Distance: 1086km
Not much to report on this leg of the journey! Lots of wheat farms, and again changeable road conditions. Roads were really good for the first few hundred kilometres from Yekaterinburg but then there were long bumpy and rocky stretches which were 50 zones. So some of it was quite slow going.Stoppe
d for some 'Maclo' (oil) to do the oil change and as we were pulling off noticed a bad noise from the exhust. Turns out a weld had come sheer off at the base of the extractors. It was Saturday (town day) so had trouble finding an open mechanic ('CTO'), but did eventually. Had some fun trying to have broken English/Russian conversations with a few of the locals while we waited.
d for some 'Maclo' (oil) to do the oil change and as we were pulling off noticed a bad noise from the exhust. Turns out a weld had come sheer off at the base of the extractors. It was Saturday (town day) so had trouble finding an open mechanic ('CTO'), but did eventually. Had some fun trying to have broken English/Russian conversations with a few of the locals while we waited.Have been eating mainly at Kafes on the way, preferably ones with at least a couple of trucks parked out front. We're starting to pick up a few words, but it can be hard to decipher the handwritten cryllic so often just point at something random on the menu!
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