Monday, September 13, 2010

DAY 5 REST DAY

I thought I should add that yesterday we approached a bluff which was deep sand, we made 3 attempts but to no avail, Flora just couldn;t make it. Everyone else was roaring passed which didn't help. Eventually we decided to bush wack acroos the scrub and made it to the top. Alas we have also had 2 punctures which really slowed us down and the car is running very rich so we stopped by the side of the road into Ulaan Bataar and cleaned 12 spark plugs!! I am learning a lot about car mechanics.The scenery here is quite similar to Southern Saskatchewan but it is very hot!! Tomorrow we start 6 nights of camping!! Will be in touch after that.
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9 comments:

  1. KitSeptember 14, 2010 at 6:32 AM

    Enjoy your camping, above all
    "Keep Calm and Carry On"

    thanks for the updates, we look forward to checking up on you two daily
    k&j
    xo

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  2. UnknownSeptember 14, 2010 at 7:36 AM

    Good to hear from you. Having trouble finding you on Skytrac. Keep going! D & P

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  3. Jim WaltersSeptember 14, 2010 at 10:43 AM

    You MUST rectify the rich running otherwise the excess fuel will wash the oil from the cylinder walls and wear out the piston rings ruining the engine. If it is the filters restricting the airflow, disconnect them and run the intake hose into the passenger compartment to get cleaner air. If not the filters, get Peter to solder up the main jets and drill out to a smaller size orifice.

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  4. ColinSeptember 16, 2010 at 11:24 AM

    Car 41 surrounded by goats: http://blog.pekingparismodela.com/__oneclick_uploads/2010/09/jsw_ptop_15910_034.jpg

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  5. EmmaSeptember 16, 2010 at 7:34 PM

    Good luck through the desert. It sounds like you are meeting the challenges head on as we expected you would. Go Flora!

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  6. Sande & Bob CummingsSeptember 20, 2010 at 5:47 PM

    Thinking of you as you conquer the desert and boundaries beyond. We'll be searching for you on Skytrac: haven't quite mastered the search process yet.

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  7. SarahSeptember 21, 2010 at 4:01 PM

    Keep up the good pace. For those struggling to follow on skytag you need to use Firefox in order to watch the skytag so download firefox and then search peking to paris through your firefox server and it will work! Although video reports don't seem to work through firefox so you may need to use explorer for this aspect of the website.

    Awesome job Mom and Dad!!

    Love you Sass xo

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  8. SarahSeptember 23, 2010 at 5:13 AM

    A MESSAGE FROM THE CREW - LLOYD AND TREACY:

    My mom could not open her blog, but here is there news!

    DAY 12
    This is our last night for camping for a while. I can’t say that I shall be sorry .Our daily routine has been up at 5-30am, brush teeth, use the lovely tent loos, no water to wash your face only a wet one! Pack up the tent and the car rush into breakfast and grab yet another egg of some sort, lukewarm tea and then hit the road for the first check in point. Lunch is eaten in the car whilst hurtling down ridged and stony tracks. Tonight we are camped on the Mongolia, Russia border. We are all hoping that tomorrow will not take 9 hours as it did last time As we still have 518kms to travel after that. We are in good spirits and so far Flora is performing . We do have trouble getting up the hills at altitude but Lloyd stops, I jump out and put a rock under the rear wheel and then he charges ahead and I run to catch up, simple really.WE will be in touch hopefully within the next day or two.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2010 at 7:29 AM

    Great job L&T. I'm sitting here envisioning your uphill climbs, lol.
    kit&joanne

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