@choxy
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Thank you, Zarir 🙂
Ahmad, please count me in for the desert camp. I will come along with my three children – total 4 people.
Hi – I’ve only done a single drive but would like to come along – would that be OK?
I’d just like to thank all involved in the learners drive yesterday. I had a great time and the marshal’s were excellent.
Thank you!
Hi Ahmad, I will be coming along today for my first learners drive. Thanks for organising. Looking forward to it.
Hello, my name is Alastair Woolley and I arrived in Dubai in August this year with my wife and three daughters.
At the moment we are renting a very small and very cheap run around, so no chance of off-roading at the moment, but I was hoping to get some advice on what sort of 4×4 to get. It needs to be good enough for excursions into the desert, but also pretty comfortable for the day to day school runs and trips to the mall. My budget is going to be in the region of 60-70k AED and I have heard good things about the Toyota Fortuner and Prado (the former probably being closer to my budget), but any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I previously (15 years ago) lived in Riyadh and had many trips to the “desert” in my old Land Rover Light Weight. I put desert in quotes because the terrain around Riyadh is not at all sandy, more scrub like, so the driving is much less challenging, though still great fun.
I am an IT Network Engineer by trade, although I am still looking for work since my arrival – luckily my wife works and is supporting us at present.
Hopefully we will have our 4×4 in the next few weeks and be able to come along on one of the newby adventures.
All the best
Alastair
