Sirocco
Explorer
Thought I better start a new thread for our 30,000 mile adventure leaving the UK on the 27th January 2013
Our route takes us immediately north through France - Belgium - Netherlands - Germany - Denmark - Sweden - Norway
In Norway (around the Arctic Circle) we will be meeting up with 3 other Land Rovers from the UK and taking the long drive to Nordkapp at around 71 degrees north. Temps up here in February are regularly -15 to -20 without factoring in windchill so a lot of preperation has gone into clothing choice and preperation of our Land rover. Returning through Finland we plan to stop for a day of dog sledding
in Lapland. From here we head south (quickly) to St Petersburg then through the Baltic states (Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania), Poland, Hungary, Solvenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey.
In Turkey we will pick up the remaining Visas in Ankara for Central Asia. Driving through Georgia - Russia - Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan - Tajikistan. We will pick up our GBAO permit in Dushanbe then head along the Afghanistan border high into the Pamirs and maybe even dip our toes into Afghanistan if the embassy in Khorog will issue visas.
From the Pamirs we head north through Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan into the Altai region of Russia then onto Mongolia and the Gobi desert.
Hopefully we will exit Mongolia around early August which will give us a full 2 months in Siberia to take on the BAM road and the Old Summer Road (Road of Bones).
Returning to Vladivostok we will take the RoRo ferry to South Korea and ship our vehicle to Australia from there and aim to start a new life down under.
Vehicle? A Land Rover 90 with expedition prepared modified Sankey Trailer. :ylsmoke: I will add some photos when I have finished servicing the truck and hitch it all up.
Photos and film will come from my Nikon D90 and Gopro hero 3
Comms will come from a Sonim S1 mobile/cell phone with local simcards along with an Iridium 9555 Sat phone. Sony Vaio laptop will take care of internet stuff and a 10" HP tablet will do navigation up front and provide a backup laptop. Garmin GPS60cx running OSM will also be used when we want some room back in the cab.
You can follow on the website and/or facebook. Facebook will likely get more updates as its easier to send sms messages home for family to update facebook.
Links are in my sig.
Our route takes us immediately north through France - Belgium - Netherlands - Germany - Denmark - Sweden - Norway
In Norway (around the Arctic Circle) we will be meeting up with 3 other Land Rovers from the UK and taking the long drive to Nordkapp at around 71 degrees north. Temps up here in February are regularly -15 to -20 without factoring in windchill so a lot of preperation has gone into clothing choice and preperation of our Land rover. Returning through Finland we plan to stop for a day of dog sledding
in Lapland. From here we head south (quickly) to St Petersburg then through the Baltic states (Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania), Poland, Hungary, Solvenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey.In Turkey we will pick up the remaining Visas in Ankara for Central Asia. Driving through Georgia - Russia - Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan - Tajikistan. We will pick up our GBAO permit in Dushanbe then head along the Afghanistan border high into the Pamirs and maybe even dip our toes into Afghanistan if the embassy in Khorog will issue visas.
From the Pamirs we head north through Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan into the Altai region of Russia then onto Mongolia and the Gobi desert.
Hopefully we will exit Mongolia around early August which will give us a full 2 months in Siberia to take on the BAM road and the Old Summer Road (Road of Bones).
Returning to Vladivostok we will take the RoRo ferry to South Korea and ship our vehicle to Australia from there and aim to start a new life down under.
Vehicle? A Land Rover 90 with expedition prepared modified Sankey Trailer. :ylsmoke: I will add some photos when I have finished servicing the truck and hitch it all up.
Photos and film will come from my Nikon D90 and Gopro hero 3
Comms will come from a Sonim S1 mobile/cell phone with local simcards along with an Iridium 9555 Sat phone. Sony Vaio laptop will take care of internet stuff and a 10" HP tablet will do navigation up front and provide a backup laptop. Garmin GPS60cx running OSM will also be used when we want some room back in the cab.
You can follow on the website and/or facebook. Facebook will likely get more updates as its easier to send sms messages home for family to update facebook.
Links are in my sig.
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