Welcome to the Mongol Rally Diaries series by Benny D. These spider web log posts showcase Benny D’s journeying from London to Mongolia equally constituent of the legendary Mongol Rally.
The port of Alat inwards Republic of Azerbaijan is relatively novel in addition to is used primarily to export crude in addition to trucks laden amongst cargo from Turkey. It’s basically a massive automobile commons amongst a couplet of minor offices in addition to some former containers converted into a store in addition to some squat toilets.
The surface area where your vehicle passes through customs has a large construction built overhead that casts plenty shade for a bunch of misfit adventurers to endeavour to shroud from the relentless sun. This is where nosotros notice ourselves camped on the gravel beside the automobile commons along amongst a bunch of other teams who possess got decided to endeavour to accept an irregular ferry from hither to Republic of Kazakhstan because for i argue or some other it was also hard to larn a visa for Turkmenistan.
This is the illustration for Ian, a immature English linguistic communication guy whose squad possess got gone on ahead of him amongst their visas on a fourth dimension limit. There is also Jan, the Czech physician travelling lonely in addition to non inwards the rally, simply driving his really good equipped Land Rover from Switzerland across Central Asia.
There are the theatrical Italians driving a thirty yr former Fiat in addition to the Castilian who are sponsored yesteryear Joses cured meats companionship in addition to possess got amongst them a whole leg of pork amongst its ain stand- when a guard enquires close this huge slab of meat that the boys are dissecting on their picnic tabular array they tell him its “moo”.
The predominately Muslim Republic of Azerbaijan guards constantly pester us inwards the eve if nosotros stand upward around amongst a beer or a drinking glass of wine, equally they practise non desire us to live on drinking at all.
Overall though they are quite amicable in addition to I imagine it’s the most fun they possess got all twelvemonth equally nosotros endeavour to entertain ourselves amongst instruments in addition to rugby balls in addition to high jinx. Otherwise it would live on simply watching large fatty Turkish truck drivers sit down around smoking in addition to drinking tea.
Our grouping includes English, Scottish, Kiwis, Aussies in addition to my favourite of all –Welsh Claire who is riding her bicycle across on her ain in addition to has simply spent 3 months riding across Turkey in addition to working amongst Syrian refugees.
Every morning, everyone lines upward at the ticket constituent inwards the guild that they arrived in. On the 2nd nighttime Claire snags a berth, mainly due to the fact that she has officially been deported from the province for non registering amongst the government inside 10 days of arrival.
The side yesteryear side twenty-four sixty minutes menstruum nosotros larn tickets also. On the 3rd nighttime at around midnight, equally everyone has pretty much retired for the evening, the telephone telephone comes for us to draw upward for the ship. Slowly each automobile is processed through the checkpoint in addition to sent onboard. Everyone except the Kiwis whose visa for Republic of Kazakhstan isn’t due to commence for 3 days in addition to so they are held back.
Ian the lone Englishman jumps inwards amongst us in addition to 12 hours afterward the shipping sets sail. The 4 berth rooms are equally hot equally a sauna in addition to everyone sleeps on deck. Until the Sun comes upward that is. Then everyone moves their army camp mattress from i signal of shade to some other equally the Sun passes overhead. Meals of chicken amongst rice or noodles are served inwards the hothouse dining room in addition to the breadstuff gets progressively less stale equally the twenty-four sixty minutes menstruum goes on. They must possess got had a lot left over from the terminal trip.
We assume at that spot are lxx berths on the boat but at that spot exclusively seems to live on i working can amongst all the others backed upward in addition to amongst no windows inwards the room nosotros simply hang out on deck watching hundreds of crude platforms transcend us yesteryear inwards the Caspian sea. After 21 hrs sailing the shipping drops anchor off Aktau.
During the sailing I possess got discussions amongst Jan, our Czech Land Rover physician close his plans. Ms. Pennie, my travelling companion is determined to convoy amongst the Italians, equally it seems safer inwards numbers. But these guys are talking close heading 800kms almost conduct eastward from Aktau through the Kazakh desert equally opposed to 2000kms of what nosotros bespeak heed are really wretched roads to the N of Aktau through Atyrau in addition to Aktobe.
Our automobile has no off route capabilities at all but the hazard of crossing the desert is alluring, specially amongst a guy who has a really capable vehicle .We grip that this is the route nosotros volition in all likelihood accept i time nosotros possess got Mary Lou running on all cylinders again.
Now for the fun constituent – all the cars inwards this constituent of the the world are either Russian Ladas or UAZ. The residual are Japanese models similar Nissan, Mitsubishi or Toyota. I tin tell you lot that at that spot is non a lot of joy inwards trying to larn run done on your vehicle or finding parts for it inwards searing 38 score rut where no-one tin speak a intelligence of English linguistic communication in addition to fifty-fifty when you lot practise figure out what is wrong, it seems that no i carries spare parts for a Ford.
To demonstrate how sort the Kazakh people are, anyone who could speak English linguistic communication would larn good out of their agency to attention us, including i gentleman who drove us around for ii hrs to notice a distributor cap for Mary Lou. Once fitted she is purring similar a truthful cat i time to a greater extent than in addition to laid upward to hitting the highway. We convene at our makeshift army camp on the beach where it seems all of Aktau has also gathered to cool off inwards the Caspian.
The Italians possess got decided to larn their laundry done though in addition to nosotros must hold off till noon the side yesteryear side twenty-four sixty minutes menstruum for them to selection it up. After tiffin on our 3rd twenty-four sixty minutes menstruum inwards Aktau nosotros fuel upward (35 cents US/per litre) stock upward on extra H2O in addition to drive towards Bayneu 400kms away.
The eve is spent drinking vodka amongst some really hospitable Uzbek truck drivers in addition to intelligence comes through that the Kiwis possess got landed in addition to volition also larn inwards in Bayneu this nighttime to bring together our convoy across the desert.
Naturally I am a chip apprehensive, but vow to accept a expect at the atmospheric condition in addition to brand an informed determination when nosotros larn in. My principal trouble concern is sand in addition to whether nosotros volition live on excavation our cars out to a greater extent than than driving them. But nosotros possess got the Land Rover equipped amongst a winch in addition to 120lt H2O tank, the Kiwis possess got a minor 4WD Suzuki in addition to the Italians possess got the enthusiasm in addition to passion of uninhibited youth.
Enjoying the story? Stay tuned for Benny’s adventures inwards the quaternary calendar week of the Mongol Rally as he travels amongst Penny from Bayneu to Aralsk
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