Photo & Video Update
20.08.2010 in UncategorizedA new batch of photos just posted to Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/photos/autarken And a quick video clip from the Aral Sea!
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Making Our Last Stan
19.08.2010 in UncategorizedThat “lamb shish” that I “just finished” in my last post? It was a vile poisoned thing! Either they rushed it out or the whole kitchen was filthy, because that was the 2nd worst food poisoning incident I’ve had yet. After finishing that post I…
2 commentsAral Sea and The Stans
16.08.2010 in UncategorizedWaking up early and leaving our desert camp ground at Darvaza, we made for the Uzbek border, filling our fuel tanks both internal and external to full, including some extra 5 liter water bottles, as we’d heard about a gas shortage in Uzbekistan. We made…
1 commentStuck In The Sand
14.08.2010 in UncategorizedWe are in the middle of the desert in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, hunting for the ghost ships of the Aral Sea near Muynaq. For the first time some locals just gave us some bad directions and we took a wrong turn into the desert. So far…
2 commentsSalam Alaykum Turkmenistan
13.08.2010 in UncategorizedThere is a glow a few kilometers to our East. It’s an unmistakable warm orange-red glow of fire, but this fire never goes out. It’s been burning for the past 40 years or so. We are in Darvaza, Turkmenistan, camped out in the middle of…
11 commentsCruising The Caspian
11.08.2010 in UncategorizedI’m sitting on a rusty old cargo ship on the east coast of the Caspian Sea, waiting for a spot to open up at port for us to dock, watching the sun set. After a few technical difficulties I’ve finally got the sat-modem working. We’re…
1 commentAzerbaijersy Part 1
09.08.2010 in UncategorizedOur attempt to wake up early and get out of Tbilisi this morning was met with the usual struggle to coordinate 6 people and 3 cars, but after getting some Georgian Lari and a delicious little breakfast in a charming area of downtown Tbilisi, we…
1 commentThe Russian Dilemma
04.08.2010 in UncategorizedThe past two days have been a roller coaster of emotions and contradictory bureaucratic responses from the Russian Consulate in Istanbul. On Monday, we went down to the Consulate, even though we were still waiting for Kim’s new passport, and explained our situation to them….
12 commentsIt Was Supposed To Be So Easy
02.08.2010 in UncategorizedWe are in Istanbul, at the doorstep of Asia, and we are temporarily stuck… do not leave Europe, do not pass go, do not collect $200. No, we are not in jail (to follow the rest of the Monopoly analogy), but the supposedly “easy” European…
9 commentsFeet On The Ground
20.07.2010 in UncategorizedStill adjusting to local time, the last few days have been a whirlwind for Tom & I. We’ve got a ton of updates to make, but also still a ton of work to do on the cars! We just now have made it to our…
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