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seven beers down and aguilas doesnt seem that bad. I didnt know beer goggles worked on cities.
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Well,we were very close to Algeciras and on track to get a ferry to Morocco but we badly broke down on Friday night. There's some very nasty engine knocking. If the car can even be fixed then we wont find out until Monday. Until then we're stranded in the scummy town of Aguiras on the Spanish coast with nothing to do but get sunburn and play chess. Spirits are low.
Team PANDAmonium Border News appearance
This is the interview we did with Border News in Dumfries before the rally.
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We're a bit further south than Valencia,just past Alicante. No one told us Spain was this big! Powering through to Algeciras though so we can meet people to convoy in Africa with. We have to wait for them to text us though because Matt dropped his phone down a toilet in Germany and lost lots of numbers! Weather report: hot hot hot!@
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spent last night at ross's aunt and uncles. Would like to thank them for being so nice. 'thanks' tried to get points changed today but garage was poor and made us wait 3 hours to tell us they didnt have the parts. It was times like that you wish you knew the french for wanker. So some late night driving on the cards. Roll on spain. @
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Panda survived a trip through the beautiful alps. Still a little behind schedule due to the Prague fiasco so carrying on to France tonight. Looking forward to coastal driving and fine french cuisine (i.e. Super Noodles at the road side.)@
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in prague the furthest point from africa. Africa rally lied there is no nigerian embassy here. Paid taxi driver to take us to a place that doesnt exist anymore. We have no money, we have lost our car and we cant find a cash machine. All in all a great day.
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Just leaving the party in the Czech Republic. It was in an old castle. Good times had! Now off to Prague to blag a Nigerian visa for Ross.
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Chilling in Luxembourg at the moment. It's an absolutely beautiful city. The sun is shining and there's a crazy golf tournament going on! What a place!
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We made it to France and now we're powering through to Belgium. There's a castle at on our road map which we're going to try and camp beside. X
Matthew Hall
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I was originally born in Colchester, England, but I've lived in Dumfries, Scotland, my whole life.
That is until I went to university where I currently reside in the lovely, if small and uneventful, City of Stirling.
I'm a third year student studying English, Religious Studies and Education so in one and a half years I will be out in the real world teaching subjects I hardly know anything about!
Other than that I don't do much...I'm a lifeguard and I play Ultimate Frisbee when I bother turning up to practice!
So why am I doing the Africa Rally? Basically I got pretty bored with life and fancied doing something adventurous/dangerous and this seemed like the only logical step forward! :D
I also like avocadoes.
Ross Dobie
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I am in 2nd year studying biology at Glasgow University. About 2 years ago I met a man next to a public swimming pool and the rest you say is history.