Wadi Al Lith Trip, January 2000

Jeddah, Wadi Al Lith, Dhee Ayan Village, Baha, Bani Saad, Taif, Jeddah

This is Benjamin's version of the Wadi Al Lith Trip, January 2000 - an adventure taken by the Spencer family. It all about a desert trek, desert and wadi driving, desert camping, 4x4 off-road, sand duning in our Land Rover Discovery in Saudi Arabia.

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What wheel drive: 2 (But you can have more fun in 4 wheel drive)

Families, singles, bird watchers, and animal lovers, but especially familes with small kids because the kids can play in the water, would like to go to Wadi Al Lith. There was fish, birds, sheep, goats, cows and donkies at the wadi. One thing good about it is the water and the grass near where we camped.

The thing that worried us was the snake we saw. Plus it was preety relaxing because the kids can play as the moms and dads can talk.

Some stuff that was interesting was the Hot Springs and the donkies in the wadi. The Hot springs were very dirty with hot water.

We used the book "Desert Treks from Jeddah" by Patricia Barbor as our guide for most of the trip.

My Dad has made some notes for general Desert Treks in Saudi Arabia including some specific Land Rover Discovery Modifications for this trip like the addition of our trailer.

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Wadi Al Lith
This is Lindsay making a fire
in the wadi sand.
The pink mountains in the distance
are near where climbed to Al Baha,
through Dhee Ayan village		 For an enlarged view left-click and a new page will appear, or right-click on the picture and select Zoom-In.
A dragonfly at the campsite.
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It's the wadi at Wadi al Lith		 For an enlarged view left-click and a new page will appear, or right-click on the picture and select Zoom-In.
And again.
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Me (Ben) and Mommy looking at the tadpoles. 		For an enlarged view left-click and a new page will appear, or right-click on the picture and select Zoom-In.
Ben looking at the 'way cool' flowers
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Look it is a snake.
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Daniel: Look, I saved the car from drowning
in the 6 inch deep wadi water!
Daniel made 6 water crossings of the wadi.
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Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.		 For an enlarged view left-click and a new page will appear, or right-click on the picture and select Zoom-In.
Donkeys, they're supposed to be
stubborn animals.
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Camels on the coastal area.		 For an enlarged view left-click and a new page will appear, or right-click on the picture and select Zoom-In.
A very basic water pump. Not many things to go wrong.
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Ben: Look, you think
he's so cool?
I flooded the engine!.		 For an enlarged view left-click and a new page will appear, or right-click on the picture and select Zoom-In.
The view from the escarpment base below Al Baha.
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Inside... the tunnels on the way to Al Baha.
The road to Baha was the best
escarpment road we had gone on.
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This is Dhee Ayn Village on the way up to Al Baha. It sits on a hill with a marble streak through it.
The pink hills are real, for about 5 minutes that night during the sunset, the hills behind were a bright pink/purple.
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Amongst the houses in the village.		 For an enlarged view left-click and a new page will appear, or right-click on the picture and select Zoom-In.
Once, this was someone's front door.
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Inside a mixture of wood and local rock.		 For an enlarged view left-click and a new page will appear, or right-click on the picture and select Zoom-In.
Wood in moulded cement to give strength (we hope).
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Some remained in fairly good condition.
The crew.		 For an enlarged view left-click and a new page will appear, or right-click on the picture and select Zoom-In.
See the thickness of the walls.
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The roads around the escarpment at Bani Saad.		 For an enlarged view left-click and a new page will appear, or right-click on the picture and select Zoom-In.
This is a view looking
east down the Taif escarpment road. Sunset.

Go to Lindsay's Medain Saleh trip - see the ancient civilization of the Nabateans, follow where Lawrence of Arabia destroyed the Turk's railway Go to Ben's Wadi Al Lith trip - rock walled villages, forts, streams, camels, 4x4 Ben's Kruger National Park trip from South Africa Pakistan trip, 120k north of Islamabad to 300k south of Islamabad, 250k east of Kabul, wedding in Mian Wali and Sarghoda, the global village?
Lindsay's
Medain Saleh
trip		 Ben's
Wadi Al Lith
Baha-Taif trip		 Ben's
Kruger National Park
South Africa trip		 Come to
my wedding
in Pakistan

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