After desparately trying to find our way to the apartment we were supposed to be staying in and getting totally lost in this bewildering city where drivers seem to be all maniacs, we finally made this hotel to make the phonecall that saved us a sleepless night in the car!
London to Sydney - On the Europe/Asia ·Divide - Istanbul April 4th 2010 Sunday 4 April - Easter Day
We are now in Istanbul staying with some friends in Istanbul of Mac’s and Lynn’s who are friends of Barry’s who made the original approach for us to stay with them. Getting into Turkey was reasonably straight forward - the drive from our last stop, Kavala, brought us over the northern hills of Greece. Both of us were amazed to see signs on the overhead gantry ... read more
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 Â... full info
