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Goto: 2009-01-18 2009-01-20 Africa

2009-01-19:

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Distance today: 31.0 km (Accumulated: 9524.8 km)
Elapsed time: 02:51:22
Country: Africa

Start 09:35am., at "Sahara Inn" in Zaafraana. 16c, clear and m. wind. Finish 12:44pm., at 'gas-station 100m' - sign (please see live-gps position for exact loc.) on Suez Gulf road M65, ca. 228km N. of Hurghata. 24c, thin clouds and same.

Fever down & eskimo up :-)

Today the fever finally lost its grip after another night 'swimming' in the running clothes. Great to have that hindering behind :-)

Still a bit tired so I kept the run short and put the tent down 31km South of Zaafrana at a perfect empty beach w. bright yellow & white sand, a clear lapis-blue lagoon and white clouds above. Not too bad !

Now its time to eat some chocolate to regain a few kg (when bathing noticed that 'something' was missing in the weight department ;-)
Then think about the logistics ahead - where Dorte of the danish Embassy in Cairo still is a Grand Help !! (wonder how she keeps patience w. this delay-runner.. ! :-)
and Phil Essam of Australia who as allways is the stable rock of the run even when I momentarely loose my sight of the far-away goal :-)

... Besides that ?
Reading a book by early 1900 polar explorer Peter Freuchen about the cultural meeting between inuit (eskimo) and 'the new world' and its concequenses for both. Interesting expedition know-how and, in its own way cooling to the fever ! ;-)