We set off from our Yekaterinburg apartment at 1015 to look at the city. Very different to Perm. Modern, clean and spacious. Clean cars too, which made us feel very grubby. Being Sunday, the traffic was reasonably quiet. We parked easily and found ourselves in an area of commercial buildings…
A fairly disturbed night. It rained with thunder and according to Jen, there were some rowdy revellers in the car park we were camped in. You simply assume you are welcome until someone advises you otherwise, when choosing a camp site. I suspect that land ownership is a debatable issue…
Two hours further ahead. I meant to tell about an interesting thing we saw yesterday. A big flat deck truck loaded with ceramic roof tiles, parked deep in mud about 50m off the road. Driver walking around scratching his head. The tracks from the road suggest he went to sleep,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Charley!!!! Yay. 7 Today, Charley is the eldest of my daughter Sarah’s two children. Charley is a very determined and strong willed young lady, just like her Mum..:) We have had some interesting experiences in Kazan. Our hotel is in a residential street, or unpaved alleyway, to be…
A hot night! and there will be many more as we head south. I woke at 3am to watch the mosquito’s dancing on the gauze in the vent above me. I spent some time thinking about the brilliant exchange between the service manager of the Land Rover agent and the…
We woke to a glorious morning. All the clothes washed in Moscow, and stored in plastic bags, dried on the line, overnight. Last night we spoke with another camper, Jorg, (pronounced Yorg), an amiable German and fellow Land Rover owner, about TD5’s. He has a newer TD4 with a Ford…
Great sleep in solitude and a beautiful day has dawned. We were expecting our hosts this morning before we left but as they said they would only come if they had the time, decided not to wait and headed back to the main road. A new motorway (tolled) gave us…
Yes, quite disturbed sleep till 5am. Trains all night. Never mind. It was free..:) We are now parked in the middle of a large field. Bare, fine dirt that will be ploughed soon, like the one opposite. By 5pm we have driven 264 miles for the day and they have…
Sokrat, our Land Rover Technician here in St Petersburg had put the Land Rover up on an amazing hoist (when you are an expert on hoists..) and was showing me the oil leaks from various places. They are now fixing an oil leak from the fuel regulator at the back…
We are a family of nomads, the Browns. My youngest brother Ash, introduced me to long distance cycling nine years ago. He said, why don’t we do a cycle trip? Where? lets do South America, he says!!! Hang on. the last time I rode a push bike was in 1962!!…