For 15 years, João Rebelo Martins was dedicated to four wheels, reaching victories and national titles in Karting, Classic Car, Hill Climbing and Trophies. Even tested with Oreca in Paul Ricard, and GT's at the Nurburgring, Estoril and Braga; never hiding the desire to. one day, go to Le Mans.
Despite this long career dedicated to motorsport, 2015 will be a year of adventures, challenges, and as expectation: 2015 will be a year dedicated to motorbikes.
After the experience in Egypt, the pilot want fun on two wheels!
Sponsored by the fluidotrónica, Norfer, Arax Gazzo and eni, and its partners are Nau Helmets, Karting Oiã, Alpinestars, Agência Paraíso, Monte Campos, Hama Portugal Quinta do Estanho, Molfil, Rainha Muscle & Fitness, Konica Minolta and Oakley, João Rebelo Martins will hold four races of the National Classic Championship, riding a Yamaha RD 350, from Classic Racing Team.
For the pilot "was unthinkable not hold races in 2015. The competition is in my blood and Antonio Nicolau challenged me to ride one of the bikes from Classic Racing Team. The bike is turning and challenging, the team is top, with all the ingredients for me to embrace this new project. "
Apart from National Classic Championship, for travel and adventure, João Rebelo Martins will dedicated part of the year to mototourism. Inspired by José Megre and, more recently, by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, the pilot will travel to various countries in search of new cultures, new ways of being and living.
Apart from Portugal, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Italy, France and Spain - in Europe - are on the route. Singapore, Australia and Egypt following. The racing driver will be on 4 continents in 2015.
"People, landscapes, food, education, culture. . Everything is new and everything is fascinating " . By that is daily writes on this blog and speeches at schools and businesses about motivation and opening horizons are expected.
Cairo is still hot, until the Egyptians complain about the weather because at this time of year, should be fresher.So it was with effort that I wore a pair of jeans to go to the center of Cairo. Because? Halfway through the route outlined was a mosque and couldn`t enter in shorts.Thus, the mid-morning I and Drew went to the Grand Bazaar - Khan el-Khalili. It
was all a fun: we seemed two women to litter the stores and didn`t buy
anything, haggling prices with the vehemence of a dispute between Arabs
and Jews, to have fun with what we said, speaking Arabic with the
merchants; an entire party!From scarves to perfumes, through spices and pieces of copper, we experience a little of everything. The
bazaars, in these parts, have the mystique of the fairs of our towns,
mixed with bright and smely products, that are exotic to Westerners. The color of the goods and the music of the words, it is a joy.In Khan el-Khalili entered a mosque and outside, made a public collection to help the conservation of the same. I didn´t give money because I had spent it all in the few purchases that I did; Drew contributed. Then the olitical joke of the day show it self: that was they said to Bush father, it was just to the mosque.We had lunch there, in an koshari and kebab restaurant. We eat kebab along with other Egyptian working class; spicy as he was, knew well a beer ... but there is here also; feather!For dessert, a long walk from the Islamic part of the city to the citadel.The citadel is up there, serving the great walls to protect a
beautiful Turkish Mosque, alabaster, sent to the king Mohammad Ali and
completed by his grandson Farouk, the last king of Egypt before the 1952
revolution.At the citadel we see the whole city, the whole mess is a vibrant city with 22 million people. WOW!
