America's Cup Fever.

Here's some pics I took whilst working for Oracle this week in Valencia, despite working for the main sponsor that's as close as we could get with a camera. The port end of the town has been totaly redeveloped to host the event, the rest of the town looks like Beiruit, each team has a base like the one in the picture and they all perform mad docking out ceromonies on race days.

The port which is open to the public has armed guards and security check points, but once inside is buzzing, there is a huge video wall showing the raceing and loads of things to have a go on.

Any one planning on driving down to watch the event here's some stats: its 2500 miles rtn trip, I used 9 tanks of fuel (540 ltrs) drove for 40 hours and spent over £350 on toll roads. The only down side to the trip "France".