Three Humpback Whales passed by the Island this morning 
Hereās a crappy pic of one of them breaching
re: Peruā¦
I can highly recommend āEight Feet in the Andesā by Dervla Murphy. Great read about a mad Irish woman and her 9 year old daughter who travel the length of Peru. And, yes, a mule is involved
An Aussie friend is in Germany at the moment and was saying how enthusiastic the taxi drivers wereā¦
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Thatās about 145 mph. She shit herself 
A few years ago heading to Munich airport at 6am on a Sunday. The taxi driver really had his foot down, doing about 160 kph. Well, it was fast as far as I was concerned.
A 911 overtook us like we were standing still. I think at that time the āenthusiastsā treat the autobahn like a race track.
Yes, thatās why thereās speed limiters fitted to most carsā¦ lol
I rented a E36 M3 a few years ago and gave it a blast between Frankfurt and Offenbach. It developed a disturbing vibration at 200kph. That was as fast as I dared.
I was pulled over in Oz many, many moons ago on an outback road doing 150+mph though in a street legal race car (Ford GTHO). Not prosecuted as the roadside radar unit was only calibrated to 130 
Yes, if youāre cruising on the autobahn at 120-130 mph, you have to constantly watch your mirrors, as X5ās and other SUVās come hurtling past on their limitersā¦
You never really get used to the concept of over two tons of metal travelling at that speed!
I managed to get up to just over 185 on the autobahn, but that was on a totally clear road with good visibility, wouldnāt dare do that if there was any traffic aroundā¦
Best Iāve done is 188mph (indicated 195!) on a runway in Suffolkā¦ lol 
If I can get to 120 uphill Iām happy, we live at 118.
I know, Iām just getting me coat, the door that way ?
130mph as a pillion on my mates motorbike was interestingā¦
Managed about 170 on the R1 at the Nurburgring. Couldnāt get much quicker as once you get on the straight you have to back off to make the exit for the car park (there are speed limits there and they take a dim view of people going nuts at that point).
Best Iāve managed on the road is not telling
BMW 235 is a strange choice for a taxi.
When I lived in germany I did 165 mph in a delimited BMW 550i racing a porsche 911 on the way to Belgium
Fun but scary, did briefly get it up to 175mph but backed off very rapidly when the steering went soft and it felt like it was going to take off.
In 1992 whilst posted to germany I bought a new tax free Opel Kadett GSI and thought I was living dangerously by doing 90mph in the snow until I had the usual flashing headlights in the rear view and a 3 series tourer flew past me at about 120mph towing a trailer
Yes, theyāre all bonkers thereā¦ lol
Yes I know. Iām still waiting for her to update me as to WHO was the taxi driver 
I may have once touched 145mph on the A19 around midnight and on a dry, well lit roadā¦
Dogshit new desk booking system lasted about 3 minutes before going toes up.
It seems to have problems with more than 5 concurrent users. I smell MS Access.
Apparently the ātaxi driverā was her friend Ingo (and thatās his girlfriend (?))ā¦
Which oneās Trump?