Posted by tony

Post from Tony Gibson (25th July 2009)
You have all realized we are on our way and thanks for all those who call us and gave us your well wishes. We left for the airport really early to make sure we were on time and sat in the coffee shop waiting for the whole team to assemble. Clearing customs and then boarding the plane went as planed and we flew off to Turkey in an ‘OLD’ Airbus A340-300 so no fancy toys to play with in the plane. At lest it was empty and Alison and I became pretzels and intertwined our limbs together to sleep relatively well for the flight out. At 3 am we were woken up for breakfast that was very good. Feeling rather groggy for the rest of the day while waiting for the next flight in the airport we really had a hard time waiting for the next flight out. The Free wi-fi in the airport isn't free as we found out. Again the food was superb and as in the first plane I ate little Sean’s food again, he is not able to eat most foods. Turkish airline food is great but the entertainment on board the planes is not good at all.
In Prague we were collected by the ‘ Man with a Van’ and deposited at our stunning little Hotel the is on the Unesco heritage list, it is a restored House and is now a 16 room hotel and is awesome. No Lifts but some very steep stairs and we have taken 7 of the rooms for the team. It has internet for us so this is how we managed to send you this letter. The Hotel is right on the Old Town Square and walking distance from Everything. It has been a very busy sight seeing day and we are really buggered. The sun just set and it is after 9pm at night.
I got confirmation from Jana from the organizers that the South African container has arrived at the airfield so all is well for us to arrive there tomorrow and start assembling the trikes. My own PPG will only arrive on the 28th so I have to borrow a motor from someone until Nirvana come to the comp and bring my New Instinct.
Chat again have fun and
‘Fly Safe’

Tony Gibson