Team Driving Miss Daisy - Mongol Rally 2007

Two girls, one car, unlimited adventure

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Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Irkutsk(Russia) 05:46 on 23-08-2007
CV joint finally gave up ghost last night after 65hrs of driving thru Russia. Found garage open @ 1am & after a night of 5 in an ICV, on rd again!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Novosibirsk(Russia) 09:56 on 21-08-2007
so far in the last 34hrs: 1000 miles, a border x-ing, 2 time zones & still going! Soph did a cracking night drive whilst H slept in the back of the ICV!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 15:23 on 19-08-2007
camp' nr Russ border. Rds bad altho Soph slept thru worst! Out of local money & H managed 2 make 1/4 tank fuel last 200km! Alex not well, spent day asleep!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 02:21 on 19-08-2007
nr andreevka,late start yest fm lake kapsagaj meant not as much progress as liked,rds gd-ish tho,up early2go semey.friendly people&horse herds!:) daisy gd!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Almaty(Kazakhstan) 05:51 on 18-08-2007
border x-ing mad! Free4all! Met mafia! Stopped@rdside cafe4 soup&kebab.Cdn't find lake we wanted2camp by but found this morning&had swim!g8 country!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Biskek(Kyrgystan) 08:19 on 17-08-2007
camped nr Nat Pk just o'side B'kek. V. difficult to find a field! Been on rd w. a non-MR team fm Devon. Swam in lge lake in m'tains. Out of this world!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 08:54 on 16-08-2007
kyg up early2border,v.friendly guards:)kygz beautiful.camped bestspot in world,next 2river,off rd,v.hard4cars2get bk,helen been swimmin2,off2bishkek!all gd!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 08:42 on 16-08-2007
tues still drivin stopped4lunch in tashkent&met up with friends,convoy ice cream&mitchell bro's 2wards krg,stopped&camped in uzbek,beyond shattered!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 06:53 on 14-08-2007
stopped 4 picnic brekkie after another all-nighter. 3hrs fm border 2 Samar, Umed, don't think so!:) 14hrs on rd from leaving ST +5hrs@border. Cars unloaded!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 11:48 on 13-08-2007
Got to sword-teppa and had warm welcome,got to be guests at a traditional tajik wedding and danced the night away with the locals :) great place :)

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Dushanbe(Tajikistan) 06:03 on 12-08-2007

drove from nr border 2capital.took15 hrs&drove through most stunnin country so far,gobsmacked!even drove through glacier@3400m.v.hard roads tho!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 05:05 on 11-08-2007
Dear Tom & Cathie, Greetings fm Tajikistan! Wishing you many yrs of love & happiness. Although I am not with you, you are in my thoughts. Much love, Helen x

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 18:24 on 10-08-2007
Moved off from samarkand around 5 with diminished convoy 2go 2tajik border,bribed with furry dice&played mini guitar,was dark so stayin in dump@1st town!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Samarkand(Uzbekistan) 06:31 on 10-08-2007
easy drive yesterday afternoon. Nice hostel, good food, good company. Had B'day cake for Andrew and dodgy 10% home brewed Uzbek beer!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Bukhara(Uzbekistan) 11:53 on 09-08-2007
arrived last nite after 30hrs drivin from balkanabat,v.hot desert rd2uzbek.last thru border.went out in eve,found ourselves in uzbek niteclub brothel!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 16:41 on 07-08-2007
FAO Nick: watched stars over Turkmen oil fields last night, so beautiful and clear! Many more than I've ever seen before. Even saw shooting stars! Helen

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 16:09 on 07-08-2007
National catastrophe narrowly avoided, when under imminent threat of deportation, prison &/or large fine, Brit Emb came thru @5pm w. unheard of exit visas!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 12:38 on 06-08-2007
Turkmenistan! Sun pm:35hrs on boat, 3hrs 2 get off boat, 5hrs 2 clear immigration! Stopped 4 swim in Casp Sea. Saw camels!On way 4 meal @ Burren Base Camp.

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 04:03 on 05-08-2007
Caspian Sea! Left Baku @ 8.45, been here since 11! Hot, frustrating day but just b4 boarding able 2 change 2 rally wheels & sell alloys to port official!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Baku(Azerbaijan) 06:49 on 03-08-2007
in baku,arrived late last nite,went bar meet other teams, played pool!very humid.tryin 2 get ferry fri.scenic drive :)

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 19:24 on 01-08-2007
Az, nr Geo bdr. Border Guard Babes went down a storm & got the 3 cars thru in just over 4hrs. Georgia stunning. 2hrs kip in last 2dys, so looking 4 a hotel

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 01:37 on 01-08-2007
just stopped driving after 20hrs+ Took obscure rd from border, xtreme 5hrs offroad. Got help from truckers, stopped til daylite 2 x stream on mountain pass!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 19:53 on 31-07-2007
Georgia! Ended up @ border by accident. Took a while but no real problems. Border town crappy so driving with WWR thru mountains 2 next big town.

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 21:13 on 30-07-2007
nr Samsun. Visa sorted, on the way now! Convoying w.WWR. Turkish scenery stunning, beautiful harvest moon. Want to get to Georgia border 2moro, 8hr drive!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Ankara(Turkey) 17:04 on 29-07-2007
beautiful drive 2 Ankara 2 sort out visa 2moro. Got a bit lost, but policemen v. helpful! V. hot, 37degC. Had delic choc cakes. Nice hotel w. air con!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Unknown 07:37 on 29-07-2007
amasra.travelled 2 black sea through beautiful mountains.settled in campsite early.went in c,good place,company,splitting convoy sunday as we're 2 ankara

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Istanbul(Turkey) 21:47 on 27-07-2007
made it 2 Asia! Met MR casualties @ Turk border. Amazing drive over bridge @ Istanbul! Daisy's had lots of attention 2day. Still w.S&C, about 2 hit hay!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Plovdiv(Bulgaria) 06:51 on 27-07-2007
hard days drivin with starsky.v.hot35c romania roads were bad,crazy drivers,bulgaria mntns lovely,stayed hotel met nice people:)on rd2turkey.potholes!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Arad(Romania) 20:33 on 25-07-2007
early start, got CB radio, left Nissansdo after brekkie&caught up w.Starsky&Clutch@Rom border. Camping 2nite w.S&C @ foot of m'tains nr 2 Drac's Castle.

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Budapest(Hungary) 23:16 on 24-07-2007
delayed in Prague til 3.Hit road&now nr to Serb/Rom border. Hooked up w.Nissansdo@Slovak border, convoyed here&tenting @Truckstop. Transylvania 2moro:-)

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Prague(Czech Republic) 21:26 on 23-07-2007
End of Day 3. Leaving Prague 2moro morning Hungary/Romania. Spent day trying to get Kazak visa but no luck. Out with Wrong Way Round for dinner.

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Prague(Czech Republic) 18:02 on 22-07-2007
Arrived 6pm. Knackered, chipped windscreen, Kazak visa prob, delayed by a day, glad for rest! Just about to party! Having gr8 time!! :-)

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Frankfurt(Germany) 00:57 on 22-07-2007
Over 400 miles covered and spending night in a MackieD's car park just outside Koblenz!

Team Driving Miss Daisy Location Dover(United Kingdom) 16:56 on 21-07-2007
Still in one piece! Cadbury's Heroes going down well!! :-)

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