I decided to join the Sevilla guys to the Plateu de Rekkam. It is not a wise decision but I'm more impulsive than wise. The excitement of the adventure is impossible to resist. The four guys seem very nice people and I like to ride with other people. Three of the bikes are equiped with knobby tires but the other one (a new Transalp) wears tires like mines, mixed type but more tarmac oriented.
We cross the border and head to the east, to Oujda and Ait-Benimathar, always on tarmac. In Ait-Benimathar we fill the tanks to the last drop. The other guys also carry jerry-cans because the next petrol station may be between 300 and 35 km away, not counting unexpected problems. The V-strom has a big tank (22 l) and a very low consumption. I can do about 400 or 500 km before refilling. We leave the tarmac and head for the track. We ride just a few km and we stop to mount the tents before it gets dark. It is my last opportunity to go back and return to tarmac but I decide to go on. We are in the middle of a immense plain, with almost no vegetation, very stony. There are traks everywhere. Fortunately, Manolo has a GPS otherwise we would be lost in five minutes.
The night is very clear and the sky is full of stars, a really wonderful sight. All is very quiet and peaceful.
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We want to see pìctures
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