Spent today out in the dunes at Sealine watching the Sealine Cross Desert Rally. Got up at 5:30 to drive the 50km out of Doha with Kate and Kris in Kate's Land Rover. The dunes come right down to the Gulf and are extremely steep. This is an international event with vehicles from Qatar, Europe and the Americas.
Mahmoud was a Qatari who helped us get into the finish area which gave us fantastic view of the finishing stage. Very friendly guy.
We arrived back in Doha, a very progressive and modern city. Kate and Kris' apartment in on the 21st floor over looking the water. It has been a good visit, but tomorow we head off to Athens to try and find our bikes.
And then........?
ReplyDeletePeter and co. will be in Vladivostok before you guys even get your bikes out of customs
Was a stressful day at customs. It could have gone very wrong except for determination from us and a helpful Greek customs guy. I will post more on the blog when I feel a little rested. Rode into Istanbul tonight! (Thursday). I'll straighten my pannier frames tomorrow. Bike was wider than I thought!!
Delete"We doubted he was serious about the trip". Nice, Newbold. Some of us still have to work for a living. You missed a good Lemmings lunch last Friday: Kingsbury, Ian Falloon, Rob and Andrea at their last supper and, of course, Blackbourn.
ReplyDeleteAll Brit was excellent but I didn't win the gate prize again.
Guy and Margaret were there and we had breakfast at Spud McKean and Jan's place. Guy bought Jan's Mercedes before we even got to the coffee stage. I'm taking Rob and Andrea to the airport tomorrow afternoon - so concludes another chapter in many people's lives. They've left me their VT500E to remember them by.
Hope you enjoy the SR500 Club newsletter, Paul. IT'S OUT!