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Friday 18 Jul 2008 06:08

Game over.

by bigkev999 of Team 1st Gear

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

Thursday 17 Jul 2008 21:10

Moscow + drunk taxi driver = crazy...

by bigkev999 of Team 1st Gear

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

Thursday 17 Jul 2008 19:07

We've hit one of russia's 3...

by bigkev999 of Team 1st Gear

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!

Thursday 17 Jul 2008 10:42

Our Current Location

by bigkev999 of Team 1st Gear

Trying to get home!! Astana Airport is quite nice tho - Weather is crazy, thunder and crazy lighting

Thursday 17 Jul 2008 10:33

Kaz roads are tough!

by bigkev999 of Team 1st Gear

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 »

Tuesday 15 Jul 2008 15:31

today we decided to head thru kaz's...

by bigkev999 of Team 1st Gear

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

Monday 14 Jul 2008 17:21

Were all good.

by bigkev999 of Team 1st Gear

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

Monday 14 Jul 2008 12:27

Hey all sorry been a while no...

by bigkev999 of Team 1st Gear

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

Sunday 13 Jul 2008 13:24

Kazakh border = worst and most...

by bigkev999 of Team 1st Gear

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!!

Sunday 13 Jul 2008 07:51

we are nearly at the kazakhstan...

by bigkev999 of Team 1st Gear

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