Burning Man

Its that time of year again.

I've always wanted to go to Burning Man, but never got round to saving up and planning it. A mate of mine went a few years ago, and planning is essential, as its sort of in the middle of nowhere. You have to make sure you have enough supplies to last for your entire stay, several days in the Nevada desert.

Anyway, if anyone is interested, here is a rather choppy live webcam from the event. The climax is early tomorrow morning, which is tonight for the yanks, when the torch the man.

http://www.ustream.tv/burningman

Fear not. They don't burn a real man. Just a wooden/straw one.

 

Is it a Wicker Man!!!!!!

Val

 

When my mate went, about 24 hours of the week long festival had him and his female compatriot holed up in the car they'd hired, waiting for a sand storm to settle. He said it was like nothing he'd experienced before. He said it was just like impenetrable dense fog, but sand was find its way into the air vents of the car and coming in. When he took the hire car back at the end, he phoned the bank first and told his credit card company and told them to deny any transactions, handed the keys over and got out of there as quick as he could, before they had chance to see what the sandstorm had done to the paintwork on their shiny new car