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This is our on the road map...
Day 47 Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Day 41 Thursday, 2 September 2010
Day 37 Sunday, 29 August 2010
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  at 09:21 on On a wheel and a prayer said After five breakdowns yesturday, we finally rolled into Altai around midnight... A few rowdy Mongolians and the threat of Marc getting stabbed... Could of dampered our spirits but they remind us too much of Ewok's to really take them seriously... Hot shower, bottle of vodka and a badly dubed film were very welcome. We are currently trying to get new shockys fitted on Garrie... Hopefully she will be happy to carry on today!!! However the rumours of a 1meter high river are a little daunting... |
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Day 33 Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Day 32 Tuesday, 24 August 2010
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| at 09:52 on On a wheel and a prayer said Stopped off for a shower, a meal and a sleep. Now on our way to the Mongolian border. About 450km away now and Siberia is absolutely beautiful.@ |
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Day 30 Sunday, 22 August 2010
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| at 15:46 on On a wheel and a prayer said Went for a paddle in the big lake on the map and then drove the rest of the 1200km journey up to Astana...in one go! Now that's some serious rallying folks! We then spent a night in the life size theme park known as Astana and are know making our way to the Russian border to begin the traverse into Mingolia. Wish us luck!!! |
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The boys made it to Russia with little difficulty, the boarder was not as bad as they were worried about, there was a little shouting from one guard when Miles decided to go for wonder, however, this particular guard was only to return greeting the weary travellers with a warm glow and subsequently requesting a $20 “Mongolia Tax” I.E. “Mongol Rally Tax” ‘happy’ to oblige they moved on to a very thorough search by means of flicking the Jerry Can and asking if they possessed any contraband and/or Clashnicoffs luckily the boys had hidden there Clashnicoff well within... Read more ... |
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Got over the boarder into the Ukraine but the border crossing took quite some time and darkness had very much set in so to avoid driving about like exhaustless Ladas we drove into an old petrol station and kipped there for the night.. Waking up in a car, is not an experience that I would wish on anyone and we had obviously not learnt much from doing it in Lens or perhaps the Ukraine morning heat was making it that much worse. Either way it seemed like I’d have to get used to it if I was going... Read more ... |
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All was going well until the convoy pulled up for a pit stop. I was feeling pretty parched by that point due to the 40 degree heat, so the boys filled me up with thirst quenching unleaded, but suddenly we found ourselves alone. The rest of the convoy had motored ahead leaving us behind and without the aid of a CB Radio we were unable to contact them…We decided to head to Tolsea as that’s where the convoy had earlier agreed to pitch up for the evening. However after driving about 50 miles... Read more ... |
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Right, Garrie can be a bit cryptic sometimes. We never really know what she is thinking. But from what we can gather from what she has told us is that her poem is about the first part of our time in Romania: On approaching the Romania boarder we bumped into the ‘Lost Convoy’ consisting of ‘The Great Canadian Beavers,’ ‘Cakeordeath,’ ‘Mad Hatters,’ ‘Team Fudge’ and the big blue van… After a few words with this lovely bunch we established that they were also on their way to the ‘Top Gear Road’ so we decided to join their convoy... Read more ... |
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Day 28 Friday, 20 August 2010
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| at 11:23 on On a wheel and a prayer said We've had a wicked couple of nights in Almaty and we are now on our way to Astana... Just bumped in to a Chinese Convoy consisting of about 10 4x4's on a rally to Greece; "the birthplace of human civilization" ... Lot's of photo's ; ) ... Now: on the road again ... Might stop off an ** some text is missing ** |
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Day 26 Wednesday, 18 August 2010
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| at 11:30 on On a wheel and a prayer said Heading to Almaty and have spent 2 days and 2 nights in the car. We've done 2240km so far so have just stopped off for a bit of lunch in Tapa3 with 530km to go. |
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| at 10:40 on On a wheel and a prayer said Had a great couple of nights out with, The Dirt Track Destroyers. The last of which lead us to a house beach party. Both Vodka and petrol very cheap. |
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| at 00:07 on On a wheel and a prayer said Had a great couple of nights out with, The Dirt Track Destroyers. The last of which lead us to a house beach party. Both Vodka and petrol very cheap. |
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Day 23 Sunday, 15 August 2010
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Garrie is missing her love Max and so wanted to write a little poem about our time in Romania before she was tragically parted from him… Isn’t she sweet!Arriving at the boarder,I saw his iridescence in my wing mirror,His big red butt did shine, But will his beaver ever be mine?The boys stopped to greet their comrades,Now my eternal loneliness subside, To my happiness I did proclaim,Revving my engine again and again,The Locals came to sit outside,To see this game of chase arrive, First he took me from the rear,And my happiness did appear,The beauty of the landscape did... Read more ... |
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Driving into Budapest I was in desperate need of a wash, the lads may have been looking out for their own needs Lording it up in hotels, motels and Holiday Inns, but they were seriously neglecting mine. I smelt terrible. Marc drove like a novice once again and to teach him a lesson I cut out a couple of hundred times. His parking is poor too and I nearly coughed out my gear box in disgust when he tried to reverse into a space opposite the Hostel Marco Polo. An apt name I thought. Read more ... |
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Day 21 Friday, 13 August 2010
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| at 08:57 on On a wheel and a prayer said Spent 2 days trying to find the door to Kazakhstan. So far unsuccessful, however a kind boarder control officer at a bilateral boarder crossing on the East of Russia has pointed us 750km North East...so after staying in a delightful hovel last night, that's where we're heading! |
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Day 19 Wednesday, 11 August 2010
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| at 10:51 on On a wheel and a prayer said went for a night out on the tiles and were taught a lesson in Russia dance etiquette. |
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Day 17 Monday, 9 August 2010
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| at 21:25 on On a wheel and a prayer said Arrived in Russia today, staying in a weird roadside motel with 4 other ralliers, off to Volgograd tomorrow. |
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Day 16 Sunday, 8 August 2010
Day 14 Friday, 6 August 2010
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| at 13:14 on On a wheel and a prayer said The convoy had some car trouble and a member had to be towed by the transit van. Nevertheless we made it to Odesa and managed to find a 2 person room for the 3 of us so Nick very kindly dawned his mossy net and slept on the balcony. We are now heading for a Ukrainian dance festival or a boogy.@ |
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Day 13 Thursday, 5 August 2010
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| at 09:23 on On a wheel and a prayer said stayed by the boarder overnight after crossing Moldovan and Ukrainian boarders took 4 hours and cost us 20 dollars for them not to search our car. Not sure we had much choice. Planing to head to the beach |
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Day 11 Tuesday, 3 August 2010
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Its was pretty plane sailing to Prague, the lads feeling a little weary from the night before enjoying the scenery and a few tunes. Marc took the helm, Nick played DJ and Miles rested his eyes….We arrived into Prague at 17:15 and headed for the Centrum to find a Hostel. After about half an hour of driving in circles unable to find a parking space that didn’t have ‘reserve’ splashed across it, Marc started getting a little bored of driving so I took over. Fortunately we bumped into a couple of young lads who offered to direct us to... Read more ... |
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They made it to Nuremburg in good time and it was interesting to see that even in their post adolescent states their internal boyhood compass was still very much engaged, directing them straight into the towns red light district, deciding that this was a good place to park, they began their quest to find room at the inn…After being turned away from three hostels (probably because we had forgotten our spandex hot pants) we decided a little bit of luxury wouldn’t go a miss and got a hotel room with a juccussy nonetheless… Nuremburg is a beautiful town... Read more ... |
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| at 09:01 on On a wheel and a prayer said We were hoping to make the Ukrainian boarder yesterday but unfortunately one of the convoy has had car trouble and so we stayed over in Constansta. Good opportunity to do some washing me thinks! |
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Day 10 Monday, 2 August 2010
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| at 11:50 on On a wheel and a prayer said Hey you. Spent last night camping at the top of a mountain, under the stars, in the middle if Romania. The road we drove up to get there is meant to be one of the best in Europe - proper windy mountain roads, was amazing and was featured on Top Gear. |
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Day 9 Sunday, 1 August 2010
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| at 22:12 on On a wheel and a prayer said Campfire last night, wash in a river thi morning. Good group of people. They are calling themselves 'the lost convoy'. We await our enishiation. |
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Day 8 Saturday, 31 July 2010
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| at 20:53 on On a wheel and a prayer said Had another wicked night in Budapest at a dub-step rave. We left a little hungover but in high spirits this afternoon aiming for the 'topgear' road in the middle of Romania, but ended up meeting up with a convoy of cars on the boarder and have pitched our tents in a field in the middle if Tanslemania...We are just hoping Dracula doesn't make an appearance. |
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Day 7 Friday, 30 July 2010
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| at 11:11 on On a wheel and a prayer said BUDAPEST HUNGRY; We went to The Pit last night full of alcoholics most of whom told us just how good looking Hungarian girls are. They aren't half right. Budapest definitely worth a visit, question is should we stay for the Grand Prix, or head straight to the Ukrainian dance festival?@ |
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| at 05:41 on On a wheel and a prayer said Budapest is fantastic, great night out and one more to go. Now off to bed. |
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Day 6 Thursday, 29 July 2010
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| at 10:44 on On a wheel and a prayer said Had a wicked night out in Prague followed by a weary walk around the city centre yesterday. We then meandered across to Brno for steak and chips with Miles' dad. Now it's on to Budapest! |
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Day 4 Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Day 2 Sunday, 25 July 2010
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So we’re off, Marc took control of me, Garry their humble steed, for the first leg of the journey and seeing as he hadn’t driven since that epic 2 minute journey to the shops in Malta 2 years ago we all knew we were in safe hands. He however was thinking otherwise, and to be fair I haven’t felt anything shake so much since I drove through Haiti last year. Not having opened there map driving straight off the Good wood circuit and on to the open road could have been a... Read more ... |
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| at 17:25 on On a wheel and a prayer said Arrived safely at 16:30, found a Hostel and now it's time to sample the old German wheat beer! |
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| at 11:35 on On a wheel and a prayer said First stop and search...apparently the German police think Marc looks like a drug dealer, Marc's urine is unsure...now to Frankfurt. |
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Day 1 Saturday, 24 July 2010
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| at 20:45 on On a wheel and a prayer said On the ferry now, planning to drive through the night through France and Belgium into Germany with a brief nap in a service station. |
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