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Day 59, 6068km, Near Thile Boubakar, Senegal
The red african sands were turned a shade darker today with the sacrifice of millions of goats to celebreate Id Tabaski. It made for a fascinating days riding passing countless groups of friendly muslims either praying or feasting and my waving arm soon became as tired as my legs. Unfortunately I suffered from numerous punctures which had to be repaired under the pressure of countless inquisitive kids.
Progress was then prematurely halted after I consumed an entire jam baguette only to then be invited into a village to get involved in some delicious feasting. Despite regarding myself as a master of food eating I was for once defeated with the family groups competing to see how much they could feed me with countless communal bowls of various forms of goat. Indeed I ate so much I was unable to continue and have had to camp in the village after a fun evening of celebrations.
The party continues but I've had to retire before they force feed me any more - after tonights experience I am now totally opposed to fois gras!
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Fois Gras
Hope you're not suffering any ill effects of being goosed! Checked out the blog of the biker you'd met in Western Sahara who'd diagnosed you as an eijjit... he wrote on Nov 13:
"About 80km from Daklha while lost in my thoughts as you do on these long straight stretches of road I blew my very loud air horn to a single cyclist riding south and gave him a big wave. Having done a couple of cycling trips in Europe in my younger crazy days I knew what a friendly gesture meant to them on these lonely hard won roads. Then I remembered the VISA so stopped Nigel and I headed back up the road to speak with him. We had the same first names, smelled a bit and both had beards. Rob was a young English lunatic who was cycling to South Africa raising money for charity from the UK and had swam the straights of Gibraltar to Morocco! He had his VISA. We spoke enthusiastically asking each other questions and would have liked more time to speak but time was ticking by, Nigel rode back wondering what was taking so long. He took a couple of photos for us and promised Rob I’d have a look at www.tri4africa.co.uk " see photo at : www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/63719/hopefully-better-luck-Friday-13th-12 Cheers, Soda & Pops xx
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Triathlon Completion: Day 255 - Sat 12 June
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