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Driving to Dubai from Doha, I share my experience.

Discussion in 'Family' started by Yusuf Shamim, Jul 24, 2015.

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  1. Yusuf Shamim

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    My experience I like to share while driving Doha to Dubai.

    You have to hand in your passports to the Saudi Embassy for them to stick in the Visa. this takes a few days & I would recommend getting an 'agent' run-around guy to do this for you as he will know what to do & speaks the lingo.

    Getting out through Qatar into Saudi was very quick - go early. Do a loo break on the Qatar customs side (the loos are clean) as this will be the last proper toilet you will see for many hours. The road through Saudi is very open & you can get through there in about an hour.
    At the Abu Dhabi border you will have to get out of the car & go into the building for Visas & a retina scan. This doesn't take too long if it's still early-ish. Once you get into Abu Dhabi the road seems absolutely endless & there are no decent restrooms (smelly hole in the ground) or eateries until you're getting to within about 50km of Abu Dhabi.
    A word of warning - don't assume there's a petrol station up ahead because they are very few & far between, we almost ran out of petrol twice. Fill-up when you see a station even if you don't really need it.
    My husband drove at approx 140+ kms/hr the whole way & it still took us 8 hours even with the no-hassle border crossings.
    Coming back, it took even longer as the Qatar border post was manic busy & the traffic on Salwa road was horrendous.
    We definitely wouldn't do this trip again. We worked out it would have been cheaper to take flydubai & hire a small car there, and then you also don't spend 2 full days travelling.
     
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  2. Bonjiek Dakoykoy

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    Sharing this kind of experience will help people anticipate the circumstances in taking such a long trip.
    At least you made it @Yusuf Shamim and everything went well. A worth remembering experience. Thanks for sharing.
     
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    Now also for everyone to know that UAE visa is now online, so who still want to drive to Dubai, should check out with UAE visa rules before they make any plans.
     

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