Blog Moved

This blog has now been moved into my general one : http://matt-whitby.blogspot.com/.

Jab, Jab, Jab

I've not written a blog entry for ages so it's time to have a catch up.

Car

Kieran and me drove up to look at a car. My mechanical know-how being virtually non-existent meant that it looked fine to me but Kieran pointed out some lights that were flashing in a way that was "Not Good". We decided against it.

Visas

We needed visas for Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Disappointingly pricey at just over £400 each, they are now in the hands of the Visa Gods. Okay, not the Visa Gods - The Adventurists Visa Service.

Inoculations

It's hard to know what the genuine risks are when you're going to places outside of Europe. Sure Mongolia suffers from plague in August, but really - are you likely to catch it? So what vaccinations to have.

Kazakhstan

The map of Kazakhstan arrived this morning so i'll be checking to see how accurately it seems to match the satellite photos and will plot a prospective route.


It's nice to find the Russian/Mongolian border crossing on the map.

I had a passing thought that perhaps you could run a small fridge off the cigarette lighter... mmmm.. cold beer.


Yes, apparently you can.

The Website

The website is pretty much done now and i'll upload it. As soon as the team is sorted then I put their details on it and start begging for charity money.

That's a lot of listening...

I know what you're thinking. Seven hours of driving a day and thirty days. That's a requirement of two hundred and ten compilation CDs of listening. You're not mistaken.

Headlight Horror

So it all went pear-shaped yesterday and I had to take my car to Halfords to get the lightbulb changed. That really doesn't bode well.

Car troubles

The passenger side headlight went on my car. No biggy really, unless I plan on driving in the dark. Ah, I do.

Perhaps it's modern cars, perhaps it's just the Ford Focus but they're just not designed in such a way that a real person can do something easily. This shouldn't be rocket science, this is just changing a bulb.