Seb & Anne Blog revival..2008 overview

So after 2007 came 2008... (no shit ?)

Anne was very occupied this year with the recordings of Flikken Maastricht, so busy she even did not have the time to join for an all-road trip though Turkey !


Together with a few friends (Hans from Touratrek, Mat and Petra from the BMW Boxertoko, Roemer, Margjen, Ewout, Gerben and my roommate for the trip, Leendert) we flew to Turkey and drove for a bit more than a week in the south and middle of Turkey. Basically just seeing where we would end up, some tracks off-road, some stretches on the tarmac.






In and around Göreme, the village build entirely out of naturally formed sandstone peaks, the riding was spectacular, every off road enthusiast's dream!!








Didn't Anne ride at all that year ??
Of course not don't be silly ! She travelled by bike multiple times to and from Maastricht during the recording periods. Also we met a motorcycle instructor who gives off-road trainings in the south of Holland (Roel from motorrijschool Selling). With his we had our first real off road training, and this is where I got hooked to off road riding....
Here is Anne conquering a muddy corner..


















During the year, Anne met up with our former collegae and friend from the DiveProvo time, Sally, in London. Where she now works as a teacher ! She must be the coolest teacher in the world !









After two years working and riding the bikes we both started feeling an urge, a little itch.. and realized we hadn't been diving since August 2006 !.. it had been two years since we had been in the water..
So we bought two new drysuits and went for a week diving in Malta to visit our former employers and friends from Dive Deep Blue divecentre. When we first jumped in realized this was the first time we could dive without having to take care of customers.. :)

Nothing much changed since we left Malta two years earlier, except that Dive Deep Blue extended their business with Tec Deep Blue, providing Technical Divers with all their needs, a few new great wrecks were sunk, and the marine live preservation at divesites seems to improve the wildlife, making the site more interesting for divers. Hopefully that keeps on progresing the next years. We'll be back to check !!

So far 2008...