It was difficult, in fact impossible to sleep the night before we set off. I was sharing a room that night and for fear of disturbing my room mate ended up sitting in the bathroom eating sandwiches in the middle of the night! 4.30 am alarm, followed by breakfast and then due to leave at 6am with our police escort. Turned out to be about 6.30 and I was freezing (even with leg warmers, armwarmers and the rest!)
Was a bit worried about my spare handle bars which I had to leave in a 'permanent' bag which we had to pack to leave till the first rest day on Thursday. Reason for this being that them main TDA trucks have been left in Ethiopia as nobody is yet sure whether we will be able to ride through Sudan because of the current situation and so we are using temporary trucks for now! My concern is that I didnt expect my handlebars to be in a bag that might be thrown around a bit - still can't be helped!
We leave the hotel to ride in convoy to the pyramids. So cold! When we arrived we were allowed in through the gates of the three pyramids and able to ride our bikes all around with the camels (well before the tourist buses arrived!) We then had coffee, cake and a riders meeting by the pyramids behind the official start banner!!
At last we were off!!
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