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after 2 electrical fires, 2 coolant problems and 5springs we have made it within 1000km of the finish line. Hopefully no more problems.

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heading to barnaul from border. Got chased by some kazak gangster in a blacked out merc. Hoping to get to mongol border for fri before it shuts.

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Uzbek-Kazahk border at Tashkent is closed, head to Chinoz then signs for Abay, just got through in 2 hours. In Kazahkstan after bribing the border with a few dollars and our furry dice! Heading to Shimkent then round the lake tom. Sarah the Subaru Sumo is doing up proud. Love HappyHardcar x

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arrived yesterday and partied with a spanish team heading to tashkent and the border today hopefully will make it to symkent in kazak tonight.

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location unknown but on the north road through iran heading towards border town with turkministan. Went swimming in waterfalls near caspian sea.

Tehran

Well i think this is our first blog unless mattock or coops are writing one now on a different computer. The trip so far has been amazing - a lot of fun times and we have broken down a couple of times - all to do with cooling. But thats now fixed. Coops drove into tehran this morning - traffic was going everywhere down anyside of the road - along with people walking and on motor bikes it was a thrilling ride. Went to the bazzarr in terhan and got lost its suppose to be 10km square of shops - over 5000 we were told by a passer by who spoke english and invited us to meet his brother and father who he owns a carpet shop with!!!

Weather is so hot here something like 38 degrees or more its so humid!!! One thing i have found is how nice people are in Iran - not that i had any preconceptions - its an amazing country and beautiful place.

We are traveling by ourselves at the moment but have been with paddyroo/gobi ambulance/ and 3 other cars i can't think of names of. We left them at the border town and drove through the night to get here. Border took us 5 hours to cross but i think that was because we were in a group of 7 cars. I think we are planning on crossing into turkminstan just by ourselves so we can get through quicker. Must go and i will update everyone else very soon.

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left the convoy at the border with iran. It took like 5hours to get through. Paid our first bribe and also filled up with fuel for 6quid.

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in central turkey. Been driving since run rise in a convoy of 4 teams. Its like 38degrees. Sarah is a little slow up hills but she's holding out well.

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after spending a couple of days in istanbul, gaying it up. Smoking shisha and getting beaten/washed by fat turkish men we're leaving a city we love. Onwards and upwards in to asia. @

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after spending a couple of days in istanbul, gaying it up. Smoking shisha and getting beaten/washed by fat turkish men we're leaving a city w ** some text is missing **