GAATEH KUWAIT (CYCLING): ROUTE 15: BUN BURNER 45 (JAHRA)

Friday, 31 March 2017

INFO:

Al-Forda Fruit & Vegetable Market

Located in Sulaibiyah, near Kabd. The price here cheaper than other markets. The most of vegetable and fruit coming from neighboring countries such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Lebanon.

Source: Read here

Coordinate:

29.25263 N, 47.84443 E

Time & Date:

07:45 hrs & 31 March 2017

Direction:

Get on the sixth ring road towards jahra and turn left under the bridge at exactly the 21 KM mark (it's road 604)

Keep going straight, passing a red light, for a short distance on this road until you hit a round about, turn right entering the Fruit & Veg market, there's a McDonald's on your right, park there.

have a look at this picture to make it very clear.

http://i.imgur.com/OH3Oo0q.jpg

GARMIN CONNECT & GOOGLE MAP:

DISTANCE:
48 km

TOTAL TIME:

04.57 hours

RIDERS:

BOBAK
AHMED
JAY
JIM
NICOLAS
ASWADE

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RIDING TIME:

As usual, we start with route briefing and attendance by Bobak as team leader. Raining suddenly drop (not heavy) at starter point, but we still proceed.

We started from the Al-Forda, vegetables market and headed towards the open desert, from hard to soft sand. Some area we need to push our bikes.

We passed by the local's sheep shed in the middle of desert.

Stopped at the lake for group photo.

Jay lost his hand phone during passing one of bump. Jay and Bobak returned back a couple km's to search but in vain but Jim, Nicol, Ahmad and I just waiting there. Bobak had to make a judgement call and leave Jay behind to pursue his search, Luckily he called Bobak around 5pm informed that he found his phone.

We continued exploring this weird lunar like landscape which lay ahead of us...

Well this time around the mere thought of that Lollipop was just too much temptation and hence dragged five tough nuts to the field.

The moment we started the skies opened up and gave us a very light drizzle for the first five km, it stayed overcast all the way through with zero winds which was a blessing for this long ride and a good reminder not to do this ride after February as it'll be too hot.