The Wahiba Sands were a little disappointing. They were nowhere near as high and dramatic as the dunes we had seen in the UAE, and the sand wasn’t the same pretty color. The “dune bashing” was very tame compared to what we had done in the UAE as well. Not only were the vehicles underpowered, but the sands were softer. In fact, one of the vehicles in our group managed to get stuck (we were the only two in our car, but there was another 2 cars from the same company on the same trip). We had to hang out in a ‘Bedouin Camp’ nearby while they pulled the vehicle out of the sand with out vehicle. I believe this ate into most of the time we should have had driving around the dunes. As it was, we only had about half an hour of dune bashing, and half an hour running up and down the dunes. A little disappointing, given the fact that the day was supposed to be all about the dunes.
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