drive.


Our drive was led by Hamdan and nothing less to be expected, it was A Gam Gam style for real:011: :like:


In the end, all my steam, pressure and anger disappeared and a big obvious smile took place, i love you people (almost family) for all the above and more :triumphant:

[BADER BARGHOUTHI]

hello everybody,

my report will be Gangnam Style ,

the trip started in the morning with the lead HAMDAN :045:,

At night almost drivers gathered in tawi nazwa shops, then intermediate and advanced drivers went for night Quik nihgt drive with the lead Alkhateeb:048: , and it was very interesting and full of full fun and we reach pink rock and took around and back again to the meeting point in tawi nazawa shops to catch up with the newbi drivers and after that ALL drivers all levels went to the camp spot.

Now the night camp or i could say night full over loaded stomach food:001:, Mazaj, bu hamdan brought plenty of food like chicken MANDI , Ozi, knafa, khabsa, and loqaimat and Omani sweets:024: ... after everybody ate and i was the last person who stop eating coz kallas and hamdan and abu tariq and others keep saying eat eat " mans food for what they do " :011:in arabic means اكل الرجال على قد افعالها and i was eating and they laugh and poor Lamboo, and hamdan the traction contol is out and i was like BOOM :036: i ete everything and time for sleeping which i sleept directly.

in the Morning Hamdan started his gangnam style and we were 15 cars and drove upto super bowl and we finish at 11:40am . no stucks no issues GOODJOB DRIVERS :045:

thanks to MAZAAJ, Bu Hamdan , Abu tariq, and all Marshals for everything اكرمكم الله

i think i gain 10kg after that night :011:

[Paul]

Hi Guys

I had been invited to dinner by Mazaaj on Thursday night. It was to be a group celebration.
I accepted the invitation assuming it would be in a mall or a restaurant somewhere.......

I had other commitments for Friday morning so couldn't join any of the drives, but could make the Thursday night dinner.
I called Mazaaj on Thursday afternoon to confirm the arrangements. Nizwa at 20:00.....
The penny dropped. Not a mall. Very narrow minded of me. This is not the Almost4x4 way.

The Pre dinner activity was a 1 1/2 hour "Khatib style" loop around Pink Rock.
What a blast. I loved every second of it.
I felt at ease for the first time at night and just relaxed and enjoyed myself.
The pace was fast and the track was flowing and technical. Tricky for the day and super fun adrenalin rush for the night.
Thank you Khatib.

The dinner camp was only a short easy drive from Nizwa.
To the gentlemen who provided the awesome dinner, thank you. You guys outdid you selves.
Good food, good company and a great evening.
Thank you all for a wonderful evening. I wish I could have stayed longer.

Regards
Paul

[salhinai]

I met with the guys/gals at the shops at the meeting point expecting to drive to the camp site, but to my delight I was told by Alkhatib that we will have a night drive to pink rock and back to join the rest of the group. We deflated our tiers and off we went. The track was nice and had fun going though it. On the way back we saw the newbie's convoy just moving out on the other side of the road at Tewi Nizwa and caught up with them at the camp site. At the camp site we were treated to an awesome diner courtesy of Alkhatib, Abu Jimmy, Mazzaj and bu Hamdan. The food was good by itself and to finish it of there were some nice sweets that were very tempting which made it harder to say no to them. There were some nice home made Luqaimat (courtesy of Mazzaj), Kunafa and Omani Halwa (courtesy of Abu Tariq). Having gone through all that food we sat around the camp fire drinking the legendary Karak tea made by the master (Hamdan) and chit chatted till around 2.

In the next day we drove back to the shops and met up with the other participants and split up into 3 convoys. The GanGanam track was awesome and thanks to marshals and drivers it was a smooth one.

Thanks Alkhatib, Abu Jimmy, Mazzaj and bu Hamdan for the food.
Thanks to all the marshals, explorers, Advance drivers, fellow intermediate drivers and others for an excellent weekend.