“Walking from Jeddah to Doha, every 100 kilometres is different. I mean, the first 100 kilometres there are sand dunes, then mountains, and then comes empty land, then farms. I am going through all terrains in one country in two months. This is a beautiful thing.” 

-Abdullah Alsulmi, who is hiking to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. He typically sets out at sunrise and walks until 10 or 10:30 am, but then the heat forces him to break for a few hours before resuming in the afternoon and continuing until sundown. Occasionally he walks at night to maintain his goal of around 35 kilometres per day. To keep his load light, Alsulmi subsists on food he can buy at petrol stations, often chicken and rice, while showering and washing his clothes at mosques. [Yahoo]