Posted Tuesday, July 8th 2008 at 18:58 by Trouble at the border! Kev never sorted a green card before we left and we have been refused entry to ukraine. Kev was led away by a border guard to get a green card about an hour ago, and i'm a little worried about the state his backside will be in when (if!) he returns!
Trouble at the border!
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| 12 weeks 2 days ago | Game over. Just arrived back at heathrow and will be home within an hour or so. Thank you for following our progress and for all your comments, and please keep an eye on our website over the coming days as i will be adding our pics, videos and blogs from the trip. Cheers, paul. X | |
| 12 weeks 2 days ago | Moscow + drunk taxi driver = crazy ride to airport! We are now at our second moscowvian airport and have booked our second flight, arriving 06:55 gmt | |
| 12 weeks 2 days ago | We've hit one of russia's 3 international airports - nice 3 hour flight from kaz, i love aeroplane food! just trying to get directions to the other int airport so we can get a flight to heathrow! | |
| 12 weeks 3 days ago | Trying to get home!! Astana Airport is quite nice tho - Weather is crazy, thunder and crazy lighting | |
| 12 weeks 3 days ago | Well, I'm sat on my laptop in Astana International airport, waiting for our flight to Moscow that leaves at 9pm local time (3pm GMT). Back in Ukraine we hit a pothole the size of a bathtub, and that seems to have caused a problem with the cooling system. We lost a lot of water there at the side of the road, and the car has been using as much water as we fill it up with since, yet there are no visible leaks. There is also oil in the radiator, and although the temp guage never worked properly (i.e. never got past about 1/4) it now doesn't move off the stop, and the top of the radiator stays cool. We decided to drop out as breaking down in the Altay mountains would cause huge problems for us, not to mention the other 2 teams that would be burdened with us. read more » | |
| 12 weeks 4 days ago | today we decided to head thru kaz's northern route because of worries about the road conditions heading south. Great fun off road, but 40 miles in 2 hours means we don't get to mongolia. Gutted that jon and andy aren't here now, but we will press on and be home soon. Love and miss every1. X x | |
| 12 weeks 5 days ago | Were all good. team no known way are out of the game car fscked so left them in a village with locals there going to find a way back . Us 3 teams are all good nice strong 4 x 4 s just settling down for the night roads suck . Love ya all | |
| 12 weeks 6 days ago | Hey all sorry been a while no signal at all here in kaz . Were good and getting though it ok roads are shit and dusty as hell . Hope ya all good | |
| 13 weeks 5 min ago | Kazakh border = worst and most corrupt ever encountered! Still trying to buy insurance here, and bribe someone there! Been here since 14:45 and it's now 17:30!! | |
| 13 weeks 5 hours ago | we are nearly at the kazakhstan border! Temp is in the 30's and it's steaming! Don't know what sort of phone coverage we will get in Kaz so may not hear from us for a while. Love paul and kev |
Re: Trouble at the border!
oh no! good luck kev,
hope u packed some vasaline in the first aid!ha! let us know wen u get through then! love ya xxx 