Day 57 – Thursday, June 20th 2013 The descent through the steep sided valley as we made our way into China as a newly assembled convoy was a fine moment indeed. The sun had come out to play, the area was spectacular, and somehow even the infamous border guards seemed to be taking it easy … Continue reading
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
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
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
Day 29 – Thursday, May 23rd 2013 After waiting about 2 hours in no man’s land between the border of Georgia and Azerbaijan, we were finally let into the inspection area. Unfortunately, we had to be separated as all passengers go through a different gate – so Kim walked her way through the border and … Continue reading
Day 27 – Tuesday, May 21st 2013 After faffing around in Trabzon for the morning we made it to Georgia by midday and stopped in at Batumi again to thieve a little internet from the Justice house again – Kim’s passport had made it as far as the UK, but it was still a long … Continue reading
Day 23 – Friday, May 17th 2013 “Hello, Packet?” “No packet” Still no Iveco parts when we stopped in at the hotel, still no more useful information online – but the parts were at least in Turkey. We made it Trabzon early that day, and decided to check out the city. It was a struggle … Continue reading
Day 19 – Monday, May 13th 2013 Cruising along the coastal highway of the Black Sea on a beautiful sunny day, we left Turkey for the second time on our voyage. Everything went smoothly at the border and we were even given a tube full of Smarties by one of the border officials – Turkish … Continue reading
We’ve made it through China okay, looking forward to the next section of our adventure. The cheeky Chinese internet police wouldn’t let us post anything while we were there, so we must apologize on their behalf for letting the day-to-day story slip a little. The good news is that we’ve written loads more of it, … Continue reading
Ok, here is an update of our itinerary that is long long over due. Thanks to everyone who kindly pointed out the errors in the last itinerary we posted. Feel free to let us know if that are any other mistakes – we do assure you that we will be travelling into 2014 🙂
down the road we go 