Pics: Arica and surrounds

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:03:33 +0000

#169 Bultaco. You'd think that after exisiting for 40 years, it could last just another couple of weeks... It was not to be, but he did make it half way.

Heading north, L-R: Jake Young, Simon Wade and Max Sullivan

Luke McNee of Nalu Productions. No, we didn't spring him on the throne. He's in an internet cafe booth.

Internet cafe, the connection to the world!

Checking in for dinner at bivouac.

Geoff Olholm and Steve Riley after a horror day.

Steve Riley.

Scenes like this all the way to Arica...

and this...

Local police.

Up the top of the mountains.

Max and Jake treated like celebrities everywhere.

Simon gets a kiss!

Some of the locals let into the GHR transporter.

Jake Young.

The servos in Chile get right into the Dakar spirit!

Arica at the bivouac.

Connie and Marcel. Total strangers taken off the street to help Glenn navigate around town. Now GHR friends.

Simon Pavey going strong, currently third in Marathon class. No mechanic!

Luke in the Nalu edit suite. No expense spared!

Simon and Max getting Jake's bike ready for Day 7.

BMW camp side-on.

BMW camp from the other side.

Glenn Brown, Vern Strange, Brad Strange, Warren Strange and Arja back in Arica and packing for the trip home.

What is it with paramedics and scissors? Warren's jacket chopped up.

Dakar 2011: Spectators

admin — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:18:28 +0000

Just some of the more colourful characters among the Dakar spectators on the ground…

Pictures from the Dakar Facebook albums.

Hungry?

The old and the new, but everyone living it up...

Cooling off on Day 1.

The crowd cheering on Camélia Liparoti - only the second woman to complete a Dakar Rally riding a quad.

Dramatic scenery rewarded spectators and competitors alike on Day 3.

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Pics: Arica and surrounds

Dakar 2011: Spectators