A long drive of 710km today. It thundered and rained all night so the roads were a delight in the morning! It started straight away muddy bogholes of roads with Kami Kaze drivers. Stock asleep on the road and gangs of asian drivers delivering cars from Vladivostok to Moscow. They only have 4 months before the roads are impassable so they work in shifts to get there and then turn around and go back for more.
There hasn't been much police presence. The are checkpoints every couple of hundred kms or so but we are passed through easily. Probably can't be bothered with the paperwork. We do keep US$20 handy in case we are pulled over for some misdemeanor.
We stop 4 times for breaks. I am grateful to Andrew for downloading 400+ song for the ipod. A good song helps me stay awake!
We arrive in Krasnoyarsk about 8.30 and head to the riverside for dinner. We are closeish to Iran so tonight we try persian. We order drinks all round and 5 x beef meals. Our drinks come...... and then 5 beers on top as well! Obviously the beef was mistaken for beers so we try again for chicken - All good.
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