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YEEEEEPEEEEEE! We've done it! Drinking a beer with english breakfast. Happy.
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61Crazy place!Extreme!But so rewarding makes the last 8500m seem like walk in park.got stuck in river over doors.West had no roads!In Altai 650m to go!!
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finally made it to the promised land. The roads???? are unbelievably bad. 1000 miles to go. Scenery amazing.
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relatively easy border crossing that took under 2 hours & cost nothing.Almaty is a large modern city with mountains in the background.Very nice!
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crossed into kyrgyrstan & heading towards the big lake in the n. east.Probably go bishkek after. Big hello to everyone & thanks 4 all your messages.
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day22 5k miles.Crossed desert country of Turkmen.Extreme heat nearing 50 degrees.Easy & free crossing into uzbek for a change.Still hot but very nice.
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made it to turkmen. Ashgabat looks great. Just seeing girls again after 5days of ghosts is Fantittytastic. The dreaded border guards waved me through in 5mins and gave me beer. While Andy got full treatment and fleeced $140 Drink!!!!
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actually at Shir Abad on the Caspian.Camping on beach.B-)mad day trying to get card to buy petrol.Met cool Guys went to cafe ate.smoked hookah pipe.Iran amazing
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finally made it through the iranian border 8 hours later ( inc. Sleep) and $160 lighter for the carnet. Pretty good considering no car documents!
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Traveling inland now, making our way to Erzurum through a spectacular gorge. 1st signs of overheating.!!! Not good.
