Mongol Adventure

Martin will fly from Riga to London and then on to Inverness. He should be home this evening. Im staying another night in Riga and then making my way to Berlin and then Luxembourg. After a night in Luxembourg im off to Lyon for a few days and then back to Lux. Getting home a couple of days before going back to work.

Sorry, but there was no gprs in kz so was unable to keep the blog updated. The car died in kz. After all the problems in poland the car finally gave up. We have had a mixed time here, met lots scottish oil blokes that gave us a place to stay, got us drunk and had a great night partying in Aktobe. We left the next day and then the car died when we tried to botch it. We got a lift from two teams we had joined up with as the roads are totally mental in kz to the next city where we caught the train to Moscow. We slept in what can only be said a prison cell that cost 4 quid a night for both of us until the train left, which was 2 days later. The train is very full and we sleep in big open dorms. Its very strange, but there is no first or second class on this train. We have just passed Kazakh border control and now waiting for the Russian control to board the train. The train to Moscow cost £35 each and we will arrive on Monday afternoon to enjoy a MacDonalds in Red Square. After the food in Kazakhstan its the first time in my life that i can say im looking forward to American junk food! Lol. After moscow we get a train to Riga.

Russia was a bit crazy, we thought the roads in Poland were bad until Russia. The car has now got two burst rear springs, but is still driving. We will get them fixed in Oral hopefully! Been stopped 8 times by the police, but i think it was more to have a look at the mad car. Only once we had to pay a fine as Martin was speeding in a town. They wanted £25, but we only gave them £5.