MD Bivouac: I can confess now.

We stayed at Bishabi Bark for 6 days. Our stay here was tough. The sand made my skin feel dry and my elbows were bleeding, along with the cold. But if Dakar taught us anything, it’s to resist and sometimes improvise.

And that’s what we did. When we were tired of sleeping in sandy tents breathing dust, we learned that some of the Dakar employees who had been sleeping in closed barracks had retired. Were they free? To find out if it was true, we went to see it at night. And suddenly a door ajar caught our eye.

I carefully opened it in case someone was resting inside. And to my surprise, it was empty! There were eight double-decker berths for groups of Spanish journalists. It was our secret for three nights. We could shelter from the cold and storm every night in that cabin, which was better for us than the mansion.

Bivouac change today. We are going to Al Henakiyah, and once the danger of being discovered is over, we can rely on it. The toughest part of the Dakar begins: the journey from bivouac to bivouac. And then I went back to sleeping in a tent. It may be raining heavily today as well.

There’s nothing better than watching a video of my 10-month-old daughter opening her first Christmas present, 3,000 miles away. Weight. We have 12 days left here. What happened to Sainz, Nani, Laia and Christina doesn’t help. My current hope is Tosha.