Overnight Simon repacked his trailer after most of it's contents had turned upside down and inside out. A perfect example of taking too much on your overland trip.
The day got off to a great start with tarmac roads for 350km, but then turned sour as we came across the road builders who were building the nice shiny road we'd been driving on, and in front of them were the potholes joined together with dust and sand. And this is shown as the highest standard of road in Kazachstan on our maps.
It may give us a bit of a problem in simply reaching the Chinese border on schedule on the 5th August if the road standard doesn't improve. It took 4 hours to do the last 100km today, and we'd planned to be 200km further on than we are.
No news from Rachael and Tom today on how they're getting on with the Baja, but mobile reception is only one level better than the roads. They aren't going to be very happy when they see the tarmac run out.
Simon is ditching more stuff out of the trailer tonight - 2KVA generator anyone? Collect from:
Lat 47 54.77 N
Long 61 18.09 E
Distance 7956km
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