The organizers and fellow participants are all very helpful and friendly. Yes, this is a very competitive race, however, it never seems to get in the way of the camaraderie we have experienced over the years.
Fortunately, everything fared well for el Taxi and it got it's OK sticker and it's numbers! Ready!
The weather here in Huatulco is incredibly hot and humid. We are hanging out in a parking lot in a park with a constant pounding of LOUD techno music...apparently, Memo and Martin's favorite! NOT!
Martin disappears and reappears to all of our delight:
Over the years, we have made many lovely friends, Angelica Fuentes is by far, one of our favorites. She is a seasoned third generation Carrerista who has navigated for Doug Mockett for several years. It is people like Angelica that make this race so addicting!
Taz and his team are also a lot of fun. They are in our class and are gunning for us in a Datsun 510... Seriously, Taz is hecka fast!
After tech, Conrad took the taxi for a test drive and made more new friends!
This and another run with Martin shortly after revealed a small list of things to sort, which had Memo, Lalo and I driving around Huatulco's centro for an hour that evening.
We got directions from a local, born'n raised Huatulcan, to get to an auto parts store. The directions included anything but street names, just left at light, go around market till you get to big BIG tree, make a left...
Not only did we manage to find that store, but three others with similar directions and only one errant turn down a one way street!
We were successful in finding, oil, two new headlights, a timing gun we couldn't afford, contact cement, and a parts place that kept a live tarantula and scorpion in an aquarium as pets!
We return that evening to the hotel just in time to order our dinners at the bar and for Condenado and Memo to get under the car!
Ready for qualifying!
TaxiCrew reporting...
Location:Huatulco
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