Wadi Rum with a four wheeled camel
admin September 18th, 2007
Gavin and Catkin are travelling to New Zealand the long way, the very long way - driving a LandRover from the UK. But not just any old LandRover. This one functioned as a support vehicle in the 1995 Camel Trophy event and still carries the distinctive Camel Trophy colours and markings. You may have spotted it in Jordan recently.
After a recent pit stop at Petra, they headed for the wild landscape of Wadi Rum and had great fun driving through that tough and barren territory.
We had a wonderful 3 days playing in the soft sand… I mean learning about how the car manages soft sand and improving our driving techniques. Luckily, in spite of our weight and skinny tyres, we did not get bogged down to the extent that we needed to get the shovel, or the sand ladders, or let out tyre pressure, or find a local to drag us out. Unlike one party of flash 4 wheel drivers who kept us entertained for nearly an hour as one driver managed to lose parts from his car in the sand and another got well and truly stuck.
Follow their continuing adventures on the CamelRiders blog (and yes, they rode camels too).
