Aug 23, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
Our pot of rice that is… spills all over the ground for our dinner… but more on that later. We have a freezing wake up, there is a slight wind and that is making the coffee a struggle to heat up as we are running very low on gas. During pack up our tent cover zipper...
Aug 22, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
After arriving late at night in the dark we awake to a stunning view of mountains and the lake. There has been a light coating of snow while we slept as well, it seems to be following us with no signs of letting up, another issue being all the dogs from the previous...
Jul 23, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
Nothing beats a good stew on a cold day. And today was no exception. Waking up its not the hottest out, and the sun wont make an appearance for many many hours due to the parking location. So its coffee and go today. Pina completes our prestart and gives us the tick...
Jul 22, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
All eyes are on me as I roll past the heavy metal gate and into Iran, “Here we go, I whisper to myself” I get out of the car and the first guard approaches, He summons me to the back of the car and makes me open the rear door, I comply. He looks at the wall of stuff....
Jul 22, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
Now its getting good, wea re seeing road signs that say “Iran” finally. Asareh is over the moon excited. I can’t believe we are going to drive our own rig in. and as a bonus we do get some clear weather today. But first, breakfast. Our goal for today is to reach...
Jul 22, 2022 | Eurasia
I was right, getting out of a warm bed to -5 is a struggle, no one wants to move, I now need to pack up a wet and frozen tent, my fingers are killing me but all with a smile on my face. Asareh is huddled as close as possible to the stove as it boils water, I assume to...
Jul 22, 2022 | Eurasia
Grey skies all day today folks, and nothing will change for a while. But that okay, we enjoy our Turkish breakfast which was fantastic, and healthy. This allows us to normally run most of the day without having the need for a lunch. Which saves us driving time. Well,...
Jul 22, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
This time with a CAT! Yes that is correct we have added a family member, Pina. Our Scottish fold. He has a nice little seat in the center of the car where he sleeps most of the time. Day 1 was a little exciting, as it was his first long long trip, he has been on many...
Jul 22, 2022 | Eurasia
Second last day, leaving camp there is some angles on the track and I decide to get a feel for the wagon, 20 degrees feels very stable. Then its time to go check out some black sea cliffs, this is a great little side track through the fields next to the ocean....
Jul 22, 2022 | Eurasia
With Asareh loaded into an uber, I pack the rest of our stuff into the wagon and aim south, well sorta south, This blog will cover my 2 day drive as I head south towards Odessa. Starting with me leaving town I head towards Pereiaslav and then turn further south. My...
Jul 22, 2022 | Eurasia
Back in town, I will add they took our monitors away before we arrived… so maybe there is some residual levels we don’t need to know about? Either way we are back in town and ready for some museums! Well, more like a day in the park and we add museums to it. Our first...
Jul 21, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
After we finished in the substation, it was time to head to control room 4, the room where it all happened. We continue walking down the golden mile through more full body scanners for radiation and move into rougher hallways, hallways that run along the original...
Jul 21, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
Our second day seen most of our time spent in the actual powerplant itself. As I said before, it was in operation as a nuclear plant until 2001, but is still in use today, as pictures will show, for use as a sub-station. We started our tour with entering through side...
Jul 20, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
No our car didn’t make the cut… Although I would gladly go back if I could take it in again. During our trip we were not able to view the vehicle grave yard, as most has been cleaned up for scrap. But they did have a range of vehicle on display to see and of course...
Jul 20, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
During our time here we spent a solid day almost exploring the city, well that is left of it, Founded in 1970 it was to be the poster child for soviet cities, it had averything, apartments, amusement parks, schools, the works. It was sectioned into micro districts...
Jul 18, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
Loaded in the van in the morning we set out, Out first stop along the way will be for the entry checkpoint, no photos here, but they take your passports and check you in. this is where you receive your first radiation meter to monitor you. We never did get the results...
Jul 18, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
Good morning all, today we wake up and get into a black van that will take us to Chernobyl, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in humanity. We will be spending 2 days in the area, visiting the city, power plant and the town of Chernobyl itself where we stayed in a...
Jul 18, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
Not much to do today except chill and drop the wagon off for some work and the mechanics, now its not there due to being unreliable. This company redoes steering wheels in leather and I also need my clock spring replaced plus a few niggling bits. Mainly preventative...
Jul 18, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
Now where were we, oh ya, its crazy hot out so lets go downstairs, like down down, 6m wide silos sunk into the ground 1 for the workers, 2 at a time and the other for the sleeping giant. The workers would take 48 hours shifts in the bunkers, just 2 at a time. And were...
Jul 18, 2022 | Eurasia, Featured
This is a 2 part blog, and I will start with our day, go into just the outside area around the bunker and then blog 2 will continue inside the bunker as there were way to many photos taken. We get up early as we have made plans and stop in town for brekky, we hit up...
