{}Grand Iftar Drive{} 17th JUN 2016{}

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  • Marshal.alnaqbi
    June 11, 2016 at 7:00 pm #2579

    The Holy month of Ramadan is almost at its tail end, 30 days of fast and prayers. This year, in the intense heat it wasn’t easy after all. Opening of fast or Iftar would be somewhere after 7pm daily as the fast normally lasts from dawn to sunset. Muslims and non-muslims tend to gather with friends and family to break fast and so does various community of people. Speaking of communities, every off-road club has their Iftar drives, a quick run through the summer sand to find a spot under the stars to break the fast or do ‘Iftari’. It brings people together in the spirit of Ramadan.
    This practise has been prevalent since a few years as an annual event, any reason to get together with like minded people, more or less. All the clubs decide to get together off Rifadaah desert area in the outskirts of Sharjah along Dubai-Hatta Road to break fast together. A splendid idea!!

    They have their individual drives but closer to Iftar all the club members meet at a common spot, fondly referred to as ‘Iftar Bowl’.

    hope to see all our member in this trip.

    Day and date: Friday 17th of June 2016
    Drive Type: ONE or TWO Parallel convoy
    Meeting Point: Al Rawdah Mosque in Tawi Ghadaya
    Google maps users (just copy and paste in Google maps): 24.909062, 55.738267
    GPS users:N24° 54.537′ E55° 44.293′
    Meeting Time: 16:30 Hrs.
    Drive Start: 16:45 Hrs.
    Drive End: sunset
    Duration: 2 Hours
    Drive Route: tracks, simple with some dunes to reach iftaar bowl
    Drive Terrain: Sand

    Please carry food/ Snacks/ Drinks for self and companions and 20% to shear.
    This drive is for all members and their families.

    Checklist:
    a) Keep your emergency contact info at vehicle dashboard.
    b) Carry air compressor with you and ensure it’s in working condition.
    c) Ensure your 4×4 vehicle is in perfect condition and with enough fuel.
    d) Compatible Radio is a must.
    e) Carry all necessary off-road gear / recovery equipment in good working condition.
    f) Carry enough water / refreshments / re-hydration drinks for self & co-passenger(s).

    Aurel
    June 12, 2016 at 5:27 am #35986

    Hi Abdalla, great idea thanks.
    Can we bring BBQ meat or prepared food only?
    Have a nice week

    Xclub
    June 12, 2016 at 8:52 am #35988

    Will meet you guys at Iftar Bowl at 6.30pm. Have family riding with me so need to take the easiest route to the bowl.

    Marshal.alnaqbi
    June 12, 2016 at 10:55 am #35989
    quote Aurelien:

    Hi Abdalla, great idea thanks.
    Can we bring BBQ meat or prepared food only?
    Have a nice week

    hello Aurelien
    Anything its your choice

    Matteo
    June 13, 2016 at 10:27 am #35992
    quote John.Xterra:

    Will meet you guys at Iftar Bowl at 6.30pm. Have family riding with me so need to take the easiest route to the bowl.

    Hey John, I am bringing my mother too so I need to take the easy, easy route too but I think this is the plan.

    Abdalla, are we taking mainly tracks to Iftar bowl with easy driving or is the plan to bash dunes a bit too?

    Thank you

    Marshal.alnaqbi
    June 13, 2016 at 12:06 pm #35994
    quote matthewficco:

    quote John.Xterra:

    Will meet you guys at Iftar Bowl at 6.30pm. Have family riding with me so need to take the easiest route to the bowl.

    Hey John, I am bringing my mother too so I need to take the easy, easy route too but I think this is the plan.

    Abdalla, are we taking mainly tracks to Iftar bowl with easy driving or is the plan to bash dunes a bit too?

    Thank you

    Yes matt our plan to take track from starting point to Iftaar bowl however there is some dunes wich is close to Iftaar bowl that we need to cross to rech the point.
    As I mentioned it will be one or two parallel convoy mixed level so we should take an easy route.

    Matteo
    June 14, 2016 at 4:56 am #35995

    Thank you Abdalla!

    Jay
    June 15, 2016 at 5:54 am #35999

    Hi Abdalla,

    What time will we be back?

    Thanks
    Sujay

    Marshal.alnaqbi
    June 15, 2016 at 10:36 am #36001

    The Iftaar time is 19:05 so after having it we will exit around 20:00, meby some Marshal plan to exit earlier or late

    Matteo
    June 19, 2016 at 5:14 am #36043

    We had a great drive on Friday afternoon :drive: . Thanks to Abdalla for organizing and leading the newbie convoy :thanks: and Joe for leading the fewbie convoy :thanks: . It was amazing to see so many cars out at Iftar bowl and a strong showing from DO :ymparty: .

    I believe we had around 25 to 30 cars out there 😮 . The newbie convoy had 14 cars in total led by Abadalla with Sam, Baher, and Ahmad keeping the peace in the back. We took some nice easy tracks to reach Iftar bowl around 6pm. Since there was no one else there we decided to continue on driving a bit tackling some of the larger dunes nearby :yesss:

    We met up with the fewbie convoy shortly before arriving back at Iftar Bowl at 7pm :ymhug: . It was great to see such a crowd of UAE offroaders all gathered. After celebrating Iftar together with a variety of delicacies our group started to slowly disperse in mini convoys. It was a unique and relaxing afternoon spent with good company in the desert!

    Thanks DO :ymapplause: :thanks:

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