We keep thinking about how we could have kept have kept going. But it's hard to think of a way. Some of our problems were fairly minor and easily fixable - if there had been been time, others were more serious but possibly surmountable, again given a little time. The driving days have been so long and the conditions so punishing that it all became impossible. We expected to be slower than the days driving time in the route book, but, in reality, many people have been having problems keeping up. The worst thing is that when you arrive in day after day close to midnight or even well afterwards and then have to get off at 6, and do not have a rest day after some of the most gruelling conditions imaginable there is never an opportunity to work on the cars without falling badly behind. Conditions were very hard in Mongolia but, even the slower cars like us managed to arrive in daylight or only shortly after dark most nights. Plus we had two rest days to recuperate and get repairs etc...
Dear Barbara and Andrian thank you for downloading on your blog our team group photo. We wish you luck.
ReplyDeleteIt would be great if continue to communicate, and maybe in "P to p 2013" we will meet again.
P.s My e-mail tret_andrew@mail.ru
That's amazing. Love the hat and can't believe your red strings are still on...perhaps your basi is the only thing holding you together at times, therefore I'm happy the nun had her knots down.
ReplyDeleteOnward my friends!