My friends just got back from Dubai and told me next time that I go I must do what’s called Wadi Bashing , an activity in Dubai known about by any adventure seeker worldwide. Wadis are a dry riverbed that follows the course of seasonal streams naturally carved out by flood waters flowing in and around rocky valleys. Wadi bashing is about riding through the wadi in a four-wheeled vehicle. Preferably a Land Rover or a Jeep Cherokee if one wants to be successful at Wadi Bashing.

The best season for Wadi Bashing is from October to April because most tourist can’t take the burning desert sun, but one does need to be careful about the possibilities of a flash flood. I’m not the adventuresome type, but something about this type of desert sport intrigued me. So, I book a room at the Luxury Hotels Dubai UAE six months in advance, not wanting to be the only one of my friends who hasn’t tried Wadi Bashing and not wanting to fry like a crispy-critter in the heat of summer desert. I’m pretty much of a wimp when it comes to four-wheeling, heat and desert. My friends know that I have these fears, but that doesn’t stop them from egging me on.

Wadi Bashing takes a lot of courage and an expertise in driving. It can take well over an hour or so of rough driving not only through the dry washes, but around rock pools, oases and ancient stone houses. It’s not easy to drive on sand, which my friends are experts at and will tease me to no end when they find out I booked an experienced driver because they rented their own four-wheel drive vehicles and went Wadi Bashing all on there own. I’m assuming that Wadi Bashing can be tough going because listening to my friends tell me the bashing isn’t when you hit the wadis, but when you top the dunes and that is a bone-shaking journey. I guess, as my friends tell me, it’s an experience that will last me a lifetime. I just hope I’ll have a lifetime after I go bashing.

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