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We made it.
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Leaf spring snapped 80km after last txt. Patched up with more metal & still limping. All today taken up by river crossing & drying out. Submerged... Scary
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Patched up leaf springs with a bit of salvaged metal & replaced fuel filter with a biro. So far so gud. 400km in less than a day.
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Just snapped a leaf spring. Also travelled
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things got more interestin yesterday when wheel fell off. Took 1 hr 2 find it then limped on. Two mental mechanics later david fixd it with angle grinder.
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Settled down in kazakhstan. Laundry & tennis tomorrow. Car runs smoothly with nu bearing but horn has packed in thru overuse. Cyrillic taking its toll. MD
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Pausing for some car servicing (we may hav a broken bearing) horseriding & a stay in a yurt. Had mare's milk for lunch. How do u milk a horse? m/d
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day 16 -just sat on the uzbek border waiting for the gate man to come off lunch. Turkmen are friendly fellows. Got a free room on the road last nite.
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day 11-arrived this morn after expensive 4 hr border crossing (nudge nudge wink wink) last nite & marathon journey across azer. Ferry 2moro to arrive 2nd.
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day 7.We're in georgia, but it doesnt have a code. Driving standards have dropped again but georgia has got loads of inverted road humps to combat it. MD
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