had a great day sightseeing in astana yesterday. A well needed rest stop. Split up from the boys today-they're goin south and we have our sights on ulaanbaatar. Still with lance in the micra. 2 cars means better pace. We think we'll be able to hit semey by tomoz night. X
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| 15 weeks 2 days ago | So we've made it-sort of. The night before last we were in invited to stay in the house of a cafe owner whilst still on the russian side, he was a really nice guy and we've been told he has already put up a framed picture of us. When we arrived at the border we saw two other rally cars that had been abandoned-which was a pretty worrying sight. We were told that as long as our cars were on the list we would get in fine. And then there seemed to be a problem, we had no idea what was going on, and after much confusion including a meeting with a representitive from the wrong rally we were told that we'd have to leave the car and stay in a nearby hotel for the night. read more » | |
| 15 weeks 5 days ago | 200km from the mong border, we can nearly taste sweet success. Roads have been tough and beautiful. cross tonight, camp out then do the final stint | |
| 16 weeks 12 hours ago | today's the one rainy day we've had so couldn't see the eclipse. Making great time roads good. Hope to be in mongolia in the next 2-3days. X | |
| 16 weeks 6 days ago | had a great day sightseeing in astana yesterday. A well needed rest stop. Split up from the boys today-they're goin south and we have our sights on ulaanbaatar. Still with lance in the micra. 2 cars means better pace. We think we'll be able to hit semey by tomoz night. X | |
| 17 weeks 14 hours ago | made it to astana last night. Goin has been slow due to convoy car probs. Spent last night in a kazakh niteclub. Tomorrow we hit the road towards semey. X | |
| 17 weeks 3 days ago | Hi everyone, we're in Qostanai today. After leaving the hotel in Oral we got to the other side of town before the Hi-Lux boys decided to break down, so after a trip to a local garage we were on the road. Things have got a bit wild, we saw camels and eagles. Whilst taking a rest at the side of the road a local pulled over to talk to us. As it turned out Boris was heading the same way as us so he said he'd guide us on the terrible roads. We camped by the side of the road, as it turned out Boris used to be in the Red Army and is now involved in a slightly illegal occupation. Good guy. He made us get up at 4 in the morning and hit the chalk and sand road, first Boris got stuck and had to be towed and then the golf. We've got some wicked footage of that. read more » | |
| 18 weeks 7 hours ago | After a few really long days of driving, hot nights sleeping in the car and very little food we've reached Kazakhstan. Last night we hit the border, it took over three hours to do both sides and could be described as somewhat shambolic it was the most easy going to date. Interestingly enough whilst driving in that general direction yesterday we met a French convoy making a similiar trip to us-the border seemed to take them longer. read more » | |
| 18 weeks 1 day ago | after a couple long days of driving and nights sleeping more or less rough we're on our way to the kazakh border. Missing showers and cool water. X | |
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| 18 weeks 3 days ago | Hello from Belgorod everyone. Firstly I would like to apologise for not blogging anymore but we haven’t had many chances. read more » |
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