Waypoints

The overland travellers are a generous bunch. Quick to share experience and resources to strangers at a moments notice. We are bowled over by the staggering level of goodwill from a particular couple -
Amanda & Jon from ‘threeinatruck’. They have been so generous with a wealth of information and experience. They shared with us a network of contacts and waypoints that will give us some piece of mind on our upcoming adventure. All these little yellow marks are everything from service centres, hotels, fuel stops, points of interest even down to coffee shops. Amanda and Jon have put our mind at ease by answering our questions like procedures for fuelling, using ATM’s, how much cash to carry etc. …they have put my mind at ease completely.

Here’s one video of their videos from the ‘road of bones’ which we’ll be travelling alone ;-)

threeinatruck’s Kolyma Highway adventure

I’m glad we packed waders to check some of these holes and river crossings before risking our car. This however all looks pretty good and on most occasions, there seems be trees to winch to. Mongolia might be a bit more difficult in this regard as I suspect there are about 4 trees in total…. and the likelihood of those being conveniently located either side of a marshy valley is very low. But then again, there will probably be a lot more ‘earth tracks’ we can take if one looks suspicious.

You may be able to use this link to see where our Maresk Dryden ship is: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?mmsi=636091083&centerx=151.8612&centery=-33.35001&zoom=10&type_color=7 It left Sydney at 18:21 tonight hopefully with our car on board.
An excited feeling has come over me which is cut short by a ‘no turning back’ kick to the guts sensation.
The thought of our car riding the high seas into the dark is a foreign idea, and our stuffed toy Quorn snake is hopefully keeping troopy nice and calm. It feels childish to imagine such nonsense, but it seems a prevalent human trait to attach personalities to inanimate objects. Either way, It’s certainly an emotional rollercoaster. These last few days I’ve felt very bored and stir-crazy now that there's not much more to do regarding the trip. There isn’t many new projects I can take on that don’t cost money, and won’t take more than three weeks to complete.

To subdue my boredom I might edit together the videos from my last trip for you guys. It won’t be very exciting, but it may give some of you some motion to an otherwise static story. On Friday I visit the Mongolian embassy to submit our visa’s… but otherwise, that’s about all I have to report.

Sorry, my last few posts have been boring, but I did just want to again express my thanks to Amanda & Jon and all the others who have contributed before us.