Barnaul, Russian Federation
had another annoying border crossing.Met drunk russian hunters on the road,shot their shotgun!made it to hotel,but not into a club.all good.
Astana, Kazakhstan
made it to futuristic capital,and shower and awesome hospitality of Maurits and his wife,feel human again after desert!Life is good,already forgot about the 2flat tires and road works.Cars are even more pimped with paint.Food is superb,people are friendly.Stay here for an extra day!
Kostanay reg., Kazakhstan
northern route shortcut to Astana,cuts of 2000km of travel and desert!Colt has protective armour and beat the Fiesta in drag race.
Aktobe, Kazakhstan
first breakdowns at worst road of Asia.Holes to fit an elephant destroyed the Colt.Snapped steering ax and bad oil leak.We conquered the hell desert and now at Aktobe,our shower and recover spot.Eating at the Holiday Inn,looking at too old women and Asians dancing,seriously :)
Atyrau, Kazakhstan
failed race on dried up lake,wasn't THAT dry.Shoveled ourselves out.Something shitty happened but we were treated as celebrities in town
, Kazakhstan
Just passed the border,bribe with a football,flashlight and sigs,they love football!Now the good roads really ended,see how the cars hold!
Elista, Russian Federation
we got pulled over 4 times yesterday. No bribes, our charm got us out of it. We slept in little mongolia. We hope to get in kazakhstan today!
Maykop, Russian Federation
lau licked in the face by dogs as wake up call. Hit the shitty roads,it's on! Now going for a swim at local river. All good!
Sochi, Russian Federation
Docked at harbour around 4 and waiting at customs. This can take a long time,luckily we're with 10 teams so not lonely.
Trabzon, Turkey
finally update,sorry!anti-crashed a wedding (we helped cleaning for use of grass to camp).Leave to russia tomorrow,hopefully!life is awesome
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