Archive for July, 2008
Irkutsk
Owen and i camped last night in a forest next to the trans siberian railway which is difficult to sleep with its loud horn and rail clatter, I'm not sure what is worse the train or the huge mosquitoes and biting flies i have been told to watch out for bears further east too but i am normally too tired to think about all of that and concentrate on [...]
Owen Tesch
Meet Owen tesch, I have just pulled up to a level crossing to let the tans sibreian train come through and it raining i’ve turned off the engine and i’m listening to some western music and i’m thinking of how far i’ve come and that i havn’t spoken english for nearly a month except to myself and singing out aloud in the car but that [...]
Russian Roads
I’m half way into Russia now and have been making good progress, the only thing to slow me down is the police and the most times that i have been stopped is 16 times in one day and it starts to wear you down with the same questions, they are looking for just one thing so that they can fine you for something as they are on such low wages that [...]
Novosibirsk
I’m now 160 km's east of Novosibirsk the above photo is of a happy boy from Armenia who is selling vegetables and fruit, i had a chat to him and gave him a Dumfries and Galloway Council T shirt for which he was over the moon with. I was hoping to stay in Novosibirsk to wait for car parts two front springs, but they have now been sent ahead of me [...]
Ural Mountains
I didn’t feel like doing a blog yesterday, was in a strange mood, i think that the last couple of days started to get me down a little all the police stops and the same scenery for the last 1500 miles, i felt lonely for the first time i think it is because i haven't had much contact with the right people so i will stop at a cafe later and chat [...]
Balakovo Volga
I’m parked in a nature reserve in between Saratov and Samara right on the banks of the Volga about 55 km's north of this photo which is a small river side town that i tried to register my Visa in the only guest house which looked like the old town hall and was a little like a homeless house maybe thats a little harsh, they didn’t have any [...]