Monday 13th Day 14 & Tuesday 14th Day 15 Days 12 and 13 have been spent in Whistler working on the Land Rover and helping Tim, Sarah, Charley and Jason move into their new house, so nothing of interest for the blog. Up early on Monday 13th and after sadly…
Days 1 – 3. Tues. 30th April, Weds. 1st May and Thurs. 2nd May A good flight with Westjet from Gatwick to Vancouver. We like Westjet. Although they are a “low cost” carrier, they are efficient, the seating is good and the crew are friendly and attentive. A late departure,…
This morning saw us arriving into Auckland Airport at the ungodly hour of 04.45. This meant a wait of over 3 and a half hours before our connecting flight to Rotorua. A glorious sunny day awaited us here and it was wonderful to be met by and catch up with…
The Land Rover has arrived in South Korea and is now in Busan. According to the tracker, it is due to set sail for Vancouver tomorrow morning and to arrive there on October, 21st. We have booked our flights from the UK to Vancouver for the 23rd October, so hopefully…
A soggy day in Moscow. Very different to the lovely day we experienced yesterday. Setting off from our hotel, it was just starting to rain, a bit. We were heading for the nearest metro station to have a look at some of the metro network. Very different to the London…
Well the blog will continue today, I hope you will be pleased to hear. A fascinating day here in Vladivostok. Sunny and warm for a change, too. At 0900 our shipping agent, Yuri’s man, was at the hotel on the dot to take us to the “washing place” where the…
Fortuitously the morning dawned fine and the dreadful winds of yesterday have abated. It is overcast and very soggy, though, with water running everywhere as the roads are so steep they have turned into rivers. Our hotel room looks like a Chinese Laundry with wet clothes hanging everywhere. Not drying…
As Dennis mentioned, some sort of animal disturbed us last night. He is convinced it was a bear. I think it was probably something smaller. A stray dog or a wild pig. Whatever it was, it was a nuisance and resulted in another restless night. A tiring day on the…
A relatively easy day today. Left the Hotel Barbaris at about 1030. Dennis mentioned yesterday that drainage didn’t seem to be high on the list of civic priorities here. This morning the puddles were still as bad and the roads still flooded. Our first port of call was an oil…
On the road at 0915 and hoping to cover a good few miles today. This road must have cost billions of roubles to build and as many to maintain. Unfortunately the scenery is monotonous, to say the least. Fortunately it is hilly and the road winds about a bit. If…