Sophia and Ed in New Zealand, 2011: Pre-flight nerves (Fri 30 Sept) sophiaandednz.blogspot.com/2011/09/pre-fl…

Uzbek kids love the car. Everyone has written name on it. Attemts to shake hands whilst overtaking isn't recommended tho.

Ps. Can someone let us know the cricket score? Suprisingly little coverage here

For those hoping to save money by sponsoring us a penny a mile, you're 50 quid down.

Now we're left turkmenistan can give more detail. Whole town like vegas, garish. Hotel was bugged. got illegal photos of gold statues an ...

Turkmenistan factoids: the country has one ATM. It's shut at the weekend. Beards are illegal. We had to shave ours off.

Biggest bank note in uzbek is worth 60 cents. Paid in dollars for dinner last night. The wad of change was an inch thick.

Interesting. Ed is in usbek no mans land i'm in kazak no mans land. Border shut. We're separated by a locked gate and an hour time zone!

Jumped a border fence. Team reunited. Put my clock back an hour again. We are now camping in no mans land!

Kazakstan! The suzuki convoy rattle on. Another really friendly welcome (oiled by a liberal distribution of lucky strikes)

Police bribe avoidance tactics. 1Speak only in spanish/french. 2show you have empty pockets. 3Give them a map and get directions. 4wave ...

rest day in almaty. Aqua park was excellent! Anyone who thinks of Borat when they think of Kazakstan has it very wrong!

Rally over for us. We've reached the furtherest corner of KZ but can't risk getting stuck in post-flood Moglolia like other teams.Great trip

Now got to sort car and our passage home. Met some amazing people and seen some fantastic countries. We'll update more when we get home

Swaped Suzi for a meal and a Kazak night out with some guys at Brit Embassy. Her adventure continues, back to Turkmenistan for charity work

Kazak Tip: Order two vodkas in a bar, you'll end up with two bottles. Still costs less than a London pint

Flights booked. We'll be back in Blightly 2moro all being well. After a quick visit to Moskoba.

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