Taiwan Baby!!!

Howdy from Kaosiung

So we have arrived in Taiwan, and it is an interesting place. First of all, there are more scooters than any where else in the entire world (that I have visited.) Reminds me of the days in college going around on one in Athens, GA. Now add a Nascar/F1 feel to it, and that is Taiwan. The people have all been extremely friendly, and have been very helpful. I think it is a lot of fun communicating when you have no clue what the other is saying. It is a challenge that I think that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy when you achieve the goal. Check out the picture there. That is how coffee is done... Tasted ok, but looked super cool.

So I am over here with defending champ, Shawn Milne, Chris Jones, Emile Abraham, and Valeri Gobzerenko to race with. We have big goals for this one, and will take it day by day. For staff, we have El Director Ed Beamon, Super Mechanic Doug Berner, and The "I make your legs feel real good via food, drink, and massage man" Jeremy Fliss. All in all after a 3 hour trip to LA from camp, a 14 hour flight, 5 hrs in the airport, and then a 4.5 hour bus ride, everyone seems to be in a pretty good mood. Racing starts tomorrow, and I will try to update with y side of it.
Camp was awesome and low and behold we got accepted to the Tour fo Georgia. If I make the roster for the team, which I plan on busting my arse to do, then I would personally like to invite you to come to the finish of Brasstown Bald to push me up the mountain...ha

Real quick on camp: The team is great. All the pros and devo team got some riding in together, and the pro team w/o diabetes all made a huge effort to learn about diabetes, and what foods do to the body. The guys were all using their own FreeStyle Lite meters to check appx 10-15 times per day to live a day, or a week in the life. Great fun, and with the guys we have, I think it is going to be an awesome year. Big congrats to Tom Schuler, Ed Beamon, and Bob Shrank for Roster selections, as we have an AWESOME team!

So please wish us luck, not only in the race, but with the getting around and not getting hit by a scooter. One last pic of the boyz and I getting in after our ride last night!
Thanks for reading. Have a great night.

Philpott