Holidays in Moz

Greetings

I'm back from the best holiday I've ever had. Mozambique is a trully magical place with a mixture of unspoilt nature, Portuguese, Arabic and Indian cultures and friendly people. Yes, it's also another failed African state but if you look beyond that you'll see a country with alot of potential and I gave myself up to its sweet charms.

Definitely recommended for anyone who loves going off the beaten track. It's non commercialised so you feel rather special at being around such pristine scenery and best of all you don't have to pay a fortune to enjoy it. I'll post a more detailed picture of the trip soon with all the incidents and funnies we encountered and some quality pictures, of course. :)

ciao

Muse rock!

My current favourite song:

Too fast too furious

Oi oi

It's been a while, if truth be told I have been a bit lazy but today I'm in the mood to post even though I'm sunburnt and my body is sore.

Yesterday was open track day for some of the car clubs in Cape Town and Subaru was well represented with a dozen or so scoobies in the pits. I raced for the first time at the Killarney track and absolutely loved it even though I spun off once lol.

I psyched myself up for it the whole week and promised I'd take it easy knowing full well that insurance would not pay out if I destroyed the car. But during my first session all that common sense went out the window, I had carte blanche to do as I liked and with a car pushing out so much power and All Wheel Drive I decided to give it horns. I did four sessions, and with each session I got progressively better, driving harder and more on the edge, with the All Wheel Drive fighting to keep the car straight and the engine boosting at full throttle making the most glorious noise. If some people have pocket rockets I own a battle cruiser and she did not dissappoint.

Even Jason was brave enough to come out for a spin without a helmet, albeit a bit nervous, and I wasn't surprised in the least. I too would be nervous driving shotgun with someone who has no racing experience. Kudos to you!

He took some great pics which I'm going to put up soon, for the moment I'll post a few of my own.

There are many things I'd like to do in my life and racing around a track was one of them so it was very special ticking that off my list. Now, if only I can make the Gumball and Dakar rally a reality ;)

Voyageur

Cape Town really is an interesting place, you'll drive along one section and the sun is out with blue skies and a few miles away the weather is completely different. This happened this weekend, filled up the beast and decided to go burn some fuel around the peninsula. The weather was fantastic along the camps bay/llandudno stretch but then turned all stormy and gloomy when I headed out to chapmans peak.

Either way, I managed to piss off a couple more cyclists and some aunty in a clio really didn't appreciate my overtaking maneuver. Not that I pulled a dangerous stunt, I think she was startled when she heard me pull through at full boost and started going crazy with hand gestures...haha.

I am sorry whoever you are, but I would do it again hehe...

Anyway, two places I have to visit soon;

1. Gaylords in Fishhoek, name sounds dodgy but I've heard they make some great indian food, one of my colleagues also wants to check it out so hopefully I can provide some feedback soon. I looove Indian food...

2. The Tibetan tea garden in Simons town, it's up on a hill and looks interesting too. There's also what looks like an art gallery next to it, so I can partake in some exotic tea and peruse some original art. This culture thing is really Kief!

Ah, so where was I...Cape Town really is a great place. Sun burning my face, cruising down the coast, people taking pics of a whale, regattas on the bay, skinny pale tourists (who look like me), forgotten roads to nowhere, pretty women in bikinis, kids in the back of a car waving and pointing at me, beautiful old houses whispering their stories to the wind. If I ever leave I'll miss this place terribly.

Here are some pics, promise I'll try keep the blog updated. Just haven't had time lately.

My baby

Here is a recent pic of my baby. A 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX. Yes, I know I should get a life and everybody is sick of me ranting about the car but I absolutely adore it!

She is without a doubt the sexist thing I've ever owned and 4 months down the line I'm still as happy as ever about my choice. The motoring equivalent of Jenna Jameson, only more hardcore ;)

My love for all things Subaru has stretched to the point where I own a Subaru beanie, shirt and have a miniture version of the car in my room lol. Yes, I've become a Subaru freak and as petrolheads go pretty obsessed with things I did not usually think about when driving my humble Opel Corsa. But thats for another day.

Now for some facts about where the name comes from:

"Subaru" is the Japanese word for "unite" and for the star cluster Pleiades that is depicted in the company logo. The Pleiades (also known as the Seven Sisters) has seven stars visible to the naked eye. The Subaru logo's six stars represent the five companies that came together after World War II to form one large company. (information courtesy of wikipedia)

And now you know.

My first rant!

So ja...

As a stop gap between publishing my website which I've been to lazy to complete I've decided to create this blog. Expect lots of pics and me running my mouth off in typical fashion. A means to an end until I get my site sorted and on the web.

over and out