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I started geocaching in February 2001. Prior to that, I was enjoying the great open outdoors and still am. I have an interest in the recent history of Arabia (the last 250 years or so) and love to read memoirs of early westerners who came to this land. I can be reached at: [email protected]
2016-03-19 18:53
Geocaching events are part of the world of geocaching .. you could actually log a find or rather attend by going to one of those. The first event in the gulf was held in the UAE last year in… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The North Yorkshire Moors is a vast expanse of moorland characterized by low growing vegetation and uncultivated hills. I have seen pictures of the Moors but to actually walk through it on a… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I’ve been in the UK for few days now and finding my first geocache is long overdue. In fact I turned on my Colorado 300 the minute I checked in our hotel next to Hydepark but unfortuna… Read More
2008-07-01 12:32
Yesterday I bought the Colorado 300 and paid SR1650 for it. The salesman at DarMoja knows little about the device and tells me it’s not known here except possibly among expat community… Read More
2008-05-18 21:10
While on a maintenance visit to check on one of my caches in Bahrain (GC17PJG) which was reported missing, I came face to face with a large Dhubb guarding the site. I was amazed with the sh… Read More
2008-04-03 18:39
Today I went with the kids to replace the container for the Pipeline cache .. the last logger mentioned about the lid being broken. Sand was filling the old container so I replaced it with a… Read More
2008-03-16 10:10
On my last trip to Riyadh, my cousin AbuTalal showed me an antique rifle that his late father owned. He asked me to dig some info about it. All he knew is that it had a rich history passed f… Read More
2008-02-16 10:28
Last night we had a sandstorm that dumped sand in our city. Dammam airport was closed for 5 hours and the sand got into our houses and noses. The daily newspaper reports hundreds of cases b… Read More
2008-02-03 22:16
Have you ever wondered about the hiding behavior of geocachers in this part of the world. If you run into a cache placed in either UAE or Saudi then there is a high probability that it will… Read More
2008-01-25 08:09
Land of Frankincense –leban- and fortresses; … that’s Oman. I’ve always wanted to go there and visit some of the off beaten paths. I have been to Dubai many times bu… Read More
2007-12-25 16:52
I visited Bahrain three weeks ago with family and found 4 caches in one day and managed to hide one of my own .. it was a real treat. We started our search early morning by bagging one in t… Read More
2007-12-25 13:36
As a geocacher, walking is part of the game. I’m overweight and I don’t exercise but I try to walk specially with my younger brother who is more athletic and fit than I am. We st… Read More
2007-10-10 17:14
Yesterday I went to Bahrain to collect my Aramex shipment containing some travel bugs, nanos and other geocaching accessories that I ordered earlier from Groundspeak. On the way, I decided i… Read More
2007-08-14 18:09
In an interview with Tirhal magazine, I talked about geocaching as it relates to tourism, specially here in Saudi.. I believe it’s the first in Arabic. The magazine is a publication of… Read More
2007-07-27 19:11
I read about this dahl in Mekshat site .. cousin AbuTalal has mentioned it to me earlier so we decided to visit. It’s close to Edge of the World but can’t get to it from there so… Read More
2007-07-16 09:31
Being in Riyadh I went to fix the Dirab cache that was muggled, according to the recent logs on the cache page. At the site, I noticed the old container thrown away many meters down from its… Read More
2007-06-20 18:49
Pierre was on a mission .. he came all the way from Canada to bag The Garage (GCPMYN), beside other work off course. He dropped by at my place and had Arabic coffee with dates.I took some no… Read More
2007-05-21 10:13
When I placed “The road to Hatta” many years ago (now archived), I didn’t expect that it will introduce me to Flydad, a very enthusiastic geocacher, with many exciting hobb… Read More
2007-05-05 08:23
The name Abu Jifan refers to the wadi and the nearby wells but is famous for the stop over that King Abdulaziz made here while en route to reclaim Riyadh in 1902. The fort is under renovatio… Read More

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