Gorno-Altaysk, Russian Federation

5000 miles down and still going strong, aptly celebrated with a roadside shashlik kebab. Currently heading towards the Altay mountains for one last night in Russia before crossing the border. Stocked up with supplies for desert this morning at the cynepmapket, which consist largely of freeze dried meat themed noodles.@

Omsk, Russian Federation

In a seedy hotel in Omsk, the city where Dostoyevsky endured a mock execution. A decade in a Siberian gulag would be a breeze after 4,000 miles in the baking hot Punto.

Province of Saratov, Russian Federation

After a disconcertingly easy border hop, a night in an Egyption themed motel and 1000 miles of sweaty Russian bureaucracy we are now heading to Samara. After that... the Urals, Siberia and gulagsville.

Lesser Poland, Poland

driving throug Poland+rainy weather= extreme misery.

Hesse, Germany

German campsites are a hotbed of national stereotypes. Pushed the Punto up to 100 on the autobahn. It didn't like it. Next stop czech republic.

Flemish Region, Belgium

just had pint of mayo with one chip. Ben is boring us all with memories of his mini break.

Chichester, UK

90 percent of people on this thing are fucking cheats.

Check out our Photos in our gallery!

The photos of the car and the quiz are up - check out our gallery to have a better look!

Hopefully our photography skills will improve before we leave. However, not even the jauntiest of angles or enthusiastic of photographers can make a Fiat Punto look like a sexy car that's gonna turn any heads.

Forget comparing it to "polishing a turd", it's more like trying to sweep up diarrhea with your bare hands...in a puddle of mud...in the rain...in the Gabon...covered in sh*@t!!!

 

Ciao for now.  

The morning after the quiz before.

Last night saw the first fundraising event - the Mongol Madness pub quiz at Paradise in Kensal Rise.

The night was a howling success and we raised almost £390 nicker - which will help nicely towards our fundraising total. 

Great feedback from all participants on the questions, written by the Gadabouts themselves. Shout outs to Lucy for providing the cracking car themed cake, Louisa and Damaris for providing some rather sassy pants for the raffle, and to everyone else who helped out with a prize on the night. 

 Well done to "Chris had a 3some with the barmaid" who won the quiz and subsequently demolished both prizes, and to our resident tranny Spike - hope he's enjoying the pants whether they be on his head/given to some lucky lucky lady. 

 

Pics to follow shortly!

Ahoy!

Just over three months to go and we've finally done our first blog post...this doesn't bode well... 

Fear not! Leaving things to the last minute is in the Gadabouts' bone marrow, so we are confident in our ability to wrap all the preparations up within seconds of driving our car over the start line. 

One slight problem is that we don't have a car yet to even jump into before we start to move to cross the start line to start the thing to do the bloody whadyacall it...

However does not having a car yet really matter? No. Is this the ramblings of a drunk man? Probably.

Currently we are riding on a crest of rejections from a handful of companies who we sought sponsorship from. However fortunately us Gadabouts are used to swift and merciless rejections...particularly in night clubs.  

Have no fear! There is light at the end of the tunnel!