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Nagoya: so this is it: no more roads East; mini has gone the final 250km across Japan, now she goes on ship for US and I won't drive for a while!

Alex Slepak
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On the The Mongol Rally 2008 06:51 UTC 4th November 2008

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Japan's country #27 since London, but running out of road East. Mini still waiting at Fushiki customs, while I play tourist. Mt Fujitsu next!

Alex Slepak
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On the The Mongol Rally 2008 01:27 UTC 25th October 2008

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And so i have reached the other end of eurasia here in vladivostok; found the mini again too! From london: 22k km driven + final 3k in a truck

Alex Slepak
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On the The Mongol Rally 2008 12:02 UTC 21st October 2008

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Khabarovsk: real tourists here! With cameras even! Not just ones that hopped river from china to gamble a bit. Prices/hotel avlblty to match tho

Alex Slepak
Of Safety Third
On the The Mongol Rally 2008 02:39 UTC 20th October 2008

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Birobidzhan, capital of the autonomous jewish area... In russia of all places, who knew!? Some excellent characters on train on way here...

Alex Slepak
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On the The Mongol Rally 2008 09:33 UTC 18th October 2008

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I'm Finally moving again (bye-bye chita)! Mini in vladivostok now, i'm 1/2way there in Blagoveshensk, seeing china thru my window. Weather sucks!

Alex Slepak
Of Safety Third
On the The Mongol Rally 2008 09:42 UTC 5th October 2008

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No, not a typo... i'm back in chita: wallet stolen in middle of nowhere, siberia, so few days in the chita 'metropolis' to get things sorted out

Alex Slepak
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On the The Mongol Rally 2008 10:36 UTC 1st October 2008

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Siberian rds better than mongolia, which isn't much. Made tiny town chernyshevsk, mechanic wants to redo ub/chita welds; will stay day to let him

Alex Slepak
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On the The Mongol Rally 2008 01:02 UTC 29th September 2008

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Wow, it sure is nice to be able to cover almost 700km in a day again! Chita greeted me with gloomy drizzly skies: very seattle like...

Alex Slepak
Of Safety Third
On the The Mongol Rally 2008 01:13 UTC 28th September 2008

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Spent a day re-supplying in ulan-ude and admiring giant floating lenin head, now off east again: 660km to chita