These are all the countries we visited overland during our world travels. At the bottom of this blog you will find a world map of our travels. (2007) Netherlands (2014) Belgium France Luxemburg (2015) Spain Morocco Andorra (2016) Namibia Botswana Zambia Tanzania Rwanda Uganda Kenya Malawi Zimbabwe (2017) South Africa eSwatini (Swaziland) Lesotho (2018) Germany … Read more
Here we give an overview of our trip through United Arab Emirates on the Google Maps map. We will travel in this country in January, May, October and December 2024. More details of our trip through United Arab Emirates, a day-by-day report, on Sonja’s Polarsteps. This is our trip through United Arab Emirates on the … Read more
Yes, that is how Saudi Arabia is often presented, a big sandbox. We know better by now, after more than a year in the Middle East, of which almost 5 months in Saudi Arabia, we think we have gotten to know the country a little better. We give an overview of our journey through Saudi … Read more
Here we give an overview of our journey through Saudi Arabia on the Google Maps map. We travel in this huge country on the Arabian Peninsula in different periods from November 2023 to December 2024. More details of our journey through Saudi Arabia, a day-by-day report, on Sonja’s Polarsteps. This is our journey through Saudi … Read more
Here we give an overview of our journey through Qatar on the Google Maps map. We traveled in this country from December 21-26, 2024. More details of our journey through Qatar, a day-by-day report, on Sonja’s Polarsteps. This is our journey through Qatar on the map: You can zoom in and out on the map … Read more
Here we give an overview of our journey through Bahrain on the Google Maps road map. We travel to this small island-country in the Arabian Gulf from December 11-19, 2024. More details of our journey through Bahrain, a day-by-day report, on Sonja’s Polarsteps. This is our journey through Bahrain on the map: You can zoom … Read more
We were invited by the Bahrain Riders to ride with them on the Bahrain International Formula 1 Circuit. Of course we accepted this invitation with both hands. We started in the center of Manama, the capital of Bahrain, and tried to keep up with the bikes. This was in vain in the Bahrain traffic and … Read more
The Rub al Khali desert (the Empty Quarter) is the biggest desert of this Omani and Saudi part of the Middle East.We drive 7 days in and along this enormous desert. Sometimes boring straight kilometers, but mostly interesting and diverse landscapes of colors, dunes, mountains and plains. More details of our travels, a day by … Read more
After travelling through the Middle East for over a year, we can honestly say that Oman is our favourite. The country combines everything that other countries in this unknown region have: white beaches, vast deserts, raw mountain ranges, refreshing wadis and oases, old souks and historic castles. But especially the people of Oman stole our … Read more
We got invited by Mark Woodward, Classic Safari UAE, to join him in a desert safari drive with classic Land Rover Series. Together with the Walker family we enjoy the drive in the desert. We see wild camels, we experience one of the most beautiful sunsets and get surprised by the silence and solitude of … Read more
