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After last year's success we were hoping to make it back to Guadalajara for the second edition of Red Bull's Dirt Conquers event. From start to finish the contest was a blast so it wasn’t hard spending 25 hours on the road to get there because we knew it was going to be good again. For those getting jealous of our trips (we're lucky, don't get me wrong) I'll fill you in on a bit of the travel experience. The alarm clock went off at 04:55am. For everyone that's early. After putting some clothes on, getting a quick wash, some early breakfast and going through the checklist, it was off to the train station to catch the 06:06hr train with Paul to Schiphol. With no direct trains to the airport after Eindhoven we opted to skip the bus trip from Boxtel to Den Bosch and went the b-route via Breda and Rotterdam. Total time to get to Amsterdam airport was 2:20hr. We met up with Daniel Wedemeijer at check-in and had no time to chill. Waiting in line took a bit, we dropped our bags and got back in line at passport control. I'm not sure about you, but I hate waiting in lines and I always pick the wrong ones too. It was off to the gate directly and back in line for the security check before we hopped