Tuesday 8th August - Panda surgeries and mosquito mania
Quite a sad morning as we said goodbye to our convoy friends. Everyone had decided to do different routes all over the country. Our young...
Monday 7th August - When Panda met Patrol
First things first today we had to fix our roof rack. The front roof rack had moved off place after our bumpy trip yesterday. James got...
Sunday 6th August - Random rally reunions
Our destination for today was a town in northern Kazakhstan called Oral. We heard the roads would be good so hoped for the best. You...
Saturday 5th August - Are we eating Phar Lap?
We checked out of our hotel after eating some breakfast. Cows were hanging nearby at the rubbish bin, quite a typical sight in these...
Friday August 4th - Kindness from Kazakh strangers
We ate breakfast together at the hotel, it was looking like the day would be another hot one. Aktau was forecast to reach 36 degrees....
Thursday August 3rd - That time we ended up with a baby
We woke up to red-pants-dragon-lady smacking on our doors yelling in Russian for us to get up and off the ship. It was 4:30am. James and...
Wednesday 2nd August - The looonngg ferry ride to Kazakhstan
We were fed breakfast in the 'boiling-room-of-death' at 8:30am. It was still just as hot as the day before. Breakfast consisted of eggs...
Tuesday 1st August - I'm on a boat, on a boat.
Finally the ferry had arrived! Hallelujah!! Our prayers had been answered, we were one step closer to reaching Kazakhstan now that we...
Monday 31st July - Alat campout
There's not too much to report today, sitting around at a ferry port is about as riveting as it sounds. We checked out of our...
Sunday 30th July - Baku: The windy city
An incredible wind storm hit Baku overnight. It sounded like the apocalypse had struck the city and our hotel would be flat by morning....
