So we have finally made it to the capital of Mongolia. Who would have thought it! Sadly Molly our trusted 2CV only just made it across the border into Mongolia and was finally unrepairable. The gearbox went and the only gear we could use was fourth! The steering column had broken for the second time… Read More
Mongol Rally
Alive and Kicking…
Just outside Almaty poor old Molly is in need of major surgery once again! We have found a master mechanic and now we are waiting for Monday morning when we hope he can start work on the chassis. It has been quite an eventful few days and I hope to provide a more in depth… Read More
Samarkand
I was going to open this page with the words of a well known late 19th Century poet where he reveled in the glory of Samarkand. I could also delight in Alexander the Great’s first impressions of a city that was even more beautiful than he had imagined. Sadly my first impressions left me rather… Read More
Uzbekistan to Bukhara
What a pleasant change the Uzbek border made! Just three stops at the border and only 2 pieces of paperwork as opposed to the 14 offices and god knows how much paperwork getting into Turkmenistan. I was shortly off worrying slightly about Stephen and off to find a mechanic. I asked one of the Oh… Read More
Where is Stephen!?
So it is now 8pm here. Still no sign of Stephen… I can only assume he is still stuck in Turkmenistan. Am currently trying to reach the British Embassy in Ashgabat which is difficult as it takes an hour to get an outside the country line. It is made much harder as we both had… Read More
Turkmenistan
After an 18-hour long ferry journey across the Caspian Sea we made it to Turkmenistan. Land of police checkpoints, lovely people and pothole hell! 7 flat tyres we had on our trip across the country. The first 4 within the first 200 km. This meant we no longer had any spares! We were also in… Read More
Azerbaijan
I arrived at this border and sat in a queue for a good 2 hours before they started to process me. It all looked like it was going swimmingly and then suddenly I was in an office being told that it was going to take 2 days to get clearance from Baku to allow my… Read More
Tblisi
Well I made it here. Been one hell of an eventful journey. Numerous breakdowns and now I am about to leave to drive to Azerbaijan. Will do a longer update tomorrow… Read More
Turkey to Georgia
Henry left me in Istanbul, much to my disappointment as from then on I started getting lost! However after a minor breakdown with the handbreak jamming in Istanbul and having to be pushed up a motorway sliproad with the handbreak on and a detour round the Ankara equivalent of the M25 I made it on… Read More
Sad Day
It’s a sad day today for me really as my brother who has been quıte brilliant as a co-drıver and moral support flies back from İstanbul tomorrow and I drive on alone to Baku. We had a good night last night and I took great pleasure although wıth much luck in beatıng Aubars, a maestro… Read More