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This is our on the road map...
Day 30 Sunday, 16 August 2009
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  Barnaul - Russia at 12:23 on Ulanbattered said Desperately trying to find a hotel in Barnaul it turned out we were stopped next to one! It was no ordinary hotel but a boutique hotel with unique rooms you chose from a menu, we went for the one with scantily clad women on the walls, Team Xtreme the red revolution style one. After a Czech meal we nervously eyed up a dodgy looking club but through the doors it was a fire station themed TGI Fridays! WTF! Directions to a proper club were given, ** some text is missing ** |
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Day 29 Saturday, 15 August 2009
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| Rubtsovsk - Russia at 11:07 on Ulanbattered said Having had our shock absorber fixed for free we trundled into Rubtsovsk to be greeted by the Siberian off-road champion who quite liked our car! A crazy Armenian then fed us at his cafe, invited some crack whores who we managed to ditch, and then took us out drinking and organised a secure car park 4 us to camp. Day 1 in Russia! |
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Day 28 Friday, 14 August 2009
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| Semipalatinsk - Kazakhstan at 07:38 on Ulanbattered said Roads to semey the worst yet and have taken their toll on the beast, blowing a shock bolt. tied a rope round to hold the spring on the rebound and will look for a garage in russia. Other than that all is well and our convoy of two now boasts a banana boat but we hear the mongol border is slow. |
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Day 26 Wednesday, 12 August 2009
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| Almaty - Kazakhstan at 15:02 on Ulanbattered said We have left Almaty, the city of beautiful women, expensive beer (£5!) and traffic jams. Not really sure how Borat can afford it. Camping by a lake tonight, Semey tomorrow for the penultimate border! |
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Day 25 Tuesday, 11 August 2009
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Yakshemash from Almaty! Finally found some good internet and we were hoping to upload some photo's but it is proving difficult even here so it will have to wait until we get back to the UK im afraid. Everything still awsome and we will continue with out text updates for now. Heading out tonight so will probably have a midday departure for the two day drive to the Russian border on the 14th. ... Read more ... |
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Day 24 Monday, 10 August 2009
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| Biskek - Kyrgyzstan at 11:37 on Ulanbattered said Carlsberg don't make countries but if they did it would be like Kyrgyzstan, stunning countryside with snow capped peaks and fast flowing rivers. Bishkek nightlife is also something to behold, our heads are feeling a little sore especially when vodka is cheaper than water! |
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Day 22 Saturday, 8 August 2009
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| Andijon - Uzbekistan at 13:06 on Ulanbattered said slept in andijon to make it a quick mornong hop to the kyrgz border but woke up feeling a little confused, the old man paid to look after the car had predictably fallen asleep and the car had been broken into. The locals however weren't interested in the laptop or camera but we were down a few pairs of rubber gloves and a jubilee clip. Odd, very odd. |
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| Tashkent - Uzbekistan at 13:05 on Ulanbattered said enforced pitstop (featuring an awesome guided tour) in tashkent over, we set off for kyrgz in an attempt to cut off some of the distance to almaty and get back on schedule... |
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Day 18 Tuesday, 4 August 2009
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| Samarkand - Uzbekistan at 10:43 on Ulanbattered said UNESCO weren't wrong, a very pleasant 2 nights in an untouched 19th century hostel w/courtyard inc. a night on the roof terrace in Samarkand were just what the doctor ordered, blazing to Almaty while keeping an eye out for donkeys on the 'motorway' |
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Day 16 Sunday, 2 August 2009
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| Bukhara - Uzbekistan at 16:52 on Ulanbattered said Over the turkmoonistan to leave that hole especially having lost exit card, Bukhara was stunning hoping Samarkand will be even better! $2.50 for a bottle of vodka anyone?@ |
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Day 15 Saturday, 1 August 2009
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| Ashgabad - Turkmenistan at 08:07 on Ulanbattered said Words can't describe Ashgabad, it's crazy, sim city meets Las Vegas but with Pyongyang rules, can't complain at 20 cents/litre for fuel though! |
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Day 14 Friday, 31 July 2009
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| Tehran - Iran at 20:09 on Ulanbattered said Went north into the mountains just before tehran and found a really nice hotel for the night.Iranians continue to be awesome and all is still good.
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| Tabriz - Iran at 20:09 on Ulanbattered said took 6 hours getting through the border but since then iran is the most amazing place full of the most amazing people, axis of evil my arse! |
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Day 10 Monday, 27 July 2009
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| Trabzon - Turkey at 12:03 on Ulanbattered said Final push for the Iranian border on a spectacular road through steep mountains, lush countryside and then arid hilltops, a bit like Scotland actually! |
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Day 9 Sunday, 26 July 2009
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| Samsun - Turkey at 12:22 on Ulanbattered said after camping at a 'million star' hotel last night we had to visit garage for one of our convoy buddies.On the road now and hitting iran tomorrow! |
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Day 6 Thursday, 23 July 2009
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Don't worry folks, all ıs well! However, after drıvıng from Prague to İstanbul (1200 mıles through Czech, Germany, Austrıa, Hungary, Serbıa and Bulgarıa ın 2 days) we have been a lıttle busy to be updatıng the blog! In Istanbul now at the awesome Conrad hotel but forgot to brıng the memory card to the ınternet cafe so you wıll have to waıt untıl tomorrow for the pıctures ım afraıd (worth waıtıng for though - some stunnıng vıews out the car as we blıstered through south eastern Europe) So, a proper update tomorrow and we wıll contınue to send sms updates... Read more ... |
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Day 5 Wednesday, 22 July 2009
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| Pristina - Serbia at 11:48 on Ulanbattered said serbian motorways are generally good aside from the occasional dead dog in the road. Next stop sofia. |
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| Belgrade - Serbia at 10:01 on Ulanbattered said attacked by screen washing street kids in not so beautiful Belgrade, v nice countryside tho! |
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Day 2 Sunday, 19 July 2009
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| Frankfurt - Germany at 15:01 on Ulanbattered said rain testing the soft top, long hills testing the engine Belgium is boring, bring on Nuremberg! |
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65 days before launch Thursday, 14 May 2009
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Thanks to our friends at Cooper Accident Repair, the Beast of Baatar is now sporting the sort of 'Scooby Scoop' usually only fitted to a Subaru Imprezza! Will it make our steed go any faster than its 65mph top speed? Probably not, but it will help cool the poor engine in the heat of the desert sun. Not quite sure how we will cool ourselves mind, but you know what they say about mad-Scots and Englishmen. In addition to the fine work on the scoop, Dean from Cooper's has kindly welded some jerry can holders to the... Read more ... |
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85 days before launch Friday, 24 April 2009
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