"Our travels are filled with laughter, stories and amazement. We are
virtually a travelling road show for all to see and enjoy. Monday was a day off
in Novosibrisk that was as if we were a spectacle to behold. we were all parked
in front of our hotel cleaning and fixing our cars right in the middle of town,
a beautiful sunny day, the whole city came out to mingle amongst us. TV
interviews, people clicking pictures, children laughing and smiling and the
greatest display of legs and shoes you've ever seen, it was truly breathtaking.
We left for Omsk, travelled an entire day, 650 kms. In a straight line with no
scenery or anything, quite boring until the almost end when Kim and I missed a
turnoff and tried to get back on track by traversing through the outskirts of
Omsk Mongolian style. We found ourselves travelling along a goat trail adjacent
a the railroad tracks, through some Russian ghetto and onward through the edge
of town and in no time there we were in front of hotel just as it started to
pour. The evening and Omsk were pretty uneventful, so we started on another
long day to Tyumen approx. another 650 kms.. Again very boring ride until the
worst thing possible that could happen occurred. One of our new found
friends, dear Emma met with fate, a head on collision of catastrophic
proportions ended her life, shocking the life out of all. We are overcome with
grief and emotion, trying to come to grips with it all. Last nights dinner was
a gathering of our new gang at a fabulous restaurant to reflect and celebrate
life and how fragile it really is. Copious amounts of red wine some good
stories and the party continues. Today we are going to a motorcycle museum and
then onto Ekaterinburg to celebrate Florins birthday. We will keep you
posted love you all. PS. Kim is learning German."
- Len & Kim
Ready to leave our Accommodations ..
A lunch stop - It was HOT outside! And the bugs were out of control.
The smile says it ALL .. We are on Day 17 -right?
The Birthday Boy .. Florian!
Our New Friends .. Absolutely NO fun at all ..
When is the last time you seen a '68 Mustang pulling a 1913 Lafrance. Good thing was it broke down in front of a garage.
Lead Car .. at the motorcycle museum
"An easy day, no timing, just roll down the road for 300 km with the arrow of the Garmin pointing West as you take in the back-roads of the route-plan, avoiding the main highway. You drive past tiny villages of creaking old log-cabins, rusty relics dragged in from fields of a Soviet past, a road-side café or two, and the Bikers Museum...Tonight’s meal in the sumptuous surroundings of the Hyatt Regency is likely to go down as one of the best meals so far – silver service, with a range of 10 items to choose from."
- Peking Rally Report
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