CRAZYJOURNEY MEETS THE OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY!
The Olympic Torch Relay Guards don't like photos being taken!
Dave and Fintan were up early to meet Detta in her hotel where we had an interview with the Times Of Oman about CRAZYJOURNEY. The Indian journalist didn’t seem to give a toss about the interview and spent most of time answering phonecalls as we in the middle of answering his questions. We were sure the article was going to be a shocker, but it actually turned out quite well! See copy below and click on it to read...
After the interview, we met up with Rhys and Chuck and headed to the Crowne Plaza where we had heard there was a lovely beach. We chilled out here for a few hours and kicked a rugby ball around. It turned out that the Chinese Olympic Torch Relay entourage were staying in the hotel. These are the supposed torch guardians whose job it is to protect the torch from the Pro-Tibetan activists and constant attempts to put out it’s flame. We’ve been watching the whole relay with interest and find the thing a complete farce, yet hugely entertaining. Muscat will probably be the most quiet and tame leg of the relay and the thought came into our minds of stirring things up a bit, possibly involving water-ballons from a safe distance. But sense took the better of us when Fintan and Chuck saw the 20 guard procession bundle the flame into a minivan outside the hotel!
The Crowne Plaza's Beach in Muscat
Later that evening, we caught up the torch relay itself at its final leg in Muscat’s main park. To be honest, we were a bit disappointed by the overhyped procession and the ridiculous amount of security surrounding one old guy who was struggling to hold the torch and make it to the finish! Davo even threw in a few ‘Free Tibet’ shouts to stir things up a bit, but disappointingly enough, there wasn’t one incident to have a laugh at in Muscat. We’ll have to just make do with the BBC World reports from other citys for a laugh.
The Olympic Flame passes us by
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