The first days in Nigeria I was somewhat influenced by the comments on the security of this country. Normally it doesn't affect me much but I think affected me at this time. The presence of men armed with pistols and shotguns stressed me out. Nor I ate practically the first three days in the land. It was then when I fell down in a long offroad route. I ran into a sandbar that hid under some tough races. I was riding fast. I hit my back with something and the right pannier of my bike was squashed. In that accident I could have broken the bike and hurt me really.

A trip of this nature requires careful tuning of the bike. BMW Ibericar Keldenich has undertaken making an exhaustive revision of the R1200 GS Adventure 2007 with 94,000 km.

The bike, as your mileage, required a change in clutch, already I still had the original set. Despite four years of intensive use by all types of terrain, the clutch was still in good health. 30,000 km I probably would have endured more smoothly. Further evidence that these machines are really hard if treated well.

Simona and I had the opportunity to meet personally our Mototematicos friends. We spent a great moments with them and enjoyed the beautiful Madrid downtown.

During one of our walks, we came to the Plaza España. George, the director of Motematicos, drew his video camera and mic arsenal. While Ricky and I were walking, George was dedicated to capture our conversation that later joined Simona.

On Thursday, Simona and I traveled to Madrid to meet in person Ricky Godoy, his wife Pilar and the rest of "Mototemáticos" Chilean team, the flagship program on the planet dedicated to motorbikes and people.

All of them came from Santiago de Chile and we got in Terminal 4 of Barajas airport. There, in a few seconds, we started hugging traffic, t-shirts, sweaters, "fuet", sausages and "sobrassada" without fear of arrest. That was the beginning of very exciting and intense two days.