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June 11, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Tangles in the tea plantations

Related Event: Rumble in the Jungle
Rumble in the Jungle MarathonMTB

Waking up in Haputale this morning was a unique experience. With a tiny bit of jet lag I was awake just before 4:30am. Then the mosque next to the hotel had a call to prayer. Then there were roosters. Then train horns, then dogs, then tropical birdsong. While it is easy to sometimes forget where […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, MarathonMTB, rumble in the jungle, sri lanka, Stage Race, tea plantation, XCM, yuki ikeda

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