Day 46 – Sunday, June 9th 2013 They say first impressions count – and Kyrgyzstan had certainly delivered. We awoke just by the border, officially about 10 meters into the country, immediately the roads were near perfect, and within a few kilometers we were surrounded by beautiful mountains, a standard of which we had not … Continue reading
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Uzbekistan – Land of the Ancient Khanates
Day 37 – Friday, May 31st 2013 Back as a twosome once more, it was good to leave the Turkmen nonsense behind us – here the only restriction was that we were supposed to stop in at a guesthouse every few days to register our whereabouts. We rolled across the border and made the short … Continue reading
Turkmenistan – Red Tape and Black Deserts
Day 33 –Monday, May 27th 2013 After rolling off the ferry that we had been trapped on for the last day or so (in sight of the shoreline) we made our way into the customs / excise / bureaucratic nightmare area and fortunately found our guide for this section of the trip waiting for us … Continue reading
IVOR – his new look
Well, here he is! Feel free to play spot the difference between the old and new Ivor look. Ivor is an Iveco 40.10 WM (4×4), ex military ambulance that we will be calling our home for the duration of our trip.
The Departure
So we’ve only gone and done it; compressed our worldly belongings into either a storage box, or the newly built mobile home, and set a course headed east. Through either a demonstration of pure courage and commitment, or a desperate struggle to undo the terrible planning that left us both homeless and without a finished … Continue reading
The Departure
So we’ve only gone and done it; compressed our worldly belongings into either a storage box, or the newly built mobile home, and set a course headed east. Through either a demonstration of pure courage and commitment, or a desperate struggle to undo the terrible planning that left us both homeless and without a finished … Continue reading