Wow, I'm excited. Somebody asked if I was nervous. Nervous about what? Just arrived Cairo. Staying in a nice hotel. Unfortunately, its late and I have to set up my bike, so won't see much of hotel grounds.
While getting some last-minute things in Cairo at night, my taxi driver took me to a tea and perfume shop to do internet. (Had to write to Patrick and ask him to go to my home, get my Yellow Card with proof of vaccination, scan it, and e-mail it to me - a whole other story, don't worry about it.) The owner of the tea and perfume shop, his name was Ahmed. What a charmer! He almost had me buying a bottle of perfume! Had to admit it smelled pretty darn nice. But then I imagined in breaking, getting all over my bike shorts and everything and ... what a mess. Had to say, "No, no, sorry," in the end.
What's this all about? What's all the fuss? I'm about to start a 12,000 km journey through Africa, on bike. I'm uploading the route. Here it is. There are, I think, 31 of us, of many nationalities. About half are seriously racing. The rest of us are touring. All of us are riding our bikes very far over the next four months. We start from Cairo tomorrow morning. We will arrive in Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday, 13th May. As for me? I hope to get in lots of cycling and lots of seeing and experiencing Africa the best way I know how - from a bike. I have no intention of being efi ("every f@k!!@ing inch"), but I'll ride a whole lot.
Just for reference, the official website of the Tour d'Afrique is: www.tourdafrique.com. At that website, you can find what others in the group have to say, and the fund raising. Please if anybody wants to write personal messages to me, use my .yahoo account. Don't use MRC as that one's hard to access.
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