Hey guys mad day in georgia other day. * UPDATED *

Hey guys mad day in georgia other day. Entered in evening and got stuck up mountain in rain and Fog. So rocky we all got wedged at one point. We had to get towed! Took us 6 hours to get into azer. Absolute nightmare. The border was a joke with every other person askin for a $25 'present'. Really Ticked us all off. Heading to baku now for ferry. Will update you again later today.

 

*** UPDATE ***

Hey guys what a horrible few days. We are stuck in Baku - Azerbaijan. Took us 6 hours to get in here after being ripped off and the country is just naff. Every one here is out for your money. For the 10 in our convoy we went to eat and agreed $100 for the lot. After eating they dropped a $150 bill on our table. After much arguing we had no choice but to pay. You ask for directions from the hotel to a garage and they say they will jump in the car and show you. Then when you get there they ask for a $15 taxi fee or they wont show you back to the hotel. Really just want to leave but we can't. After problems with our visas for Turkmenistan due to a lack of communication between embassys we missed our ferry, we actually watched it set sail without us. We have been here 3 days and will be here another 2 at least. Every one of us just wants to get out. The Swiss lads have had to bail, their car is beyond repair, such a shame. We have made up a bigger convoy now with some lads from london area, been camping in the ferry port now as the cars are imponded there. They can't enter azer as their docs have expired but we can as we have 30 days here, that means walking everywhere. The micra is doing ok, no major probs yet. We just need to get on this ferry and hit the road again, being sat still for a day is bad in so many ways. Oh and we are also being ripped off $200 for a ferry ticket, they know we need them and cant go on without, won't even budge on the price. This country really has pushed many ppl to their limits in many respects.

I will likely update again before we leave, off to buy food and water as we have used all our supplies camping in this grotty ferry port in no mans land between countries.

 Hope things pick up, this is really dragging the moral down. There was about 30 rally cars here that are trickling out as time passes and each ferry passes. Some have been here 6 and 7 days, can only hope we escape before that.

Speak to you all soon guys

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