At the foot of a high sand dune is a small tent with next to it a large 4x4. Two red chairs beside it on a blue mat. The dunes of the Rub al Khali, the Empty Quarter, in Oman are among the largest sand dunes in the world. To our surprise, there are even small tufts of desert grass to be found. We drove our rental car up a road that was not on any map. In the dune valley, we chose a dune to camp on. Wild camping is an adventure. With no one around us, we spent New Year's Eve here. In the morning, we climbed the dune and saw in the blue morning light how small our encampment was in this vast desert landscape.
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