Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Cryptic Post

Graeme:
I will tell a story with a wealth of clues and ambiguity. Once I have a chance to edit together the 14 something minutes of footage, you'll get the real story. Cassie drove this morning's shift. Some 200 odd KM of beautiful scenery and typical autobahn. Wind generators dotted the horizion. We pulled over to swap drivers and I drove about another 50KM. We had to buy a ticket for the toll road, and at 26 Euro it'd want to be a decent drive. We managed to find some gas canisters in a local hardware store. After that, we had a brilliant late lunch of hamburger and wedges whilst watching a wealth of brilliant new Porches, Ferrarai's and BMW's idle by. That sure was a lot of W's! After a late lunch, we went to somewhat of an information centre, then were back on the road by 5. Again, more beautiful scenery, some oddly familiar. Huge variations in altitude meant the car was warming up, but I guess it heated up in line with brakes and tyres. In what felt like a flash, the road had re
turned to where it had started. That was beatiful, well worth the cost. Not content with seeing it once, we returned to the information centre to see if there was a more immersing means of transport as I suspected driving the rough old troopie on this beautiful road was almost detracting from the experience. Indeed they did. Others too had come before we were told, also not satisfied with the experience they had. We were sent on our way again, but Cassie was more interested in taking photos, so the tour guide accompanied me instead. Off we go again, the tour guide offering a wealth of local knowledge. The road meandered by again, but somehow different this time. Like night and day something had changed. Again we'd returned to the information centre and I waited for Cassie some five minutes to come pick me up. We should have brought two cars!

Cassie picked me up, we drove into the bush to setup camp. Had dinner of zucchini, potatos and garlic with crusty bread. With half the crusty bread left over, it was drizzled with honey for a brilliant end to a brilliant day.

Tomorrow we plan to head for Brooge, we'll camp a little bit outside so we get a full day there the following day. We plan to be in Paris from the 22nd, so there's a good chance we'll catch up with some more family friends.

..To anyone who has suspected what was going on here, keep your comments to yourself. Once the teaser video is out you can do as you please! I suspect you will have this tomorrow if we find wifi.... fingers crossed!

Responses to comments:
Steven - So pleased to have you commenting again. You would have loved today's 'scenery'
Steven - I'll happily race you on a segway!
Warren - Yeah, they are good. And they should be in Canberra already.
Chris - I did consider getting a bag for a client of ours who works with indigenous affairs, but I feared they wouldn't see the funny side.

3 comments:

  1. Sounds as though your having a fabulous time. Can't wait to see the video and Cassies photos. Keep your eyes open in Bruge for Colin Farrell lurking in the shadows as the clumsy assassin. ( You'll have to watch the movie In Bruge to appreciate that!). See if you can hire some bikes and make your way around, we've heard it's wonderful. I can only imagine to wonderful sights you are seeing. Keep well Love to you both Mum D

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  2. Graeme and Cassie,

    I suspect even my new turbo (yep, you correctly spotted the intercooler) would not have been enough for yesterdays 'drive'. Did the local 'taxi' live up to your expectations. If my guess is right, the video will be somewhat amusing.

    The photos of the frying pan roads are a world away from the Tynda to Yakutsk road hey! I think you need some big potholes and piles of unmarked gravel in the middle of the road just for old times sake.

    The big troopie will be looking somewhat out of place among the tight urban streets and autobahns.

    Good luck for the remainder of your trip - your GPS will be showing much less kms to Southampton now!

    Cheers,
    Jon


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