rallye du maroc - arrival

i'm here! in marocco again and i'm glad to say that it is a little cooler than it was a month ago - 31 degrees in the shade, 38 degrees in the sun! but it is cooler in the evenings and mornings, may even need a sweater ; )

the journey continues with my first desert rally and amongst the bowler cats and trucks there are the fellow bikers including the world champions and dakar kings, cyril despres and marc coma!!

jago and i spent 14 hours travelling here to zagora in south east marocco, flying direct to marakesh (no losing luggage in the connecting flight) and hired a driver of a large toyota land cruiser to take us over the atlas moutains to our destination. jago stretched out across the back seat, snored quietly, while i lay back in the front, listening to relaxing moroccan music and watching the beautiful scenery as e past by.

we arrived  just before midnight at hotel zagour, 7.5 hours after leaving the airport, stopping for supper in oaurzazate and a couple of fuel stops. a very enjoyable journey.

we spent most of today in the bivoac with martin and colin, sorting out a few things on the bikes like fitting a tool bag to the rear mud guard, fixing the ico and a few other details in preparation for scrutineering tomorrow and the rally start on monday morning.

below is a video of the maroc, it gives a good idea of what myself and jago will be up to over the next week. i'll upload some photos later too.