2nd Jan.2010 Long expected Day D


Myself packing last bits & bobs!!! Where do I put the hairdryer???



Team ready to go! Toward the unknown!!!


Dave,Jeremy,Hana,Cris,Martin,Dave & Dave!



Due to a bad weather forcast for the planned departure day on the following day, and despite most of our
party having only arrived in Spain that day, we decided to get packed and depart for that evening's ferry from Tarifa
to cross toTanger. The ferry was booked for 21.00 Hrs and as our depot is only 50 Km's from Tarifa we knew that
setting off at 18.00 Hrs would mean arrival in the dark, but that would be better than being stuck in Spain for a
couple of days due to any bad weather. We would just cross to Tanger and take it from there the next morning.
The Ferries had been cancelled a couple of days prior to our departure.



We had a late dinner and everybody fell into bed around midnight, happy to be on the road, away from home.
Finally. For me personally the last day before departure is the most stressfull. So much so, that I forgot to pack my
waterproofs and only realized once in Tarifa, luckily, Dave Kyle , who accompanied us to Tarifa on his Kawa, together
with Cristina lent me his jacket. Pants were too small. OH,OH, sorry, far too big for me ;-)







Where´re you all off to????



Don´t trust these happy smiles, the hotel was well below an acceptable standard. Actualy,it was not the hotel, they didn´t have enough rooms for us, so the owner rented us a 3 bedrooms appartment just around the corner. One bathroom for all of us, bring the adventurer spirit on,mate.....
If we keep going like this, we will become very close friends in the end or we will kill each other????

Anyway, today David goes pillion with me. I am a bit concerned about leaving the village as the ground is a bit sandy but all goes well.
The bike is lower then ever before fully loaded and two people. But for the first time I can reach the floor with both feet flat.


Now I am happy again , riding the bike, but David is not as happy as me, specialy, because it´s the first time in his life, being pillion.Every police stop,the officers wonder, what´s wrong with him. I laugh and he refuses to answer.

Where´s the BBQ ???

In the morning in front of the hotel "Sahara Regency" in Dakhla. (www.sahararegency.com)
This is one place really worth visiting. Fantastic bay and beaches.
We leave on a foggy and chilly morning. It takes couple hours till the sun disolves the fog.
We follow the Atlantic coast down to the border with Mauritania.





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thanks for reading & Happy riding