Epic Experience at White Desert in Egypt. EP 47

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I joined my friend Yara and a group of her friends for an off-road weekend in the White Desert which is about 500kms away from Cairo. We arrived there late at night, set up tents whilst half asleep, but in the morning I realised how incredible this place was! The White Desert is very unique, it's colours and composition aren’t found anywhere else. These white stones look like ice. It's hard to imagine it's still on planet Earth. Some guys brought light enduro bikes on a trailer, some just drove their 4x4 cars. For the three days, we just explored the desert and played on the sand dunes.
This is Yara
Hi
Yara is hosting me here in Cairo
Yara is amazing person she races rally cars
In the freaking desert
Amazing
So this is your one of your cars but do you race it?
Yara?
No, I just go in the normal trips
Right
This is just for getting around Cairo
What is it?
And sometimes in the desert but not for racing
It's a Jeep Wrangler
Yara tell me
How did you get into racing?
Six years ago when I started racing
I didn't know about rally racing
Until I brought my first car and I joined one of my desert trips
With some of my friends
And then I knew about rally racing
So I said why not?
Let's try it
You have a go
Yes, I fixed my car to be a rally race
Which many people think that the rally cars that you have to modify it mechanically
More powerful, more speed
But it's not that mandatory
It's not mandatory at all
I switched to Toyota Land Cruiser a year after
Because I joined one of the big teams that was sponsored by Toyota
And I had to buy a Toyota to be able to join their team
We are going away for the weekend to the desert
To the white desert
With Yara
The Oasis
Yara where are we going?
To the desert
Yes, to the white desert
And there is Julie
Can you spot Julie?
She's there
I got so much stuff
Imagine taking all of that on our bikes
Not possible
So what are we gonna do there Yara?
We're gonna hang out there for three days
Yes, the sightseeing of the white desert is one of the spectaculars
And the hot springs
Did you get your swimsuit?
No
Did you tell us to get the swimsuit?
We can manage that
We'll just go naked
Yes, or in the underwear
No one will tell the difference between the underwear and the swimsuit
All good
So
Traffic is
I'm scared to be in a car here
Turn out the location we were heading to last night
Was 350 kilometers away from Cairo
We left quite late
We got here at 2 a.m
So I couldn't really see where exactly
What exactly is going on around us
But now I just got up
And look at the view
This is the white desert
The name
They named it this way because it's got this white sandstone
Creations
It just looks like
Ice sculptures
In a desert
Pretty unbelievable
And I'm here with a group of people
There are some forward drivers
There are some guys who brought their
Enduro bikes
So it's gonna be really fun three days
I'm looking forward to it
We're about to start our day one adventure
In a white desert
So we're in a car with Yara
There are bikes in front of us
Yep
Yara, where are we going today?
To the magic spring
And to the dunes it's called
I didn't take my towel
But this is the dry one
The other one is the one that has a hot one
Okay, let's do it
I'm a little bit scared because Yara
Is not driving slow
I'm driving super slow
No, you're not
What happened?
That caught into your
Caught into your what?
In the chain
Yeah
I have a cut in my leg
Okay, tie your shoelaces
Yes
Do you have a band-aid?
Oh, no
First flat tire today
Teamwork
One, two, three and it's done
Nearly
You work with what you've got, yeah?
Anything you will do
Fortunately, it didn't work
So you're leaving your bike here
And we're gonna pick it up later on, yeah?
We're gonna die
Late on the day
Our dry OS
Is where it's actually not that dry
There is water there
So let's try
We didn't have to take swimmers
I don't know
Who do they belong to?
In case you wonder
How I'm getting reception out in the desert
I just need to climb this hill
And hopefully I get some reception
Is everyone ready for a group picture?
Yeah?
Cheese?
Cheese
Day two of our adventure
We're still alive but hardly
Now we're going to the west hot spring
Yeah?
And they're so scary
We're gonna die
Not today
I don't know about that
Don't run
That's hot
It's time to go for a ride
Chillie's not here but that's okay
I'm gonna go on this little thing
You guys having shower?
Cheers
She's gonna kill me emotionally for sure
If not physically
I'm breaking your fears
We are stuck at the dune
No we're not
In the middle
Look
We're lining up for our last group picture
Our great weekend is about to finish
Time to go back to Cairo
I'm stuck
Yeah, I don't mind
