Around Europe/ Asia in a Shorty

[Cruisn]

Final one of the night, we return to Armenia to clean the rig up and prep for the upcoming km's

Here We Go Again < WrongTurn.com.au

A short blog, As we are just getting the wagon back out of storage for a small trip. There are some niggling issues starting to show their ugly heads, mainly the viscous hub is failing, but its original, so its done very well. I noticed it getting a bit warm on the large climbs in […]

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[Cruisn]

We head out, only to have to turn around. but that is the nature of the beast!

Round 1 - Fight! < WrongTurn.com.au

Well, not fighting with people, just with the car. This is our first attempt at highway in the 40c heat, and let me tell you these mountains are giving me grief, as its mostly below 60kmh where we need the fan to aid, so we struggle, it never overheats, but it gets to 105c which […]

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[Cruisn]

We decide the wagon can take it and push on. camping next to Lake Sevan

It'll Hold < WrongTurn.com.au

After a full day in town, in which we covered the whole town top to bottom looking for a fan hub, even the Toyota dealership was paid a visit as I knew they had the special oil I was after. Which, fun fact – is only available for Australia and not for sale in Europe/Asia. […]

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[Cruisn]

We have a short drive then park it up on the lake for the day.

Blog 69! hehehe < WrongTurn.com.au

One day I will grow up, but not today. Either way, today is our lazy travel day, after yesterdays blow out distance and time wise, we have decided to drive a massive 90kms. That’s it. Were done. As a bonus our first town has some cool cranes! And everyone (Me) loves cranes. With the […]

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[Cruisn]

We retrace our track from last time we were in a rental, well this time we drove some extra offroad. but still!

Retracing Steps < WrongTurn.com.au

Well today we will pick up on a road we drove in a rental last time we were in Armenia, mainly because the views are stunning and there is a lovely little river in the valley to camp at. We have forgotten its Saturday though… this could be problematic. Our drive starts on smooth rolling […]

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[Cruisn]

We climb a mountain, then go back down, then up the same one again, then back down all before going up another one to find a camp.

Back And Forth < WrongTurn.com.au

We absolutely love camping next to water, either rivers or lakes. It means we get a clean up in the morning and we don’t need to stress about our water supplies. Plus, its calming, you know all that nature crap people love so much. Back at the task at hand, we are being eaten alive […]

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[Cruisn]

With a battery boiling today, we have some excitement. luckily no real damage is done. Plus camp is an absolute cracker

Boiling Batteries < WrongTurn.com.au

Our day begins very uneventful, a nice wake up. Coffee, followed by a smoothie. While Asareh is around the car relaxing, I grab a bowl and get crackin, I have found black berry’s and by sacrificing my super sexy legs I wade into the shrubbery for our delicious meal. Well maybe it was just a […]

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[Cruisn]

Today we climb yet another mountain pass, which is covered in wild flowers. and subsequently.. bees!! lol

Frolicking in The Flowers < WrongTurn.com.au

Today, I make sure we use the good camera a bit more as we are going to drive a route suggested to us from the campsite we store the wagon at. I spend the morning trying to photograph some birds. They are much to fast for the setup I am using. But I will keep […]

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[Cruisn]

We chill, make home made jam, and have a crack an influencing... only 1 worked out

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[Cruisn]

We crest 3200M on our last pass before parking the wagon

Pushing Past 3200M < WrongTurn.com.au

This is it, our last day with the wagon on the road. We cross directly over the mountains and straight to Goght, which is where we will spend the night. The pass is huge and ticks just over 3200 meters. The wagon, suffering from a fan hub issues and now a bad intercooler is not […]

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[Cruisn]

And thats a wrap for the trip so far. we will continue soon enough, most likely you will start seeing posts featuring a 2007 L200 to mix it up a bit.

End Scene < WrongTurn.com.au

The final blog of this chapter, we wake extra early to make the most of the day, with a final vacuum complete, Pina walks through the car with dirty paws to inspect. He looks unimpressed. Either way, its clean enough, we place the vehicle in storage and lock the doors, I will have to collect […]

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[Cruisn]

Time to move onto the L200 section of the trip. I have left Turkey, and am working my way quickly to Morocco. currently in Italy so i figured i would share some photos.

We start in Bulgaria, visiting the cave of fertility.. im sure we can all guess how it got its name.





Moving on I have a mate from Bosnia, mining is a small world so I did a drive that way.





The best bit so far: Zeljava airbase in Croatia.












I then went to the famous waterfalls, but due to time only seen the lakes and a few small falls.






Pushing on through the mountain roads:





Quick car wash:



And my little travel buddy:

 

[Cruisn]

And made it to Italy, 3300kms and no problems with the Ute, which is amazing. tomorrow morning I grab a ferry to Morocco to meet up with my wife and we will continue to tour.

But first:



He is doing really well:





We stop lots for leg stretches and a small explore



And he co-pilots:





View this morning:



And overview of my trip so far:

 

[Cruisn]

Did a month in Morocco, but now I am heading back to Armenia. Ill get on the ferry tomorrow to Italy. We have work lined up so its time to move again. wooooo

here are a few photos from around Morocco.









Leather tannery


The famous blue city








Also installed a compressor.

 

[Arjan]

Very, very nice !

Thanks - safe travels.