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Day 14 Friday, 27 July 2012
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Slept eight hours, which felt like three after the day I had yesterday. The car is now in for service in Tbilisi. Had to pay a taxi driver to lead me to the shop. I paid him in British pounds, but he didn't know what they were, so I had to have the owner of the shop explain that he did very well, an should be happy. I also gave him a packet of cigarettes to soften the blow of the helplessness.
Once the car is done I'm heading up to the Russian border, where I expect to grow old in... Read more ... |
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Shared a photo: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=337630476324679&set=a.337629176324809.82009.277778602309867&type=1&relevant_count=15 ... Read more ... |
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Shared a photo: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=337626452991748&set=a.337625922991801.82007.277778602309867&type=1&relevant_count=8 ... Read more ... |
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Drove for fourteen and a half hours to get from central Turkey to Tbilisi, Georgia. Feeling good about myself, and very proud of the car. Tomorrow: Oil change and service, and a half day of driving to (or near) the Russian border. ... Read more ... |
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Day 13 Thursday, 26 July 2012
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Just finished the border crossing into Georgia. Now driving hard to Tbilisi to catch up with some of my caravan mates. ... Read more ... |
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Just had a gun aimed at me for the first time in the rally by a Turkish border guard! Things got heated, I (naturally) told him to go fuck himself, and he pulled out his pistol and started waving it around.This is getting interesting... Everything is fine, though. On to Georgia. ... Read more ... |
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Just got served köfte by the woman of my dreams. She doesn't speak a word of English, so I'm going to mime my proposal. We'll see how it goes. ... Read more ... |
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My challenge to cops: Spanish-speaking Dominican guy with Afghan beard and American attitude traveling on a Hungarian passport while driving a New York-registered Smart car on a Monaco license with French insurance. If they can write the ticket I will happily pay it. ... Read more ... |
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Day 12 Wednesday, 25 July 2012
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Just heard a call to prayer in the distance. I think I'll say my prayers before I go to sleep. ... Read more ... |
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