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Month: August 2018

Day 85. Fri 10 Aug. Western Siberia

What an interesting night! It must have been about 4am when there were noises outside the vehicle. I thought, the cows have worked their way over to us. It sounded like a cow was nibbling the side of the wagon. But no cow noises? Oh well, better get up and see whats…

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Day 84. North and back to Russia

On the road early this morning, after a cooler and undisturbed night. By 9am we had covered 60 miles. What a difference it makes having a good road. For the last couple of days we have achieved just over 200 miles all day. Panic over, my phone has recovered and…

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Day 83. South of the Border, down Kazakhstan way…

Wed 8th Aug. Last nights camp was selected to be well away from the road so we could get an undisturbed sleep. It was a kilometre or two off the road through scrubby ground, elevated with some shade. Well, the darkening sky was a portent to what arrived once we…

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Day 82. 7th August. From Taldy-Korgan north

The herdsman who’s animals had surrounded us last night, returned this morning. What a life. Traipsing the countryside trying to find enough greenery to feed your animals. He had a blanket and a small pouch, but no other possessions. I think he came back for some conversation and human company!…

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Day 81. Monday 6 Aug. Almaty to Taldy-Korgan

  A great meal last night with a pint of ale taken outside in balmy temperatures. . This morning we head 17k’s across the city to find the Mongolian Embassy. The wifi we have, Beeline, easy to procure but bloody hopeless in use. Supposed to be 4G but strained through…

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Day 80. 5th August in Almaty

Not a good night. We pack up from our spot at the end of the village, where we caused so much interest and head back to the main road. Now we are back in the “Steppes” it is much hotter again. It is not a long drive into Almaty and…

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Jen 06/08/2018 06/08/2018The Trip Plan 4

Day 79. From Bishkek – to 80k’s into Kazakstan.

Saturday. The day of the Super 15 (18) Rugby Championship Grand Final (Southern Hemisphere). It’s a crazy system but the two finalists are The Crusaders from Canterbury and the Lions from Cape Town South Africa, I believe. The result will be established at this time of writing but parked under…

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Day 78. August 3rd. Toktogul to Bishkek

As we prepared for bed last night incredible lightening started flashing all around the mountains and a storm brewed up very quickly. Strong winds out of nowhere threatening to do damage to the tent, meant Dennis had to go out and tighten all the guy ropes. Then the rain started,…

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Jen 04/08/2018 04/08/2018The Trip Plan 1

Day 77. Osh to Toktogul. Thurs 2nd Aug.

An interesting day but not greatly productive. We had found a nice camp spot down off the road accessible only by 4X4 last night and not visible from the road. A storm had been threatening before settling in and it was still threatening this morning, but nothing eventuated. Well, the…

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Day 76. 1st August. To Osh and on towards Toktogul.

Kyrgyzstan is much gentler than Tajikistan. Still mountainous but without the snowy, jagged peaks towering above. The road is much gentler too. Perfect tar seal  and even has white lines! There are many villages but in the rural parts, yurts proliferate with horses, sheep and goats. We pass dozens of…

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