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Photos from the final leg 8 Jul 2011 | 12:49 am
Ukraine Farm Cart Myrtle has her prop shaft repaired in Poland Israeli remembrance ceremony at Auschwitz-Birkenau Colditz Castle The first bar in France Place Vendome arrival (1) Place Vendome a...
The final leg 7 Jul 2011 | 12:39 am
We left Kiev in some sunshine, but the weather soon deteriorated, and after a somewhat less than pleasant stop by a Ukrainian policeman who queried everything- and possibly wanted a bribe to let us go...
Ukrainian Magazine Penoptep 30 Jun 2011 | 11:26 pm
Thank you to lana2112 for this link showing our old ladies featured in Ukrainian Magazine, Penoptep http://www.reporter63.ru/110621/article/pekinsamaraparizh.html According to Yahoo's Babel Fish the...
Kiev, a beautiful city even in the rain 28 Jun 2011 | 02:55 am
Kiev church We have been in Kiev for three days and it started raining an hour after our arrival and has not stopped since. The locals say they have not experienced this for years, which is not much ...
More Smile Train Clinics 28 Jun 2011 | 02:50 am
Today we visited the two childrens clinics, one dealing with just local kids, the other with kids from the whole of Ukraine. Here operations are free up to the age of eighteen, but the hospitals are u...
West from Chelyabinsk into Ukraine - Photos 26 Jun 2011 | 02:07 am
coming up for a Siberian soaking garage "facilities" Carmen gets arrested for speeding Bike shop in the Urals Ural butterfly accident traffic jam (body in road) Ural honey seller Ural farmer U...
The 5,000 mile barrier and the beautiful city of Kiev Ukraine 26 Jun 2011 | 01:51 am
We have broken through the 5,000 mile barrier and are now in the beautiful city of Kiev Ukraine. The journey from Novosibirsk has been hell. Kotka has suffered badly, her prop shaft coming loose, and...
Great kindness, bloody-mindedness and long, long legs 15 Jun 2011 | 02:38 am
Roadside stall selling stuffed animals and birds The Russians are as much of a mix as ever- great kindness has been shown to us by some, and others are bloody minded. But the girls ..in towns..are as...
1,000 Miles Done 14 Jun 2011 | 10:59 pm
Arrived in Ulan Bataar after 13 and a half hours driving, to clock up our first thousand miles at an average of 31 mpg Hotel Kempinski- superb- putting us up for three nights free, or more if we want...
.. and into Russia 14 Jun 2011 | 02:36 am
Repairs finished in Ulan Bataar Mongolia/Russia border control We left Ulan Bataar last Monday, taking two days to get to the border as our visas did not operate till Wednesday 8th. It then took fo...
