48 Hours To Go!
The start has sprung up on us somewhat! Only 48 hours until we depart London Heathrow bound for Guahati, via Mumbai. If all goes to plan we should arrive in Guahati Friday afternoon, giving us time to shoot up the mountain to Shillong, grab a hotel, test drive the tuk on Saturday, play a spot of cricket, have a bit of a party and get the show on the road on Sunday! Simple as that...
We'll be trying to update everyone on our progress via this rickety old website so do check back.Â
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We did it! Arrived 18.30 last night, followed immediately by all day English breakfast at Dave's. Shacked up at the 4* Chinngis Hotel. Err, how do we get home?!
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Ulan-ude! Mongolian border this afternoon, bloody excited. Everything going to plan, even the petrol leak is fixed. Sort of. Tally ho!
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Novosibirsk. Capital of Siberia. Home of rude hoteliers. First wash in 8 days. Still can't fix fuel leak. Convoy split as we go North, they go South.
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Is camel shit on your groundsheet a common camping problem? Left Kazakhstan for Russia where roads actually exist. Eating Soviet super noodle equivalent
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Yakshemash from Kazakhstan! Locals cool Temp 40c. Car has small fuel leak but ok. Used inspection pit at Kaz Customs to reattach an exhaust. Long story!
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3 hours at Moldova/Ukraine border. Bored of hearing "KARD GREN!" Petrol 40p/litre, learning Cyrillic by osmosis. Leg eaten by bear; still lame Steve? :p
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Slow day through north Romania. Now camping in Cluj with convoy. Team Wartburg having head gasket probs. Shout out to friendly Romanian motorcyclist!
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Parked in country lane east of Budapest last night. Slept in car because tent is a cock to pitch in the dark. Leaving now to make Romania by tonight.
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Arrived Prague 1700 last night, now leaving in convoy with 2 teams. Tread torn off a tyre while on Autobahn in Germany, bit sketchy! Next stop, Slovakia.
