Neither the heavy rain nor the flashes of lightning above Awafi’s [Ras Al Khaimah, U.A.E]famous red dunes could keep the visitors from around the Gulf from their annual dose of petrol, metal and sand. Hundreds turns out to watch vehicles churn through the dunes at the end of the opening week of the Awafi Desert Festival. And nothing is more captivating then the roaring machines, thanks to Hafiz Haneef for capturing them so beautifully.