Friday, 3 April
\nMiddleton out of the water: Done
\nMiddleton in the truck: Done
\nTrip to Tamatave: Done
\nCollateral damages: A wound and bruise on Serge\u2019s right hand, a cut on Rive\u2019s foot (Rive is the truck\u2019s driver)
\nSerge and I did not see Middleton put in her box and I think it is just as well because Serge gets into a state of uncontrollable stress when it is a question of handling Middleton. In any case, we have total confidence in our shock team: Ren\u00e9, Danz and Bob, who ran things superbly.
\nYesterday evening at 19H00 the truck finally arrived in Tamatave. Serge did not want to hear about it or see it\u2026.. I took a look and hope Middleton won\u2019t move. I am assured that she cannot shift around and I must be confident. As Jules Cesar said \u201calea jacta est\u201d \u201cthe die is cast\u201d. Now we are going to concentrate on the foot race, without having part of our mind taken up with thoughts of Middleton. We have to move on to something different. Being totally focused on the towing since Tuesday, it has taken on unreasonable proportions, which is unhealthy.
\nSaturday, 4 April
\n60.4 km in 8H15\u2019
\n5H00: the truck leaves for Tana with Danz, whom we will meet later in the capital.
\n6H30: Serge leaves with part of the team to cross Tamatave. At this early hour the city is already wide awake.
\nThe terrain is hilly outside Tamatave and a series of curves makes running dangerous because trucks, 4 wheel drives and bush taxis speed along at the beginning of this long weekend. This evening Serge has had his fill of trucks\u2026. But he is going to have to put up with them because the RN #2 that we will take to Tana is the main and most heavily travelled road in the country between the capital and the most important commercial port of the island.<\/p>\n
We set up our first bivouac at the roadside (so we won\u2019t forget there are trucks!). But the place is a kind of big garden, full of flowers and trees with 4 bungalows sitting there. We had trouble finding the place on this rough and tortuous road. Momo started to cook because rice here is not pre-cooked and therefore prepared in 3 or even 10 minutes. It is fresh from the harvest and has to cook for a long time. He adds vegetables to it and I have a feeling this rice will be very tasty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Friday, 3 April Middleton out of the water: Done Middleton in the truck: Done Trip to Tamatave: Done Collateral damages: A wound and bruise on Serge\u2019s right hand, a cut on Rive\u2019s foot (Rive is the truck\u2019s driver) Serge and I did not see Middleton put in her box and I think it is just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n