We have made it through the ukraine border with no problems.. They did mess us about asking for a green card but we did not have one.. They were probably looking for a bribe.. They got fed up and waved us through. Roads are really bad but finally found a decent road and now heading for kiev. Truck is good but I am gonna run out of pants soon
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We are 1 hour from the polish border. We spent 24 hours in prague to have a good look around.. We loved it. Early yesterday afternoon we made our way to the church of bones. We then got stuck in bad traffic trying to get out due to an accident between a harley and a car. Afterwards We pressed on until 8 pm then found a hotel in a lovely small town. Its been really warm in czech too. The 4×4 has been great on motorway,cruises lovely at 70-80 even full loaded. Will do another update later today.
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We have just got in to prague. The roads from boulogne through germany and czech were fantastic. But probably get worse after poland. First night was in france, we stayed on a french farm with geese and donkeys in the fields…nice place. Few beers and a good nights kip. Next day we drove nearly 500 miles and got a hotel off the motorway in an empty and weird hotel… Dan tried some german and failed.. I managed a few words..most odd place and the town was dead. We then went out a beer but we almost got lost, picturing us with no bags as we left them in the hotel and it was dark. Next day we ate a crap hotel breakfast and drove 250 miles in to prague which is quite warm and we are now out for a beer and sightseeing. Tommorow church of bones, then off to poland. Steve
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Only 2 days now to go and just tie up a load of loose ends now, it is quite suprising how much work is involved organising 3 weeks on the road plus making sure everything is tip top at home.
I do want to thank my wife Xiaojing for being supportive and help me raise some cash for Save the Children, She has been very patient with me and I really wanted to show my appreciation for letting me do this. We would not be able to raise any money for charity otherwise and also live a dream i have had for quite a while and also having to manage everything on her own for a few weeks, not an easy task. Thank you Xiaojing!
We met up with Dan, Jaqui and Alex few days ago who flew over from Australia last weekend and we all went out for a meal at TFI’s. Looks like we are going to have a laugh on the road.
Roll on saturday, hope the weather picks up a bit.
Taken a few months to get it all sorted but I have finanly managed to get to the end of our preperation work for the trooper.
Stuff thats been done to the truck so far;
All thats needed is a good valet and polish and were ready to hit London on 11th July for the launch.
I have been messing around with something quite cool, well I got bored. Instead of having basic vinyl lettering across the truck I decided to do 3d resin logos which involve clear vinyl and polyurethane resin and a bit of handy work. I thought it came out really well and will make more for the truck so it looks one cool rally vehicle.
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 Mongolia 3d dome |
It was a bit difficult getting the truck a set of racks. The nearest was a set of thule racks for over £150, these were also too short and would only be able to fit one wheel up on the roof.
Turns out that these apparently have a mount under the trim for a roof rails. I stipped these old rail trims to reveal mount holes.
Luckily i managed to come acorss a guy who custom made a rack for a trooper. I emailed him and he made a custom set for only £75, they look the business. Now I can mount a custom credle i had made last year.
Here are the pics
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March 28th 2009 Bournemouth Echo article: Got it all mapped out.
Check out the full article here Photo shots were quite funny, seem to remember posing like David Brent from the BBC’s “The Office” See bottom photo of the newspaper clip. Although being asked to pose on the bonnet of the car was a bit too much for me and politely refused. I think my wife bought all of copies of the Echo in the local Tescos garage, and starting showing strangers… I was embarrassed to say the least. Shame Dan could not be here for the photo shoot. Would have made it complete. Next will be the story on our return. |
In this news piece we speak to The Mongolian Ambassador, Save the Children, CAMDA and most importantly the drivers, find out how they think they can make a difference.
