Altay, China
after some mechanic love for bertha to mend her suspension, a shower and a bed for the night we are once again ready to roll. Breakfast was a healthy mutton stir fry. watching the gers roll by on the horizon as we leave altay. Spotted another hijet being driven by mongolians very funny! Bertha's a legend. Can we keep her? X
Republic of Altai, Russian Federation
slowly weaving through cows and sheep fast asleep on the roads through the altai mountains. The views are incredible. Slept in a forest by a river with 10 other teams last night complete with campfire. Now in convoy with 2 micras on our way to the mongolia border to get ready to cross tomorrow! 4 nights of camping and no facilities mean we smell. Don't think anyone notices anymore. X @
Rubtsovsk, Russian Federation
3 hours at the border, get ur passport in order, get your mum sister, brother, dad, aunt in ur lada,could a days shopping be much harder? Nic sorts out her look while Avril reads a book, we will wait in this line and hope it's russia in no time, so bored on this road that we made up this ode. X
Usharal, Kazakhstan
just stopped driving to make sure we were officially registered with immigration. An hour and a half spent chatting with the local immigration bobby and we are! gearing up to leave kazakhstan by the weekend. We hope! All good with us! X @
Almaty, Kazakhstan
6am wake up call followed by another 12 hour day. Pleasantly interrupted by lunch with the lovely mongol loons. Amazingly we drove on good roads today! It's been a while! Arrived in almaty and found a nice hotel with hot water! What a day. Off to the pub to celebrate. X
Zhambyl, Kazakhstan
after What seems like years of dessert roads roads we drove through dramatic changes of lush greenery and rivers, back to desert, to mountains. Amazing. But we are tired, long days and not enough rest may be taking their toll. Good nights sleep and we'll carry on... X
West Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
arrived in south of kazakhstan after a long and hard drive. Very grateful for a small dribbly shower and a bed for the night. Tiny town, one hotel, but lots of travellers. Nice to sit and chat with new faces! On the road to pastures new... Again. X @
Khromtau, Kazakhstan
In a convoy with a 4x4 and ambulance. Not sure our little van will hold her own! If not we've got some strong friends to tug us along!
Aktobe, Kazakhstan
What we thought would be a 6 hour drive ended up being a slow bumpy 10hours. After a good night rest and some camp cooked eggy bread on the road again to Qarabutaq and it's looking tarmaced whoop whoop! @
West Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
lovely welcome to kazakhstan,realised minor celeb status achieved when we left petrol station to find a crowd checking out the van! mutton pasty and hot Dog for breakfast. Now todays journey begins... X
I live a double life - a sensible role model to inner-city kiddywinks, and a daydreamer who spends the other 50% of my time imagining ways to make her lovely mother despair at her slightly reckless and 'seat of pants' existence. I was born to drive, so now I must learn to do just that. Whether it gets us very far remains to be seen....
<p align="center"><img src="images/gallery09/34337/400x400.jpeg" /><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="3"></font></p><p align="center"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="3">Three lady people (teachers to be precise), one key ring sized van, 10,000 miles. Sounds about right. </font></p><p align="center"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="3">Debbie signed up for this ages ago on a charitable and crazed whim. Avril and Nic <em>actually thought about it first</em> and decided to join in the ride. Parking? We'll figure out which one of us can do that at some point. Maps? Just follow the lines - surely? </font></p><p align="center"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="3">It's all for a good cause.....</font></p><p align="center"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="3">The Compact Pussycat 3 will be supporting the Children's and Young People's Protection and Development NGO in UlaanBaatar and the fabulous Kids Company, London. </font><font size="3"> </font></p><p> </p>
