Dakar Rally is now in the last few stages.  Stage 11 yesterday – Santiago to San Juan, 434 kms passing through Paso Libertadores and across the hilltops of the Andes.  If the altitude sickness doesn’t get to you, the cold will. However, Philip coped well using a plastic bag for extra insulation!  Its pretty scary just how close some of the cars get to the bikes moving through all the dust thats been thrown up into the air while they drive.  Its an achievement in itself to even complete one stage never mind the whole Rally!  A bad start to the stage for eight other riders when a policeman blocked the wrong road sending 8 of them completely off course. I’m sure they were mad, mad, mad.  Read about Philip’s day on the Team Ireland Blog

Dakar 2010 is well underway.  The boys are currently driving from Copiapo to La Serena.  This will be a 100% sandy route which we hope will not cause too much difficulty for our boys!

You can read more about their journey so far on the Team Ireland Blog.

Not in the office

It is very quiet in the DoneDeal office these days. Emer lives in the country side and the road is all ice. So instead of answering emails we put her on snow angel duty. As you see in the photo she is hard at work.

And we told Declan he is not allowed in the office these days. He lives in Waterford, and it is way too far to drive safely. Being a genuine computer geek he probably sits at home reading about database replication, clustering, load balancing, and other riveting stuff.

Meanwhile, Donna keeps DoneDeal running. She fights the elements to make it in to the office every day. Go Donna!