We have a low pressure area over us right now, more winds are forecast until Friday.

Saturday is hopefully going to be great for another outing!

Have been a bit busy, so I have not posted some of our photos from the past couple of weeks.

We have been using those bubbles which one fills with air and fits inside, nd they play soccer in them.

Quite funny as someone sometimes flies off as they are charged.

Then the decided to tie two together.

This allows a person to lay in them, and he gets rolled down the sand dunes.

Utterly mind boggling!

Then they thought of tying several together in a ring, and two or more can fit in as it is rolled.

Sounded like going to extremes, so we decided not to do it.

I can recognize the general areas that you use, and that seems to indicate you favor either certain areas or that the desert is not overly large. How do all the people you bring out there find where you are gathering on a given day? GPS coordinates? I can see that you would not have to be very far away and still not be able to see other vehicles. Not to be casting doubts upon the mental resources of some of the crew, but some of them do not seem to be so well provisioned between the ears as others and I can well imagine the necessity of sending out a search party/drone to round them up often enough.

You can actually be in the desert 20 kilometers out of town.

But the area is relatively flat, and that is where we go to train our falcons.

The cycling track starts from this point, and goes further about 25 kilometers too, where several tracks are inter connected to make one that is over a hundred kilometer.

Where the cycling tracks are it is relatively flat, hard ground.

It is close to this area where there are larger sand dunes, and this is the area we go to.

We arrange to meet at a certain time - normally before sun up, at a certain place close to the main road, and we head out together.

Nice! Has Walter ever ridden in the bubble?! If so, make sure his Depends are on tight!

We have not been out for a few weeks.

We seem to have high winds in the desert in the mornings which really is not much fun.

I did go out myself last week.

Saw lots of Arabian Oryx, and came across an area used for target practice by the military years ago.

Found a number of 50 BMG FMJ bullets, and some strange parts of spent ammo.

With all the baby camels I have to ask... What happens to the excess. It seems to me that they are reproducing quite successfully and at some point they look to be headed for too many camels. Is that where the camel meat comes from?

They are sold to slaughter houses.

Camel meat is available in supermarkets here.

Saeed: With all of the critters that you have, do you keep any camels at your place?

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Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
Saeed: With all of the critters that you have, do you keep any camels at your place?

No.

My father used to though.

I put GoPro cameras out on the paths Arabian Oryx take, and got some interesting videos.

Some tried to eat it the camera, some knocked it off!

We have started going out again a few weeks ago, but I am afraid I have been a bit busy with other things.

I will start a new thread and post pictures on that one.

Maktoum is learning to fly a paramotor, and he is having great fun.

Sadly too many regulations and lessons one has to take to take off.

His instructor laughed when I told him I brought one of these from the US over 40 years ago, assembled it, and took off 15 minutes later!
He could not believe it.

Took me up as a passenger with him, and I was flying the drone from the air.

Got some great videos.

We had a whole bunch of people, who absolutely refused to go up.

Until I went.

Then everyone wanted to fly.

Got a few more going out tomorrow.

Looking forward to the craziness and pics of the same again! Any new recruits, since word of your desert exploits has obviously gotten around the UAE!?

IF Saeed can doe it then the others have to try it. I saw that he seemed to participate far less on the dune surfing antics though.

What does the young camel herder think of these crazy city folks out there? He may not be willing to be so candid as to say!

How many miles do those bicycle riders put in to get out there and back?

My apologies.

Been sleeping on the job!

Too many things going on.

The camel herders look forward to seeing us.

In fact, they change direction to come to us.

These men come from Pakistan.

This is their job at home too, but here they do make a much better living wage.

The ladies always give them food and drinks, and on occasions we also give them some money.

These are the people who actually deserve charity, not organized charities.

The cycling track starts at the outskirts of Dubai.

They made a large car park there at the beginning of the tracks.

Straight road for about 18 kilometers.

Some riders just do this part, doing 2 x 18.

At the end of that 18 straight there are two tracks, which do meet back.

Total I think is over 160 kilometers.

It winds through the desert, mostly flats but they do have a couple of uphills.

It is extremely popular.

Literally thousands use it At the weekend, and a bit less throughout the week.

The municipality keeps it clean of sand.

In the summer lots of riders go there at night.