first things first, I had this typed out and 40 pics loaded, hit the post topic button,,,,,board error!!!! logged me out without posting everything,,,,,,,I'll try it again.

I'm back from Dubai and all I can say is that was one hell of a great trip! Joe and I boarded a plane at LAX after upgrading to business class - best $900 I ever spent! 15+ hours later I was in the UAE! We were picked up and went to check in at the hotel, unpacked, repacked a bag and headed to the dunes for 3 days!!!

2 traditional tents and a 25' travel trailer - just in country - awaited us at camp. Met new friends and settled in. Camp cook - Sanji - was at work, cooking over an open fire, 2 huge pots. Rice and lamb, veggis and fresh fruits for dinner, served in the traditional style - large platters, men sitting all around eating with our hand (right only) and no utensils. Sitting on large rugs outside, outside under the stars, half a world away from home yet at home in the dunes.

Woke the next day to rain, on and off. It rained 3 of the first 5 days we were there and then again later on in the trip. They only get 6-8 days of rain a year. Some flooding as it rained very hard for a while, luckly we were done in the dunes and at the workshop by that time.

The dunes are much like Glamis but the sand had red and brown mixed in and there are no camels in G! We saw some penned up and some wild. 4 cars in camp and good people. Everyone I met throughout the trip was very friendly, courtieous and welcoming.

Duning was great, going to the 'hill' was more crazy than any weekend in Glamis I have seen. People everywhere, SUV's - Nissan Patrols, Toyota Land Cruisers - suv's and trucks, Range Rovers and Suzuki Samuri's, sand cars and quads. Very crowded and this was a regular weekend where they all gather to run the hill and show off and to watch the madness.

The Sand Limo Dubai shop is up and running strong. The Slinger we had in the booth at the show was the 5th car produced, #6 was in final assembly, #7 on the floor being tabbed and fitted for fiberglass and #8 in the jig. A lot of other cars in for service, Limo's, Funcos, Extreme, Tatum and a T4BB. Regular maintence to pulling motors and trans were being done.

Here are some pics, I'm no Loves Dunes so don't expect a SSSS spectacular. I have 5-600 pics and some video so I will post the highlights and get the video edited and posted to youtube - that will take a while.

Enjoy!
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Cool! Would be fun to do that some day.

WOW! Awesome trip
Look forward to seeing more of it.

J

Looks like a blast Matt. Chris Bland from CBM was filling us in on the details of his trip the other night. Interesting stories.

cool!

But what's up with this?

way cool!

Nice.

Goats getting pretty long brother!

Cool! I am heading there the last week of Jan on a business trip. I am hoping to get out and see the country, but those trips are usually work, work, work, then eat, eat, eat. Would really like to get to the dunes though!

poo poo hand and clean hand

What a great opportunity Matt!! Looks like a blast...looks just like here!! Let see some more picts...

that is awesome, your very lucky to have such a chance to see that country, and to have such a kick arse job!

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Matt,

Were you able to talk to the guy with the Funco? And if so, what was his feedback on owning a Funco in UAE????

Matt

did you get the picture i requested ?


Looks Like Fun!!!!!!!!

I have heard it is because they wipe with their left?

Ed didn't go this trip?

sucks if they loose one hand! either going to starve or just be able to wipe all the time.
Achmed come wipe me with your left hand!!

sounds like a good trip. Any more pics of the dually?? Looks sick from the back.

No! I have a ton of car work here in the states at the moment!
Maybe another time!

Maybe with the next invite, we can get a group together and hit the town and sand!!??

That would be fun!!!

Tell them I can come fix all there Mercedes over there, Im ready to go

"Vacation" of a lifetime right there. Glad you had a good time, Matt.

I havn't been on in a while, is this Bohicas Funco?

I was thinking the same thing...

I went duning in Dubai back in 2000. Had the time of my life. I've been back a few times since then.

Dubai is an awesome vacation destination. Glad you had a good time.

Damn, wish I could have got over there.

No

I'm game...

Let me know

That's why they chop off the right hand for stealing, so they have to use the left hand.


Very cool pics.

I only got one question. Do they drink beer over there?

good question, and are there in women there?
i dont think i've ever seen a pic from over there w/woman

quick post,,,,,my damm computer CRASHED just after I posted. I am sitting outside the pound right now on Razors computer. I have a lot more pics and as soon as I get up and running again I'll be sure to post more pics.

Some of the women are beautiful, beer and alcohol in some of the restaurants, not bohicas funco it belongs to one of the shiekh's, he has 2 along with a bunch of others.

I'm in Glamis till the 3rd then I should have a computer a few days after that.

I may be getting my new (to me) car this week so hopefully I'll be dunning!

Up and running with a new computer and time to share more of Dubai with ya'll

is there a way to post multiple pics w/o having to upload each one individually? how does Lovedunes do it?

Lunch and dinner in the dunes was cooked over a camp fire, Sanji (sp?) was a great cook!
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You can see it was raining on us in the dunes, on and off. The rain really hit once we were back in the city! Workshop flooded for a while and the streets were a flooded too. New cars arrived in UAE and were a mess by the time they got into the work shop.
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Here is the tallest building, the Al Burj
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sorry about the blurry pics

Our hotel!
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Booth at the auto show, the Slinger with the flames is #5 out of the Dubai Sand Limo shop.

Very cool to see these photos... livin large.

looking nice!

There is beer! in some of the hotels and in some restaurants. Some of the women were absolutely beautiful. I got some shots from the show I'll be posting soon

more of the booth and some of the Racer booth, we were told this is the first show that had sandrail mfg's!
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This is a close up of one of the Nissan Patrol hill racers, this one had a V6
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You all remember the SST? Now owned by one of the Son's of the ruler of Dubai,,,he has 2 more on order!
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Here is some carbon fiber body kit that Joe's partner, Hussain, does
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My old car, now owned by Glamis7777 made it to the show!!! sort of, was part of Hussain's slide show
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Time for dinner, be back in a few

Big blocks give me a boner!

wow love seeing all the pics very interesting

Thanks for sharing. I love to see what it's like over there

How bout some cars from the show

more I can't afford

Brabus, they had a Brabus Smart car!
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Audi
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KTM and their Xbow, would love to drive one of these!

some bikes!

NICE PIC'S

I especially like the lines on this group of cars

the dunes look really fun! but that whole sitting on the floor to eat thing just dont fly with me. my back would be screaming in 3 minutes...

I'm with ya, I was squirming and kept changing position, on 1 knee, indian style, switch knees. Every time I moved they were telling me to eat, eat more. After a while they knew I wasn't going anywhere.