Thursday, September 20, 2018

Frequently Flying Fang

The rally car, AKA Fang, left by container ship in early July bound for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to take the start of Rallyround  Africa on October 1. Plenty of time, right? Then Fang’s tracker warned us of a very long stay in Singapore. Only when the tracker pinged Schiphol Airport, did we discover that he missed his ship.

You may recall high drama on the eve of Inca Rally 2016 when Fang lost ship connections because of a hurricane and arrived in Buenos Aires at the very last moment by multiple cargo planes from Panama via Miami. 

Same shipper, now familiar with Fang’s wily ways, and remembering the last debacle, unzipped his ship container, air mailed him to Amsterdam and hence on to Dar es Salaam where he awaits our arrival next week.

Stay tuned for more from your navigator as she attempts to persuade half her possessions to miraculously jump into a carry-on suitcase.