White Hat Rally Day 2: Journey to Locarno Part.2

After the indoor waterfalls, we carried on towards Locarno. Our journey meant we had to drive over the mountains. We started ascending and the outside temperature got colder and colder and the rain turned to snow! A beautiful sight to see. As we proceeded towards Gotthardpasse, Airolo the roads were becoming worse. We were driving around one corner when a snow plough came swinging around the opposite way nearly finishing us all off! Following closely behind the snow plough was “The Tank”. The guys kindly stopped and told us that the roads were just too bad up there to drive on, and that they were taking a detour around the mountains. On the way down we saw a few other guys and told them the bad news.

A few games of ‘eye spy’  over the walky talkies with “The Tank” guys, and a 16Km journey through Gotthard Tunnel, we encountered what can only be described as bliss! As we emerged from the tunnel, there was no rain and the sun was out! Thank god! This had to be one of the best moments in the rally!

Our reward for the days troubles was drinks outside a restaurant in Locarno. Much needed!

Some cool wall paintings we encountered ont he way back to the hotel.

A random monkey in a furniture shop

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