It was 4 in the morning and I was still awake since I was forced to bed by my grandmother at 1, I couldn’t sleep from the excitement, I was pretending asleep next to my grandmother when she woke up for Fajr prayer, it was so quiet except the sound of the golden clock ticking […]

During a warm day of spring of 1995, I was attending a biology class when I was attending my 12th grade at age of 17, ACs was out of order and that year I had an exception to get a driving license, I was winked at by my friend Mubarak to leave the class for […]

Next morning was a short ride to the city of Olgi, we had a lazy morning and left almost 10 am on a straight forward road until we reach the lodge where we would be staying, we were supposed to have it as our base before heading to the highlands and tough terrains. In this […]

It was an exciting morning when I felt I would be getting on the bike again after 2 days of boring, in the bumpy truck chasing the motorcyclists. I felt somehow jealous that my bike was ridden by Anchar the past couple days, yes, I don’t own the bike but due to the relationship I […]

I got myself into my gear as soon as possible to be ready for the ride with full excitement, but before that, I have prepared my GoPro and phone to record a time-lapse video of Mandala and rest of the boys doing the packing magic which I didn’t want to miss! Normally Mandala would get […]

I woke up very drowsy from the lack of sleep and the amount of spicy food I had the night before, Katharina was already waiting in the breakfast area ready and packed, I was excited that I put on my gear before brushing my teeth and fixing my contact lenses. I walked to check the […]

It was first day of March, the temperature was still below zero that morning when I was heading to German class on my motorcycle, I started my day by peeling off the ice from my motorcycle’s seat to ride to class and to avoid feeling the cold, I put my headphones on to call a […]

Woke up with a big panic, assuming I have overslept and therefore missed my ferry ride! It was around 7 am, it was the day I would finally depart Europe back to Africa, but this time to Tunisia! I was lucky to find a ferry that reduce my long riding time in Europe like how […]

Yesterday was the last day of my course at Goethe Institute after 6 and half weeks of exciting education training and networking with students from all around the world, this step which I have been delaying since 1997 which was the first time I have ever stepped into Germany, not letting my mind to digest […]

While I was having my breakfast in Shimla, India, during my motorcycle trip, I heard Adam talking to Jamal about shipping their bikes to Nepal where they will start another trip in October, I didn’t pay attention to it until I am back to Doha, started thinking seriously to join another 2 weeks of another […]

“The downside of traveling is that you can’t settle in one place” I have said that sentence during the shoot of my Film “Voyager” which was featuring the struggles of travelers for not being able to settle in one place, the film also featured my Silk Road trip which I have done back in 2017. […]

As I was Standing on a queue to pay the fees of the ferry from Algeciras, I have noticed two ladies in front of me wearing “Hijab” and I thought they could be tourists from the Gulf, but they looked more Asian, so I have tried to run a conversation with them to kill some […]

As I was leaving work on a freezing early February cold night from Altenkirchen heading to Bonn where I live, I was looking for my permit that allows me to drive during curfew hours, unfortunately it wasn’t anywhere in the car which possibly could have been forgotten in the house, which means I would have […]

The traffic radio has suddenly started, announcing an object falling on the middle of A3, which was the Autobahn I was driving on back to Bonn from bayreuth. It was a rainy, snowing and salty 1100 Km drive, when I have approached the turn that leads to Altenkirchen, I hesitated if I should go to […]

Holding my cup of zaatar (thyme) with my both hands, at my grandmother’s funeral while sitting outdoor on a warm March evening of 2017 and avoiding the silly talk of the crowds and cousins, especially when one of them was making fun of my plan touring the silk road saying I would never make it […]

Just 20 minutes before taking off, I was going through all the posts I have taken from the embassy of Qatar to Argentina, I chose to pay them a visit on the way to the airport. Met with Salman who invited me for a cigar to celebrate the completion of “Between the Poles”. Had some […]

Should I follow the rows or column? I have been staring at the ceiling the last 45 seconds trying to figure out how to start painting the ceiling? Wearing my blue outfit that I have just bought to work myself on my showroom, first job I was given it to paint the ceiling! So, I […]

Not too long, but a twisty riding day around a great mountain and view, so is this what they call the “garden route” of Africa? So far what I am seeing is paradise! I decided to stop on one of the great viewpoints, walked into the bushes to get a better view, and this old […]

As usual, UB wants to be the first to leave, and today we will cross to South Africa at last! Getting all excited to leave around 9:30 but UB decided to leave at 9, never mind I would follow him as usual. We started riding on the gravel to reach the last junction when tarmac […]

We’re almost there! The tour guide looked back at us and said it in a “great news” way! bunch of 6 tourists struggling to climb a sand dune at the national park near Little Soussus, the park is called Sousssusvlei, which is 580,000 Hectare. The size of Belgium and Scotland together! we were climbing in […]

At a speed of 80 km, I had my bike on a cruise control mode, trying to get my Malaria pill to have it, it was 08:12 am, the mobile alarm doesn’t stop ringing as I could hear it from my tank bag! Took off my glove, opened the tank bag, shut my phone alarm […]

Here I am, still in Dar, waiting to hear from the embassy of Qatar about my Visa status, with the possibility of extending for one more night, I am on standby now! And remained like this until few hours before deciding to cancel the idea of riding through Namibia! I went for a walk, when […]

Finally, it has started, after being a week in Kenya, assuming that I will be getting my Namibia visa from here, so I have decided to leave Doha a week earlier, leaving my family and kids to work for a visa, visit an embassy that doesn’t even exist in Nairobi! I was instructed by the […]

The Happiest moment was on the 8th of December 2018 when Trans Americas was completed. I have reached to the heart of The Capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, and found the embassy staff waiting for me, Salman Alkhulaifi with the flowers, Bein Sports Channel with the cameras and reporter. I had to stop for the […]

Riding through turkey was my first confrontation with adventure challenges on the silk road trip (Ace to Ace). During this trip I had in my mind that Kevin would bet that I wont exceed Turkey on this trip. This was my target, to finish what I have started. That day I was reaching Cappaducia, leaving […]

Lying in bed after a long walk around Singapore Christmas eve, I could hear Noof singing in the shower while I was browsing my phone trying to find any interesting ride around the world after my Indian Himalayas and Thailand adventures. I was thinking of the Silk Road on a motorcycle, so I used the […]

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I woke up in a panic, assuming I have overslept and jumped off my bed to go outside the room where I kept my boots out after the heavily rainy day yesterday! I got my boots inside the room to get my gear in and run for a quick breakfast then hit the road. As […]