Nice beach pic earlier Balan, but where's the Israeli totty ?
Great Pics Balam.
Nice beach pic earlier Balan, but where's the Israeli totty ?
Who's the lovely lady Balan, is that Mrs. B ?
The Lady Mrs Balam would kill me,if I put her photo in here !!!
If you are looking at the race now ,its being filmed in the Negev desert
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thanks Balam - super ○-○ images -like the busy one above, the Astana rider getting his feed or whatever....I caught a little of the live feed in what I believe was the Negev desert, early in the race - an amazing expanse - what goes on there ?
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Hi Norder, such a pity,it was almost fine sand blowing in over the deserts.Its a great expieriance being there , the stillness ,the colours. This Giro D'Italia placed Israel on the map a little more. I am in the north the Western Galilee,so some 6 hours away.Last time I was there must have been some 15 yrs ago. There are many accessible hiking trails in the Negev. You will not believe the amount and variety of trails that can be found in the Negev region. They are all marked tremendously well, and are very safe to hike on your own.( but not so safe, if on that day if its raining strongly even some 30 km away,because of flash floods ,in seconds the water appears). Then not to go into the desert in the summer with temperatures of over 40 C plus (110 F) but its very dry .The night sky in the area of Mitzpe Ramon is stunning. In Makhtesh Ramon there is is something like a crater - but it is really not a Crater. Maktesh is a geological phenomenon that was not created by a volcano nor was it created by a Meteorite. It is something unique (there are only 7 of them in the whole wide world) and in Mitzpe Ramon you can easily visit and hike in the biggest one of them all. The barren landscape - without anything covering it... no trees... not plants.... nothing. It is just you, the earth and the wind.
That's got to be one of the all time great rides, just rode away from them 80k out and they never saw him again. 4th place and 3.22 down at the start of the day, now comfortably in Pink, all his rivals total wreckage.
Yates had a disaster. Froome a breath of fresh air ... or more. Lol.