50: just woken up by the sound of cows being herded through campsite.

Just out of russia.10days from ub.Chilling out at the beach in finland-Lada is a bit tired.Can't wait to get back home.

Corkmongolia have reached ub.Tough going in northern mongolia but the Lada is built of pretty tough stuff.Having a well deserved pint in dave's bar.

In Novosibirsk.watching the eclipse at the beach then heading for the Mongolian border.the place is full of astronomy types from the us saying complicated eclipse related stuff.

50: just woken up by the sound of cows being herded through campsite.heading for almaty.so far kaz is good.people nice,roads not too bad.lada needs retuning for every tank of juice.otherwise going well.

43: heading for the turkmen border.stayed in a motel last night.toilet was 5 doors down and still smelled too close.people are amazing-have never got this much of a welcome anywhere.heading for ashgabat for a much needed day off.