The Great 1907 Itala Arrives in Singapore for a new Adventure

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The 1907 Itala embarks on yet another adventure!! South America here we come...

click here for the new blog on The Great South American Challenge 2013

David and Karen are pleased to report that they have arrived safely in Paris and all is well :O)

Now in a workshop and David said it looks promising that we will be back on the roads!

Will probably get it trucked out of Turkey and into Greece :O)

Happier days before Turkey!!

THE ITALA HAS HAD AN ACCIDENT SLIDING ON VERY SLIPPERY ROADS JUST OUTSIDE ERZINCUN AND WE ARE NOW IN SIVAS WHERE DAVID WILL HOPEFULLY REPAIR THE DAMAGED AXLE!

EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO COMPETITORS WHO STOPPED TO HELP, ESPECIALLY TO RUSSEL AND DAVID IN CAR 22 WHO STAYED WITH US AND CHAUFFEURED US TO SIVAS WITH ALL OUR GRUBBY LUGGAGE AND ALSO TO THE JAPANESE FILM CREW WHO ARRANGED A WORKSHOP AND HOTEL!

AFTER YESTERDAYS STONING'S BY TURKISH YOUTHS AS SOON AS WE ARRIVED FROM IRAN WE ARE EXHAUSTED!

WELCOME TO TURKEY....

Ouch

Rest Day in Almaty

Tough time for Martin

Dual carriageway in Kazakstan

Yet another rolled lorry

Travelling in Style

Q jumping at camp

Complimentary Breakfast

Last nite of camping

Carnage at Khaans Auto Repair Shop

With mama

Next Generation of Mongols with their Postcards

Nomad Logistics

M6 out of Mongolia

Bed and Breakfast in Style

Big Ouch for 47

Must be wind!

Petrol on Campsite

Loading Camels in Mongolia

Winner of Silly Hat Competition

Khovd

Mongolia

Locals of Mongolia!

Missing Lamp

Start of Test

Lost Lamp

B and B in a Yurt

Photographer in UB

Local Wildlife

Mongolia

Helping Hands

Stub Axle Repairs again!

M4 in Mongolia

Local Transport

Goldilocks

China

Silly Hat Competition in UB

China

Our Great Leader !!

Stub Axle Conference over Breakfast

Minor repairs for car 66

Approaching the Mongolian border

China

David and Karen's latest...via the west!

David and Karen are unable to upload their blog at present due to the 'Great Firewall of China' :-( But have arrived safely in Beijing and have collected their Itala from the Warehouse and are eagerly waiting to get started from the Great Wall tomorrow morning and will update once out of China or words to that effect :-)

Day one 

Completed day one without any problems so we are very happy and are now heading to Erenhot for our final night in china :-) 

We have just clocked out of our lunch stop in sizzewangi (not sure of spelling) am actually writing this as David is blasting through the countryside and route book is safely behind me! 

We also note that the Chinese style of driving is still weaving in and out of the lanes. It isn't necessary to pull back into the right after overtaking so the Itala seems to have adopted this style of driving quite effectively!

A few hairy moments yesterday and again this morning coming through the towns but we seem to have a perfect 125km of black stuff this afternoon - sadly donkeys have not been made redundant yet but things are definitely improving here for the Chinese.