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January
2010 –
Reconnaisance & final roadbook
Early April 2010 - Scrutineering
& vehicles shipment from Europe.
Friday
April 16, 2010 (or earlier if you wish)
Plane Europe/Cairo. Transportation to our hotel in 6th October City
(50 km from the airport) at the desert gates.
Scrutineering of Egyptian vehicles or of those arrived by their own
means.
Saturday
April 17, 2010 - 230 km
Liaison by the Road of the Oasis = 60 km
SS1 = 170 km - Heading
straight North alongside the dunes of Qattanîya then cutting
on the side of 4 other chains of dunes then sea of sand up to the
Qattara Depression & the famous Lake Maghra located among the
dunes 50 meters below the sea level. Bivouac in the dunes near the
lake.
Sunday
April 18, 2010 - 310 km
SS2 = 195 km - Around
the lake with an up and down near the water then heading straight
South to Ghurd Abu Muharik, the longest chain of dunes in the world.
Lunch + refueling.
SS3 = 75 km - Along
Ghurd Abu Muharik then technical& winding track up to the Oasis
of Bahariya.
Liaison = 40 km. Hotel in the palm grove.
Monday
April 19, 2010 - 280 km
Liaison = 50 km.
SS4 = 180 km - Dunes,
sand & hard ground.
Liaison = 50 km.
Bivouac on the dunes of the lake of Sitra.
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Tuesday
April 20, 2010 - 240 km
Liaison = 90 km.
SS5 = 150 km absolutely
amazing in dunes quite tricky: each one must be passed by being already
positioned for the next one.
Hotel in Siwa in a palm grove located in the old city.
Wednesday
April 21, 2010 - 260 km
SS6 = 180 km of surfing
the “cathedral-dunes” - breathtaking!
Liaison 80 km.
Bivouac in the dunes.
Thursday
April 22, 2010 - 250 km
Liaison = 55 km
SS7 = 195 km: Sand,
ups and downs, dunes…
Bivouac in the dunes of Lake Mahgra.
Friday
April 23, 2010 - 250 km
SS8 = 160 km: We go
out of the Qattara Depression through a different chain of dunes.
Again surfing the dunes.
Liaison = 90 km
Méridien Pyramids Hotel.
Saturday
April 24, 2010 - 50 km
Convoy to the Sakkara Country Club: 10 km.
SS9 = 30 km. Last one
on the plateau of Sakkara. A 10 km-loop 3 times.
Back to the hotel.
Dinner & awards at Andrea’s next to the Pyramids.
Sunday
April 25, 2010
(or later if you wish)
Return flight to Europe.
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