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Took place on 5th March, in Lisbon, at the home of the Hon. Ambassador of Egypt in Portugal, a reception for many guests, where the racing driver João Rebelo Martins had the opportunity to tell all the experiences of the Cross Egypt Challenge.
Before a hundred people - many ambassadors, deputies, the President of the Portuguese Motorcycling Federation, Manuel Marinheiro, the President of the General Assembly of the Portuguese Motorcycle Federation, Jorge Viegas, the Vice President of the Portuguese Federation of Automobile and Karting, Paulo Campos, businessmen and media - João Rebelo Martins spoke about the trip he made last November, for nine days, covering 3,000 km throughout Egypt.
From Alexandria to Cairo, passing through Marsa Alan, Aswan, Abu Simbel and Luxor - to name just a few cities - the rider saw beautiful landscapes, visited monuments which are the heritage of humanity, contacted local people, taste Egyptian delicacies and dive in the Red Sea. The rider concluded his speech with a call to all present to visit Egypt because "in addition to all the monuments and the beauty of the desert, Egypt is a safe country with friendly and hospitable people."
At the reception organized by the Hon. Ambassador of Egypt in Portugal, João Rebelo Martins also had the opportunity to exhibit pictures of all the places he visited.
Hon. Ambassador of Egypt in Portugal, in the presence of INAC, announced the direct air line from Lisbon to Cairo.
Being John Rebelo Martins racing driver, the moment was tapped to be unveiled the sports program for 2015. So in addition to adventure trips being planned for Europe, America and Africa, the racing driver will perform the National Classic Championship with a Yamaha RD 350 Classic Racin



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1.1.15 - Oliveira de Azeméis | Caramulo | Oliveira de Azeméis

First day of the year and it's time to start setting goals for the objectives of the year. In 2015 I will dedicate myself also to travel around. Bike, car, train, airplane; of whatever. I want to know new places, new people and cultures.
I got up early and tied the Monte Campo on the bike. I looked at the map and decided to take a tour of places that i didn´t for a long time.
I left Oliveira de Azeméis and headed to Vale de Cambra to enter the road of S. Pedro do Sul. Few kilometers and had the first stop of the day: The Eng. Duarte Pacheco dam, along with Roge.
Breathes tranquility that little piece of paradise. Near Serra da Freitas, could put the legend Bariloche that few would have given the difference. Wonderful, sublime, the trip had been worth it for that landscape.
Follow way to Oliveira de Frades, a cold coil that accompanies every corner of the mountain, a constant up and down. A road that passes through Cepelos, Junqueira and Arões, mythical names of rallying.
Reached Oliveira de Frades, I headed to Caramulo. Always going up!
No longer would there since my last participation on the hillclimb, in 2011. The town is so friendly and picturesque, along with the villages around them. Witn no racing, everything takes a different rhythm, much more calm and quiet.
Go up to the Cabeço de Neve and had lunch: one sandwiche. Then followed by a dirt road that connects the various electric windy towers

. I saw the Serra da Estrela, Serra da Freitas and the sea.
The way back home was by Agueda along a road with nested curves and at three in the afternoon had not yet dried. I went through several streams that after Pateira of Fermentelos, help fill the Vouga.
More than 150 km of knowledge, to revive the places where had passed. It was a good day 1 January.