Arvaikheer, Mongolia
crash course in desert driving in the Gobi..Sand is hard work, not only dust clouds,but twice had to push car out of dunes! Throw in two river crossings and a crack in petrol tank which means we can't go slow! Mongol tried to buy our car, going to miss suzi :( UB just 430km away!@
Altay, China
'Roads' bumpy as hell.Big hidden potholes and massive rocks jutting out from tracks waiting for unsuspecting cars.3 cars of our convoy friends are finished.Two smashed sumps and one blown head gasket. Had 2 punctures in 3 miles y/day and rattling broke car clock otherwise all good! :)@
Republic of Altai, Russian Federation
Just seen a TWO humped camel!Was pretty excited,fed him some grass.Altai republic full of mountains,suzuki powering over them!Last night pitched tent beside river,built fire, had super noodles, drank vodka, and then walked across bridge 2 a mental russian rave on other side of river. Massive night! Now at mongol border with 20 other teams, we are definitely in siberia. Its arctic! Snow on the hills. Layered up &Cracked out the vodka!@
Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
stopped 4 times by police in 1 day. Its getting annoying.Playing the stupid game until they give up and wave us away or a 'call to consulate' also works well.No bribes paid.Went on rollercoaster and had bbq lunch with team batwing.Dictionary confirmed the sausages were horse.Superb!
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Crossed border 2days ago. Lost our previous convoy outside tehran, formed new one,4cars go to 'gateway to hell' in karakum desert. Aussies in Peugeot hit pothole and promptly broke down. Fixed it up and made it2 Flaming gas crater. It was awesome! Ate russian super noodles and watched shooting stars. Woke up early to find 3 camels had invaded our campsite, chased them off and had some tea and hit the road to uzbekistan!@
Tehran, Iran
visited esfahan today,almost bought a neon yellow spray-painted chick,and a baby rabbit at market.A bargain at $3 for the pair & box included. Bought iranian pop cd for the road instead. Disappointing.But probably more sensible.For now the dolphin is safe.2busy drinking chai with locals@
Diyadin, Turkey
gunning it for iran border tonight with 3 teams. Heard waiting time can be 10 hours. Have football frisbee and bbq. No worries. Properly Graffiti-ed one of the other rally cars, haha. Plan to steal their giant toy dolphin. Rumour that mobiles don't work in iran. Cya in turkmenistan.
, Romania
Got pulled by police in hungary, all ok! Think they just liked car to be honest. Found hotel @11*30. Had 'burta' y'day god knows. Not recommended. from what i could work out (moo-ed at waitress) was cow?! Didn't look like it tho. Roads getting worse. Got to go just overtaking a horse@
Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia
Czech out party last night! Felt like death this am.. That was until Berroca in coca-cola for breakfast. Healthy.Turns out tents are flipping uncomfortable. By bratislava in the racing swift, not stopping tho- budapest tonight! In convoy with 2 rally cars, drinks tonight@
Voorst, The Netherlands
Made holland last night! slept in this morning, and took boat onto lake. Now driving to berlin to meet friends for night. Car getting lots of looks! Had doppel decker burger and apple for lunch. Awesome.
