Well we couldn't have picked a more perfect day. Went for a swim at the Ritz Carlton and then across the road to meet the whole team for breakfast for the very first time. 10:00pm the night before, I was delighted to receive a call from Xixi, a friend from neightboring Zhejiang, telling me she wanted to join the trip. How could we refuse, although the support car was now full to the brim ! After a wonderful breakfast with team and friends, we departed on our adventure. The first leg, a lethargic 450km to Huaian. To be honest, not much to see in Huaian. And we arrived just in time for dinner. Sinclair, who'd basically just got off the plane from Portugal, was running on reserve caffeine, but still impressed us with his linguistic skills,
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