Chennai - a secure base and preparations for Malaysia

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May 15th 2010

Published: May 16th 2010

Saturday 15 May 2010 I am delighted to be able to write this next blog! It means that we have made our final destination in India before getting the Hillman shipped out to Malaysia; to Port Kulang just 20 kilometers from Kuala Lumpur, and ourselves out of India too. I say delighted because the last week has been the most grueling and testing for both of us, from a physical perspective as well as ... Read Full Entry

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Barry and John

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At the beginning of 2008 two of us were discussing cars while John was reading his Classic Car magazine and read out an advertisement asking for entrants to take part in the re-run of the greatest and longest endurance rally of all time the 1968 London to Sydney race, which was won by Andrew Cowan in a Hillman Hunter now a classic car. We decided to enter. The rally was due to start in November 2008 from London and finish in Sydney on the 10th December but it never did materialise due to Australian quarantine issues they refused to allow cars to proceed into Oz without a two day �... full info

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Locals were so interested in us.

Barry getting sorted out before the next couple of hours driving.

Our second day on the road

Another roadside stop for drinks

Barry getting to know the locals

Changing over the fuel line feeds to go onto the smaller tank

This road was the good one on the last day of travel

Our destination in Chennai, the Hotel Breeze.

John meeting a like minded man

David Graffenberger with his grand-daughter, Kirsty. From Origan, USA. He is a director of a seminary called Mercy Inc. His mission is to devote his life to young people because he too had been helped by older persons during his younger days and as a mark of gratitude was also helping younger people in places such as India and Russia by providing counciling and guidance. He had brought Kirsty with him this time to see the work he does. John felt a connection here.

16th May 2010

elaine willman
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good progress
Well I go away for a week and you guys just keep on trucking. Sounds as if it has been tough. Reckon you need this chill time to give your bodies time to heal. Hope the crossing goes well. Not sure on your time scales. Why is the next bit going to take so many weeks???? Tell us in the blog why it is going to take 6-7 weeks to do the next leg. E

20th May 2010

Annie Smith
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FAB AGAIN
Dear Barry, Well the adventure goes on you had real excitement on this leg of the trip, but you are both safe and that is the most important thing,and the car is standing up well to a real battering from the dreadful roads, the roads in India are littered with accidents where ever you are driving, we saw some dreadful ones driving from Agra to Jiapur all seemed to be lack of raod sense and not looking where they are going a lot of horn blowing but not much else. Keep safe, Love Annie

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