We left in the drizzle, and slowly it turned to rain, the rain got heavier and heavier, and the going was becoming more and more treacherous - especially with badly worn tyres.
When it became obvious that the rain was not going to ease, Scott and Caroline decided to stop in a bus shelter to change to waterproof liners (smug me, was nice and dry :-))
The 800km to Vlad took 12 hours - all in the p155ing rain ! We had a quick stop for a sashlik kebab at a small roadside cafe with a black bear in a cage (poor thing), and stopped for fuel, but that was about it.
We were stopped by one police checkpoint for a document check, which was particularly pleasant in the pouring rain. Nevertheless we stripped layers of waterproof cloothing to locate the dry documents, and left a nice big wet puddle in the middle of their police station - justice :-)
Getting closer and closer to Vladivostock, and the roads became busier, with more and more flash cars - mainly big 4x4 cars (Lexus, LandCruiser,etc), hi-performance jap cars (Subaru, Evo, etc) and luxury jap cars. Infact the only people driving Lada and Volga's seem to be the the local police :-)
We arrived at Hotel Vladivostock too late to get a room, but luckily Simon had one booked so we dossed down on the floor for the evening.
No comments:
Post a Comment