Irkutsk

835km !! What a days driving . Now sitting in the most English Irish bar ever. 1 day till the finish line all going to plan !

Kansk

in hotel ug kansk. First police stop today went smoothly thankfully. Rosie is performing like a champ the finish line is in sight!

Hotel avanta

landed here wi team rage Against the micra machine and Richard Poole the leftovers of his team who finished last Thursday . Tonight is spent getting too drunk and having breakfast before going to sleep!

Omsk

We found a team ! Team rage against the micra machine! Three 'Irish' boys . Posh place to stay ... Our tent in a field . Then we met half of team Leipzig on his way back home

Kurgan

Landed in kurgan this will be a short night . Not the prettiest town so far and we have stayed in a field!

Landed in the hampton in ufa tonight, soon found a hostel instead

We found ourselves feeling fancy so landed at the Hampton butt soon found a hostel instead , quick sleep and away we go again

A very tough day on the road

Another one for the road... a really good idea at the time . A really bad idea the next morning. these next 650km will feel like the longest yet. We stay at the motel m7 not much to say here bar the english gets less and less and a flushing toilet is apparently a luxury not afforded to all (motel m7 has one but its the first one we have seen since the hotel)

Another Day in Moscow!

What a Hotel a great nights sleep great breakfast now off to see Russia before we get to meet the regional manager of Azimut Hotels Russia. We meet with Hugh an Irish man living in Moscow these past few years and he shows us around the local sights and pubs of course then we meet Patrick of Azimut Hotels. A great chap who we really enjoyed spending some time with, great to see this busy man chill with us strangers, have a couple of pints and shots of our hooch and make us feel like celebrities in his hotel.

You need to leave today !!!

We woke to the owner telling us we must leave there is a wedding on today.. our post doesnt arrive untill 12 what if we miss it!!

The owners dont speak English so 1.5 hrs later and a lot of google translate and we finally get that they will call us if it arrives.. so we load up the car ready to just arse around until after 12 again when just as we are to drive off they come running out saying the post office called our post is at the post office! Sweet!! Not only are the docs in the envelope there are sweets .. and an air freshener!! Fair play!! So its back to the russian border straight up no wait this time hand over the docs and boom . This licence is only valid in country of residence so i hand over my 'piece of shit'licence as he called it and hoped that it would be enough. 40 minutes later he returned..' if russian police ask you went swimming and your licence was in your shorts ' were nearly in only 6 more checks! 2 hours later we are in Mother Russia!! now to cover 600km to moscow and then find our hotel .. Hotel Azimut Olympic Hotel....WOW when we arrived we very nearly wet ourselves it was amazing ..and they were letting us in ..for free !! time for a sleep

Off to Estonia ..then back to .. Karsava

No way were we waiting around again today so in the car and be gone 3.5 hours later and we are in a town in Estonia! we visited 2 shopping centres bought lunch and left !! super exciting but again a nice drive and easy day ( 7 hrs on the road is easy these days) Yup Back to Karsava