Ron & Viv at Cape Agulhas, South Africa, the southernmost point of Africa and the beginning of their adventure in 2007. Next the northernmost point of the European mainland, North Cape.
Our group at the Artic Circle on our way to North Cape, Norway.
Ron & Viv at the northernmost camping ground in the world, close to North Cape.
Introduction
With our vehicle in the UK after a great trip through Africa (see our web pages : africaoverland) we are now planning a trip across Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia for 2008.
First up though we'll head back to South Africa for a month to help lead an LOE trip through Botswana, Zambia and Namibia (see www.loe.com.au), which ends in beautiful Cape Town.
We will be in London on May 1st to pick our Patrol up and we'll spend the next few weeks touring the UK and organising visas for Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
On the 10th June we catch the ferry for Norway and drive north through Norway to North Cape, the northernmost point of the European mainland - even though it is an island! From there the plan is to drive south through Finland and enter Russia, if our plan is still on track, on the 8th July and visit St Petersburgh and Moscow. Then we'll head to Kazakhstan, where we'll spend a couple of weeks enjoying the snow-capped mountains of the SE of the country as well as the towns that were built along the Old Silk Road.
From southern Kazakhstan and its border with China and Krygyzstan we'll head north back into Russia before turning south once more into Mongolia where we hope to spend a month or so enjoying the Gobi Desert and the history of the Mongols and Genghis Khan before heading back into Russia near Lake Baikal. This is the deepest lake in the world and is the biggest by volume so we might even catch a fish before heading east around the great hump of China and turning south to Vladivostok.
Here on the Pacific coast we'll load the vehicle on a ship and fly home about the 4-5th October.
Neil and Helen Cocks, our travelling companions through Africa will be joining us for the trip while Neil's brother, Rod and his wife Kate, will also be shipping their vehicle over to the UK to join us. Ron & Viv's neighbour, Gay Ellis, will join them in St Petersburg for 2 months through Russia, Kazakhstan & Mongolia.
Neil & Helen, Gay, Viv & Ron, Kate & Rod in front of the Blood Church in Sty Petersburg.
RETURN
TO GUIDEBOOKS
Click on sponsors button
and logos below to go
to links.
Ron & Neil outside the RAC centre in Bristol at the end of the Africa trip, sorting our Carnets.
The Mongolian yurt, or ger, is a round, nominally portable, self-supporting structure suitable for camping in comfort.
