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For the Sake of Adventure | Legends of Long Haulage | Chapter Six

“He seemed to be one of those people who liked challenges and doing new things,” says veteran driver Ole Johnny Evensen when asked about Jan. Having faced the desert head on, Jan is almost back on solid ground and nearly in Dubai. Once his cargo, a spare part for the Serpens Constellation, is on board the ship, all he has to do is drive back home, 9,000 km in the other direction. “Turning into that yard was a terrific feeling of achievement. It made it all worth it,” says Mick. Jan got his cargo to Dubai on time and made it home safely, but the Dubai Road Express turned out to be short-lived. Once the inaugural trip was over, transport company Johan Evensen & Sønner made the decision to cancel the route. The loose sand between Doha and Dubai, accompanied by relentless heat that disabled important support systems, meant the route was just not worth the trouble. In the end, Evensen & Sønner’s trucks and drivers drove more than 1.7 million kilometres between Europe and the Middle East in the ‘60s and ‘70s. The two trucking routes have earned their place among the most legendary and difficult in history. “I would have gladly carried on driving down there until today,” says Tore Sam Sorensen, who was on the inaugural Bandar Abbas Express trip in 1969. “I really would.”