A Festive, Possibly Sobering Message
Recorded whilst in Hurghada, Egypt
This Christmas Day the Vasco Da Gama rally participants and friends held a pontoon party in Hurghada Marina. Around 20 or so people took part in this ‘pot luck’ festive dinner. Liz and I were due to take part in the celebrations, and we did, but not without a hiccup (i.e. a morning spent in the hospital A&E due to a nasty eye infection, but that’s another story)!
Despite this we made the celebrations and we recorded a little podcast of the occasion. The podcast is specifically for family and friends as we made a point of going round and recording messages from each of the participants. It ends with some sobering words from the rally organiser, Lo Brust.
To set the scene we’ve included a little ‘drive-by’ video clip to give you a pictorial idea of what we got up to. After viewing the short clip scroll down to listen to the podcast.
And now the podcast…
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