We thought we already saw all the crazy mountain roads carved into hills in Saudi Arabia, but today we realized how wrong we were. We took route #1801 from Wadi Lajab toward Jazan through the Faifa Mountains. After a few kilometers, crazy unmarked ascents started, and just in the middle...
Bordered by Soudah Mountain (3015 m), Saudi Arabia’s highest peak, reaching Rijal Alma, was a considerable challenge. This zigzag road (also called the obstacle of death or the snake) is listed amongst the most dangerous roads in the world – stiff, curvy, and narrow with the...
After visiting Thee Ain village, we drove back toward Al-Baha town. We ascended 33 kilometers through 25 Tunnels of sharply winding scenic road. We stopped at several viewpoints to cool down the engine and take photos.
We drove a few more kilometers through Al-Baha town’s regional center toward Thee Ain village. We had to descend 33 kilometers through 25 Tunnels of sharply winding zig-zag road to reach the village. There are several viewpoints, and at one of them, we met a friendly truck driver...
Winding Al-Hada Road reaches up to 2,177 meters above sea level, so we planned to take a scenic 23 km-long dual highway passing through the high Hijaz Mountains and take some photos. But to our surprise, the police officer at the gate in Al-Hada didn’t allow us to go there with our...
We drove the upper newly built road Nr. 3 around the original lower “Hamilton Road.” The strategic road across Southern Kurdistan to the Iranian border was constructed between 1928 and 1932 by A. M. Hamilton, the principal engineer of the British Empire. Although Hamilton...
On the way to Sevan Lake, we drove a scenic road, M10, through the Vardenis mountains range. The winding mountain road and hairpin turns provide breathtaking views of the surrounding steep rocky hillsides. However, the road is dangerous because of the extreme weather – blizzard, strong...
According to Google, there should be a nice road, H24, from Stepanavan to Hnevank monastery. Actually, it starts as a ruined road turning after a few kilometers into a total off-road – narrow, steep, winding, dirty road, full of big stones, especially on the part before Dzoragiugh village...
We were lucky with the weather at this time of the year. Even though it was busy and partly under construction, we climbed it up from Ananuri to Stepantsminda in a few hours. The E117 road after Stepantsminda (Kazbegi) continues to the Kazbegi-Verkhni Lars border crossing before finishing...
We drove from Trabzon to the Georgian border, roads in Turkey are perfect, but these two days were challenging for us and our truck. On the first day, we left Uzungöl lake in the afternoon and drove in the rain on good roads through Kaçkar Mountains with steep rocky peaks (the highest...