Month: May 2017

This morning Michael, David and our guide Akay go to a motor mechanics to see about getting a bracket made up to replace one he […]

In the morning Michael, David, Henk & Ian fit a new fuel pump and the radiator fan that Simon brought from the UK for Dash […]

This morning the boys do some preventative maintenance on some of the cars as the border to Kazakhstan doesn’t open until 10:30. We drive the […]

The boys get up early this morning to run a check over some of the cars and in particular tighten up the exhaust nuts as […]

Today we have a 430 km drive to Kuytun on the highway and we see the biggest wind farm that we have seen so far, […]

As it is very hot today we have a free morning so after we do a bit of work in our room we head to […]

Today we drive 400 km to Turpan with a visit to the Astana ancient tombs and the flaming mountain on the way. It is very […]

Today we drive 400 km to Hami and as we leave Dunhuang it’s already starting to feel quite warm. We drive through the Hami desert […]

Our alarm goes off at 5 am and we drag ourselves out of bed, dress and walk back to the sand dunes as the gates […]

Today we have a 400 km drive to Dunhuang and Shiraz is the lead car, so instead of Kay sitting in Burgundy with Tony, she […]