Sporting Events

I have had goosebumps for the last two days. We met the HT Rally Team and were introduced to the setting up of the Bivouac yesterday. I kept looking around at the trucks, cars and overhead helicopters and reminding myself that this was actually happening around us and that we weren’t watching something on the Discovery channel. Today, was the arduous process of scrutineering, where bikes, rider gear and all paperwork is checked. Here, we started to see the magnitude of Dakar behind the scenes - media, medical, technical staff, administrative staff, and and and… It is a production like…

31 December 2017 Ive been travelling for about 30 hours and I have to once again conclude that 6 foot does not travel well in economy. My hotel transfer met me as promised, for which I was terribly grateful. His name was Jose (obviously) and he was lovely. He told me to sit in the back and I knew I was in for a rough ride. I quickly learned that in Lima: Enthusiastic use of hooters is applauded and rewarded with equally enthusiastic use from drivers also cutting across three lanes where not even a seasoned racer would dare. Also…