We had a great camp site last night and a good sleep. Probably 9 hours. Another excellent performance from the All Blacks to win their second game 40 – 12 yesterday. The girls had a excellent win too, in their test against Australia. On the road by 10am and made…
A milestone has been reached today. 100 days on the road. I’m celebrating with a beer while I write. Looking back, so much has happened. It will be good to have the blog as a record and reminder of all the many things we have seen and done. This morning…
Last night’s camp was by a babbling river. One of the many feeding the lake and an opportunity to fill our depleted water reserves. Baikal is a fresh water sea. Up to 1600m deep and 636km long. According to Lonely Planet, is the largest fresh water lake in the world,…
First of all. Happy Birthday to Jaxon. Jaxon is Dennis’s daughter Sarah & Tim’s youngest, and a lovely boy. He turns a whole 5 years old, today. I bet you are looking forward to going to school Jaxon and it will be great to have your big sister Charley to…
As we wait at the Russian border for re-entry it’s a good time to recap on the day’s activities. Fortunately, or unfortunately, there have not been too many. The 300k plus drive from the capital was sealed and apart from smog and pot holes, trouble free. Reflecting back on our…
Despite choosing a more expensive hotel, this did not ensure a good night’s sleep. Arriving in the dark, we hadn’t realised we were next to the railway. Hooting trains meant another disturbed night. The first task for the day was to try and locate some spare parts for the Land…
It ended up another epic day. Smooth enough for most of it, apart from the occasional massive hole in the road. Within 200k’s of UlaanBaatar it seemed that we were heading towards a serious fire. It must have been serious because it was on such a wide front. No, no…
A terrible night. Not the fault of our Ger, which was perfectly comfortable. It was Saturday night and it appeared everyone was out partying, A karaoke bar close by, people walking past talking and shouting, some obviously the worse for wear, cars driving past with music blaring and…
First of all, Happy Birthday to Natsuki from us. xxx Natsuki is my lovely daughter-in-law, in Japan. Well, another challenging day of discovery. After waking at 7am with the soft patter of rain on the roof of the Landy we decided to pack up and cut a track. Mr Johnny…
A beautiful morning with a clear, blue sky. It was a cold night though, 3 degrees in the early hours of the morning. Woken by horses rubbing against the Land Rover. Not the usual start to our morning. Dennis had to do some maintenance on the Land Rover. There was…