The last day in Morocco threw up so many more challenges – food, language, security, and oh yeah – language again! It has definitely been one of my most exciting and demanding trips I’ve ever done but I was finally going home…
Last 2 days in Morocco – wow!! I had an extra day at the Marriot in Fes to rest before I flew to Casablanca. I decided to go to a local shopping centre where there was a Burger King, but the Moroccan taxi driver had other ideas…
Andrew Houlihan has finished the 2019 Rallye du Maroc in 9th place overall in the Enduro Cup category, after completing today’s final stage in 12th place. The last day of the race. 490km from Erfoud to Fes….
After the challenges of the last few days, all I wanted to do this morning was get on the bike. Our 2.10pm start time couldn’t come around quick enough. The prologue stage was a short 70km route, and I had more…
An early start today to bring the bike back for the final technical inspection, and there was one more issue to solve. Stressful and we were quickly running out of time, but we made it through the necessary steps to compete…
This morning started nice and relaxing – and then the mayhem started! Getting through the rally administration took an hour and a half, and then technical inspection was all good until the last station. But the ride through Fes…
A lazy morning today. Ah you have to love Morocco! The hotel WiFi is down and we can’t pay our bills with credit cards, so we sit and wait … and wait … and wait. After 2 hours the WiFi came good, but then we realised…
The last day! All sand dunes today and they saved the biggest ones for last! My bike is all good to be raced today and as I missed day 5, I was in the last pack to start. So it was always going to be a difficult day…
A failed Stella tracking device and a jammed throttle have created some issues for Andrew Houlihan on Day 4 of the 2019 Pan Africa Rally. The first special stage was fast with a lot of rolling dunes and salt pans full of fesh fesh…
My start time this morning was 8.50am. I had been given an 8 minute penalty for some reason, so I was now 8 minutes behind Pablo. Thankfully, our direction this morning was opposite to the dunes, and everyone was relieved to be…