WEEK 10 : 4 th Jan - 10th Jan 2002
Trip Distance (km) Quote of the Week Country
010177 "Get me out of Cancun " - Martin

"I hate Cancun " - Martin

"My Bottom feels like when you put sandpaper between your cheeks " - Boxy with an unusual explanation of the discomfort experienced from the KTM seat
Mexico
Cancun - Cancun - cursed Cancun

Memorable Moment

Selling a motorbike.

We decided to try the Yamaha dealership once more in order to sell the spare bike. After ten minutes of rabbling our best Spanish to the non English speaking grease monkeys, one of them decided to make a call. That night he took us to see his brother who in turn knew of someone who may be interested. Two days later we met the "ex Cancun motocross champion". (His words not ours.) As it turned out, he was very keen to buy the bike and so requested the original title papers which we did not have. It took three more days for our friends at Mountain Motorsports California, to send the title through Fedex via overnight delivery. As soon as the papers were in our possession, we promptly brought them to the attention of our prospective client. Naturally happy at the thought of owning such a piece of machinery, he organised us to meet him again the next night where we would exchange the bike for cash. Unfortunately for us we had to find out two days later that indeed he had no money and our last six days were wasted in Cancun.

 

Pictures of the Week

Competition

Trying like crazy to escape the unhospitable rat race that was Cancun.

Winner: Cancun

Highlight

The purchasing of two lambskin dog coats to rectify a problem we have been having for the last 10,000 kilometres - hard KTM seats

Risk Activity

Attempting to sell a motorcycle illegally in Mexcio whilst battling with the obvious language barrier risk factor 7/10.

Lowlight

Spending our days on the internet or telephone or chasing potential buyers for the extra bike whilst the beach was begging our attention.

Road Tally

None