Wadi Khadra, Saudi Arabia

[boozewz]

Its not all desert and dunes out here. We managed to find a nice watering hole, with some palm trees amid the deserts on a recent trip we took. It was a short 200km drive north of Jeddah. We had a 200 series Landcruiser, a FZJ71 (topless), a FZJ74 (fiberglass top), a FJCruiser, and a Nissan Patrol GQ.

The view once we got to the bottom of the Wadi was spectacular.

The meeting point.

Once off the highway, there are a bunch of trails/washboard tracks with forks in the road. Its impossible to find the trail that leads to the Wadi without GPS

The decent was narrow, steep, and rocky. You wouldnt want to be here during a flash flood.

What greated us at the bottom of the Wadi.

The owner of this rig rolled over, hence the lack of roof. Come summer time he'll no doubt be putting a soft top on.

 

[flamewerks]

Very cool! Didn't expect that kind of scenery!

 

[Scott Brady]

Nice 70 series!

We like the dunes too.

Thanks for posting the trip

 

[Rot Box]

Great pics! I love the FZJ74 its--uh--mini! :bike_rider:

 

[boozewz]

Great pics! I love the FZJ74 its--uh--mini! :bike_rider:

Yeah them 70 series Landcruisers are really popular here in Saudi.The FZJ74 only came in limited numbers, and its very very difficult to find clean ones on the market.

The most popular models of the 70 series are the 2 door petrol (FZJ71) and the pickups (FZJ79). In fact I cant imagine they sell more of those anywhere else in the world than here. Despite diesel only costing $0.29/gallon, people still prefer the petrol engines (petrol goes for $0.59/gallon).:smiley_drive:

Thanks for the kind comments. I'll be posting up some more trip pics later in a seperate thread.

 

[Scott Brady]

I need to make a trip over there to do a trip. Looks like a wonderful place to explore.

 

[Mr. Leary]

I need to make a trip over there to do a trip. Looks like a wonderful place to explore.

x2.

Enjoyed the pics, thanks for sharing.

 

[E4x4Eric]

Nice rigs and a very nice place to wheel. Thanks for posting,

 

[Overland Hadley]

Amazing landscape!

And some very nice rigs. Thanks for posting.

 

[Jrally]

I'm in total agreament, great pictures, great scenery and great rigs... Living in the desert, it's always great to find and explore the little oases. There are a few around here...

-Jon

 

[stolenheron]

fantastic shots, great looking rigs

 

[boozewz]

Thanks for the kind comments guys. Saudi is about 1/3 the size of the US, so there is plenty for us to see. Need more time off work!

It snowed yesterday in Tabuk, in the northern region, near the Jordanian border. Its too late to make a trip as its probably melted by now, but at least we can look at the pics and dream:Wow1:

(I did not take these pics)

 

[mohannadAs]

ما شا ء الله مواضيعك جدا رائعة
اخوك ابو حمزة
very nice pics keep up the good job
liked the mastoora trip

 

[BurbanAZ]

Yeah them 70 series Landcruisers are really popular here in Saudi.The FZJ74 only came in limited numbers, and its very very difficult to find clean ones on the market.

The most popular models of the 70 series are the 2 door petrol (FZJ71) and the pickups (FZJ79). In fact I cant imagine they sell more of those anywhere else in the world than here. Despite diesel only costing $0.29/gallon, people still prefer the petrol engines (petrol goes for $0.59/gallon).:smiley_drive:

Thanks for the kind comments. I'll be posting up some more trip pics later in a seperate thread.

wow those gas prices would be amazing, were just under $4.00 for gasoline here in the AZ