Here is a quick note to inform anyone who has been following the thread of my onboard musical dilemma. I got an iPod for Christmas, and for that I'm very grateful to my wife. It will be nice to take a break from Van Morrison for a while (no offense Van)...probably got enough tunes and podcasts to see me through.
Things may go a bit quiet over the next day or two. If you haven't heard, things are about to get a little rough, so apologies in advance for that. One thing I can say for sure is that my Mum and Dad are checking things out daily and hopefully will get to see some of these blogs...which brings to mind a discussion that I had earlier with Ken about family.
Last year before Number One Son (me) signed up for this race. Number Two Son was in Iraq with the Royal Engineers. Fortunately, he made it back safe just in time for me to head off on this crazy Round the World adventure. Imagine my poor parents sitting back in Yorkshire (UK) - they had just spent a year being bombarded with the news from the Middle East...daily mortar attacks, suicide bombers, on and on. And now following the race daily they will be reading stories of broken boats, injuries and infections, even pirates and wars for god's sake.
Right now they're probably reading about the big storm that we have to go through between the Philippines and Taiwan. The reality is that it is just another day at the office probably going to be a pretty tough one but just another day all the same.
It'll be fine. Love you Mum and Dad
-Rick
