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The Planning

Visa Shmeeza

Posted from Shirley, England, United Kingdom.Just had a text this afternoon from those lovely people at the Visa Machine telling me our last visa has just arrived. In the end we actually required 8 Visas in advance, plus 2 Letters of Invitation (all indicated below).  We will still need to get a visa on arrival … Continue reading »

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Yak Avoidance Techniques

Posted from York, England, United Kingdom.I’ve just spent the last two Sundays near Thirsk brushing up my (pretty poor) off road skills with those friendly guys at the i2i Motorcycle Academy.  They provided me with all the kit and a lovely KTM to ride.  I have to say I had two great days and learned loads about … Continue reading »

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A Jabbering Wreck

Posted from Shirley, England, United Kingdom.Suffering in the cause (read: the possibility of having to trot off to find a doctor in some remote area of Kazakhstan because I’m frothing at the mouth has little appeal), I’ve had a few more vaccinations and boosters today.  So far I’ve had:- Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Typhoid Polio … Continue reading »

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A Man Can Never Have Too Many Tents

Posted from Shirley, England, United Kingdom.Segal’s Law, for those of you who care about such things, states that a man with a watch knows what time it is, but a man with two watches is never sure.  Clearly less is more.  As you might expect with me, having spent an inordinate amount of time pondering … Continue reading »

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Use Your Tongue

Posted from Shirley, England, United Kingdom.Funny things, phrasebooks.  I remember at school I had a French one that contained the most bizarre expressions imaginable.  Sadly the book has long gone, but I can still recall two, even after all these years.  The first was in the section on Sport, and read, “L’âcre odeur du mêlée”, … Continue reading »

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Gym’ll Fix It

Posted from Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.I don’t know about anyone else, but it suddenly hit me last week that if I’m going to be spending seven weeks in the saddle I’d better be a bit fitter than I am at present (read: a lot fitter).  That means converting an overweight, middle-aged git into a lithe, … Continue reading »

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Yak Vindaloo

Posted from York, England, United Kingdom.Well it wasn’t quite love at first sight.  More love at first hiccup if you really want to know.  So what’s all this about?  Well, I was up at Kevin’s at the weekend, ostensibly to sort out the next round of the seemingly interminable Mongol Rally paperwork, but more importantly … Continue reading »

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You can fool a yak once…

Posted from Shirley, England, United Kingdom.Well who’d have thought it?  My last post certainly caused a stir – quite a few emails landed in my inbox as a result!  Thank you all for your generous comments.  Bus advertising must be a much better idea than I originally imagined. I’m sure I won’t catch any of you out again: … Continue reading »

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Keeping our team in the public eye

Posted from Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.We’ve blown the marketing budget, but at least we’ll be seen about town.  Keep an eye out for us if you’re around and about in the West Midlands!                    

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Visas

Posted from Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.They’re sort of applied for.  Well the Turkmenistan ones are, at least.  We should have started on them a couple of weeks ago, but we didn’t, of course, as there’s always something better to do.  Like have a drink down the pub.  Or test your shiny new spork out on … Continue reading »

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