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After leaving the kazakh farmers we went str8 to the russian border. Got thru within 2 hours rather than the 6 we had been expecting. Arrived in barnual early morning completing a 24 h drive of about 700 miles! Drank some beer! Good times. Driving From barnual to irkutsk we enjoyed a solar eclipse, were acosted by a wedding party on a bridge, met some russian locals in a cafe who we think are now our wives (Not Chris) and started to experience car problems. The car now has a hole in exhaust, massive over steer to the left, electrical problems making engine cut out, bust dampner and odd noises from underside of car. All caused by russias excuse for a motor way (cratered mud track). Last night the car finaly gave out on the worse road so far. In a forest, in the middle of nowhere, prime bear/psycho killer teritory. When the sun came up Ian and nick hitched a ride with a strange lorry driver to the nearest strange village with a really strange and un helpfull mechanic. on the 15 k walk back in Thunder, lightening and heavy rain they were picked up by a small half cut ginger man and his wife who made ian drive his lada back to the car after about 5 cigarets and another beer he diagnosed and fixed the problem. A broken electric cable to the starter motor. Now enjoying some rally style driving though better gravel tracks through forest still trying to make it for a hoe down in irkutsk. Fingers crossed!