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Break in Thailand: Wischnewski left alone in Saudi (August 2023)

Hello all! 

Today we send a different kind of blogpost: we made a 5 week break of travelling and went to Thailand (Chiang Mai). That city is well known for us. We visited Chiang Mai the 4th time. This time the plan was just to relax and eat all those delicious food. For 10 days inbetween we also got a visitor from Germany: ‚Anna‘ (the daughter of very good friends from Düsseldorf) joined us for eating lot of beautiful food in the streets of Chiang Mai 🙂

So the pictures we brought today show – of course – a lot of that delicious food. Enjoy! …you very likely will get a big appetite after watching the pictures 🙂

Best wishes from
Heike and Carsten

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Wischnewski is back in Saudi (April 2023)

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In April 2023 we (for the second time) went to Saudi Arabia. That country is so big that it needs months to investigate. As we already indicated in our first blog post, we quickly became big fans of Saudi Arabia. Since this country offers so much positive surprises, wonderful people, astonishing cultural understanding and a great landscape to visit. The heat became a bit of a struggle for us but that did not come as a surprise (desert without heat? No!). By the way: driving through the desert is just the best!!

One thing is clear: Saudi Arabia is a perfect country to visit for overlanders. It is still developing everything that is related to tourism but maybe this is what it makes so extratordinary. A real adventure. And so good to experience that Saudi and the Arabic world is nothing like we think it is (from the media). 

Best wishes from
Heike and Carsten

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Wischnewski in Oman – 3/3 (March 2023)

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A very special part of our trip in Oman was a trip that we took through the Omani desert ‚Wahiba Sands‘. We met in a group of 5 offroad trucks to master the desert. That was extraordinary. Driving on dunes and through sand is very special. So is sitting around the campfire place in the night enjoying the beautiful stars of the milky way (nowhere better than in the desert). We formed such a great group of overlanders, that was very big fun and definitely a highlight of our overall trip so far.  

Best wishes from
Heike and Carsten

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Wischnewski in Oman – 2/3 (February 2023)

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In Oman there is a nice area in the south-west, close to the border of Jemen, called ‚Salala‘. This was another pretty beach area. We also drove through impressive mountain areas and the famous Omani ‚Wadis‘ (often dry riverbeds that – here and there – get water from the surrounding mountains – there the Omani live and agriculture takes place)

Best wishes from
Heike and Carsten

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Wischnewski in Oman – 1/3 (January 2023)

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after doing some repairs in Dubai, the next exotic highlight of our world trip came closer: Oman. Located a bit at the far edge of the Arabic peninsula, Oman gave us a relaxed feeling. We found beautiful mountains and landscape plus nice beaches (that we often had to clean up when we arrived, …a lot of trash everywhere, to sad!). Beautiful was the number of dromedaries that you find in most parts of the country, running around free, at beaches, in mountains, in Wadis, on highways, everywhere. So cute and friendly they are (see pictures).

Different to e.g. Saudi-Arabia we did not meet many Omanis since there are not too many around on the streets. The country has a population of about 5 million people of which roughly 50% is migrants from India, Pakistan, Sudan. The Omanis are the ‚owner of things‘ (mostly not be seen on the streets). The migrants are doing the work in shops and on the streets. So we mostly met migrants (what was pleasant too). It felt a bit like a two-class-society. The good thing about this demographical structure in Oman was that there are plenty of Indian and Pakistani restaurants (yummy again, like in Dubai).

Best wishes from
Heike and Carsten

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