Malaysia Day 115 – Saturday, August 17th 2013 Night was falling as we finally entered the country, after an inept cock up on our part we managed to queue for customs twice. Once inside, we obtained a stamp on our carnet de passage (a temporary import document issued from the UK to spare us the … Continue reading
Day 111 – Tuesday, August 13th 2013 This would not be the relaxing saunter through the country that we had once dreamt of. That would have to come next year when we were on our way home – this would be a dash through to Malaysia, where we would be shipping from Port Klang (near … Continue reading
Day 100 – Friday, August 2nd 2013 Wow, would you take a look at that – 100 days!! Now that’s a holiday! Sorry, you have to allow us a little gloating, we’ve had a rough day or two. Returning to our story: we arrived back with Mike and his mechanics, so we could collect Ivor … Continue reading
Day 91 – Wednesday, July 24th 2013 At last, opening out in front of us was our first real taste of South East Asia. As soon as we had crossed the border the transformation had been instant. The roadside homes were now bamboo huts with roofs made from woven leaves, the villages had shrunk to … Continue reading
Day 85 – Thursday, July 18th 2013 We awoke to the joyful news that a bridge 30km ahead was down, and that there was a ferry in its place – which would go roughly every 4 hours, if there was enough traffic to fill it. Lun learned this while searching out some food in a … Continue reading
Day 71 – Thursday, July 4th 2013 We woke with the sunrise on the Great Wall, and went back to the truck to get set up for the day ahead. We had to fill Ivor’s water tanks, and then set off to cover a fair distance. There was a midday stop to see a sleeping … Continue reading
Day 64 – Thursday, June 27th 2013 We awoke at the Lunnanzhen campsite, next to the river Tarim. Jon cooked us up a New Zealand breakfast favourite of fried bread with honey, just like his grandma used to fuel him up with. We were soon on our way once more, and it was only a … Continue reading
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 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
down the road we go 