{"id":12232,"date":"2025-08-29T13:14:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/?p=12232"},"modified":"2026-01-03T18:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:39:38","slug":"desert-horizons-from-poland-to-oman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/en\/blog\/desert-horizons-from-poland-to-oman\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Horizons Expedition \u2013 Poland to Oman by Motorcycle!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12232\" class=\"elementor elementor-12232 elementor-11875\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-331ff64 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"331ff64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ea8a5a elementor-toc--minimized-on-desktop elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"7ea8a5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h4&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;,&quot;h6&quot;],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of contents\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__7ea8a5a\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__7ea8a5a\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__7ea8a5a\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M500 975V858C696 858 858 696 858 500S696 142 500 142 142 304 142 500H25C25 237 238 25 500 25S975 237 975 500 763 975 500 975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fd6cd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fd6cd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Hello! \ud83d\udc4b<\/h2><p class=\"p1\">Great to have you here! If this is your first time stopping by \u2014 welcome aboard. In 2025, we\u2019re setting off on the biggest adventure we\u2019ve planned so far: <b>Desert Horizons 2025 \u2014 <\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>riding our motorcycle all the way from Poland to Oman.<\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Where did the idea come from? Honestly \u2014 curiosity and being bored of flying. Usually it\u2019s the same routine: flight, rental car, quick tour, and back home. This time we want an adventure from door to door. On a motorcycle. A bit unusual, kind of against what\u2019s considered a \u201cnormal\u201d vacation.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The idea started to take shape after <a href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/en\/our-motorcycle\/\">we bought our first Yamaha Tracer 7<\/a>. Then came <span class=\"s1\">Robert Czerucki\u2019s<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RobertCzerucki\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube videos<\/a> (props to him \u2014 riding back from Dubai to Poland through Afghanistan? Respect!) and the example of <span class=\"s1\">Szymon Bogdanowicz<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stomalife.pl\/stomik-moze-szymon-motocyklem-przez-bliski-wschod-dzien-55-i-56-jordania-irak\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who proved that \u201cStomik can do it\u201d<\/a>. We\u2019ve been to the Middle East a few times already, but three blank spots on the map kept bugging us: <span class=\"s1\">Iraq, Kuwait, and Oman<\/span>. And that was enough. Before this route becomes \u201cmainstream,\u201d we made the call: <span class=\"s1\">we\u2019re going<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af96751 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af96751\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Why the Middle East, and why by motorcycle?<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">We\u2019re not riding \u201cjust to Oman\u201d. Sure, it\u2019s our final stop and where we\u2019ll stay the longest, but the entire road matters just as much. Cappadocia, Ankara, Iraq with Erbil and Baghdad, a quick hop to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia with Riyadh and Al-Ula \u2014 each of these places has its own spot on the map. It\u2019s this mix that makes the journey worth it.   <\/p><p class=\"p1\">The motorcycle? Because we want to do it differently this time. Instead of flights and rental cars \u2014 it\u2019s the road from door to door. It\u2019s the freedom to choose, the chance to connect with people and places you\u2019d never experience from behind a car window. Sure, there\u2019s the fatigue and the sore backside \u2014 but along with it come stories you just can\u2019t buy from a travel agency.    <\/p><p class=\"p1\">At first, our family looked at us with a bit of concern \u2014 Iraq, Saudi Arabia, or Oman don\u2019t exactly sound like your typical vacation spots (and besides, the world isn\u2019t just about mass tourism in Thailand or Italy). Now, though, they\u2019re fully rooting for us. Our friends? They\u2019re so hyped that sometimes they seem even more excited about it than we are.  <\/p><p class=\"p1\">As for the trip itself \u2014 we\u2019re covering most of the costs ourselves, but we\u2019re not completely on our own. A few partners and supporters chipped in: some with discounts, others with services, and two major partners even helped out with part of the budget. <a href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/en\/desert-horizons-2025\/\">We\u2019ve thanked them all on the trip\u2019s page.<\/a> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1977580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1977580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jadzia-filip-on-road.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Jadzia and Filip on Road, Warsaw Travelers\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU0MzIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93YXJzYXd0cmF2ZWxlcnMucGxcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzA4XC9qYWR6aWEtZmlsaXAtb24tcm9hZC5qcGVnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jadzia-filip-on-road-1920x900.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-csco-extra-large size-csco-extra-large wp-image-15432\" alt=\"Jadzia and Filip wearing helmets beside a motorcycle on a road by fields in Warsaw Travelers\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4d1cd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4d1cd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>The route in brief<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">We hit the road on August 29, 2025, at 4:30 PM. We\u2019ve got nearly 40 days ahead of us and a fixed return date \u2014 the tickets from Dubai to Warsaw are already booked. The plan is laid out, but we\u2019re keeping it flexible: if something needs to be moved or skipped, we\u2019ll move it or skip it.  <\/p><p class=\"p1\">Europe will just be the warm-up \u2014 crossing Slovakia and Bulgaria mostly for sleep and fuel stops. The real adventure begins in Turkey: a longer stop in Ankara, then Cappadocia. After that, we enter Iraq (Erbil and Baghdad), make a quick stop in Kuwait, and then head into Saudi Arabia \u2014 with Al Ula and Riyadh high on the list. From there, it\u2019s a quick overnight in Abu Dhabi before finishing in Oman, with Muscat as our base.   <\/p><p class=\"p1\">The return? A bit less romantic \u2014 the motorcycle will fly back as cargo from Dubai, while we\u2019ll take a plane to Warsaw. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-784022e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"784022e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/desert-horizons-2025-route-map.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Desert Horizons, Route map\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU2NjIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93YXJzYXd0cmF2ZWxlcnMucGxcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzA4XC9kZXNlcnQtaG9yaXpvbnMtMjAyNS1yb3V0ZS1tYXAuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/desert-horizons-2025-route-map-1920x900.jpg\" class=\"attachment-csco-extra-large size-csco-extra-large wp-image-15662\" alt=\"Desert Horizons route map showing numbered stops from START to END across the desert route\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e829874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e829874\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>What could go wrong?<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">Probably quite a lot. Trips like this can go smoothly from start to finish \u2014 but you have to anticipate some things along the way and also not be shocked if, say, a tire blows out mid-journey. <\/p><p class=\"p1\">The motorcycle being under a lease is a whole other story. A regular vacation ride around Europe? No problem. But once you want to cross borders outside of Europe, suddenly every piece of paperwork matters. Authorizations, certified translations, legalizations\u2026 Before we even got the required approvals, the leasing company kept brushing us off for over half a year. Things only moved forward after we publicly reached out to the CEO on LinkedIn. Now we finally have the documents, but the bitter taste remains \u2014 and there\u2019s still no guarantee that some border guard won\u2019t decide we\u2019re missing a word or a signature on the left side of the page.      <\/p><p class=\"p1\">And then there are the down-to-earth challenges: the Middle Eastern heat, the exhaustion from hours on the bike, equipment failures in places where there\u2019s no BMW service around the corner. One flat tire in the middle of nowhere \u2014 and your whole day\u2019s plan goes out the window. <\/p><p class=\"p1\">We\u2019re not expecting a worst-case scenario, but we know we can\u2019t predict everything. That\u2019s part of the adventure \u2014 sometimes the road decides what the journey will look like. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bfb21d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bfb21d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>How we travel, where we sleep, and how to follow us<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">We\u2019ve got the route roughly mapped out in kilometers, but not with a ruler in hand. We\u2019re traveling light so the luggage doesn\u2019t outweigh the bike \u2014 and so there\u2019s room left for a few souvenirs. Instead of a tent, we\u2019re going with hotels. In September, air conditioning sounds a lot better than sweating it out in a sleeping bag.   <\/p><p class=\"p1\">So how do you follow along? We\u2019re not turning this trip into a reality show with location updates every five minutes. Instead, expect plenty of photos, reels, and stories \u2014 the stuff that really captures the vibe of the road. We\u2019ll share everything on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/warsawtravelers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/warsawtravelerspl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and stage summaries will show up in the usual spots \u2014 we\u2019ll let you know right before we set off.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dd2ac9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7dd2ac9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/desert-horizons-ai-our-photo-001.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Warsaw Travelers, Our photo probably in Middle East\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU2NjMsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93YXJzYXd0cmF2ZWxlcnMucGxcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzA4XC9kZXNlcnQtaG9yaXpvbnMtYWktb3VyLXBob3RvLTAwMS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/desert-horizons-ai-our-photo-001-1920x900.jpg\" class=\"attachment-csco-extra-large size-csco-extra-large wp-image-15663\" alt=\"Warsaw Travelers: two riders in helmets posing by a motorcycle in the Middle East with dunes and mosques behind\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec10068 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec10068\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Summary and&#8230; a little bit seriously<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">On the main project page \u27a1\ufe0f <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/en\/desert-horizons-2025\/\">Desert Horizons 2025<\/a><\/strong> \u2b05\ufe0f you\u2019ll find everything that matters: the route map, a list of articles, the current trip status, our gear, paperwork info, and partners. It\u2019s like a mission control center you can always come back to if you miss something on social media or just want to check where we are in the journey. <\/p><p class=\"p1\">And finally \u2014 no, we\u2019re not out here to break records or prove anything. We\u2019re chasing roads, stories, and people, because those stick with you far longer than the number of kilometers on the odometer. If you\u2019re into that kind of vibe, stick around and see how it all goes. And if one day you set off on a similar journey and your backside hurts after the first week \u2014 trust us, that\u2019s completely normal. \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re hitting the road for the adventure of a lifetime! Desert Horizons is a motorcycle journey from Poland to Oman. 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