Christmas in Lisbon
Posted on 26/12/05 22:05
Author: scott
Category: Dakar - Past News
We arrived in Lisbon, Portugal on December 22. To our surprise, there was a sort of Dakar sidecar right there in the Airport. So, we took it out for a practice ride:
Carlos and others from the local Nomads Trail Moto Club helped us greatly in getting the bikes from the shipping warehouse to our hotel rooms:
On Chrismas Eve, even McDonalds was closed, so we had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with coke and beer for dinner. Everything about Dakar is rough!
Much of our days here in Lisbon are spent sorting out things on the biikes:
The locals have been steady visitors to our hotel work area:
If time allows, I hope to post one more report here before the race starts. If not, we'll be back in mid-January!
Carlos and others from the local Nomads Trail Moto Club helped us greatly in getting the bikes from the shipping warehouse to our hotel rooms:
On Chrismas Eve, even McDonalds was closed, so we had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with coke and beer for dinner. Everything about Dakar is rough!
Much of our days here in Lisbon are spent sorting out things on the biikes:
The locals have been steady visitors to our hotel work area:
If time allows, I hope to post one more report here before the race starts. If not, we'll be back in mid-January!
