Lithuanian Vygintas Sivickas is a mix between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mac Gyver. Together we will ride along the race track with the competitors. My job is to tell a live story from the race and Vygintas will guide me to the right places, we are a good team!
It´s his birthday today! Happy birthday!
11 happy participants arrived from Sweden and Norway. One week of gravel roads and challenging hills are waiting for them. We started with a 250k om road trip to get to know the bikes. Beautiful views of the Atlantic ocean and orange trees.
Scouting the trax for Touratech Adventure Travel. Beautiful views and splendid little valleys full of flowers.
Fantastic dirtroads on mountain ridges, slippery roads and river crossing.
A trailer full of bikes! Offloaded and reday to have some fun =)
After some breathtaking views and muddy roads we crossed a river by boat. Heavy wind and big waves made it a bit scetchy but luckely there was a rescue boat big enogh for… 2 people…
Today we traveled 200 kilometers through beutiful serpentine roads surrounded by a rich fauna. Little cow families was hiding from the rain under the cork trees, just like Ferdinand. We arrived to Zahara de la Sierra, located in the heart of the Grazalema Nature Reserve.
Vanity made me change the windshield of my GS 800. The Desierto shield from Touratech is now mounted and it turned out it eliminates wind and turbulent as well as it gets a facelift.
Domingo Paz is a spanish diver. He repair and inspect big vessels from under the surface. His house is placed on top of a hill with views of Gibraltar and Africa. 7 dogs welcomes us when we arrive to his house. All seven have a awful background but Paz saved them from the streets and gave them a home. His house is like a museum with gadgers from the bottom of the ocean and souvenirs from every corner of the globe. We met Paz in Morocco last oktober.
No problem to add extra luggage to the bikes. Almost ready for take off. First stop, our friend Domingo Paz in Tarifa.