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Thursday, 23 June 2016Day 12, Altai Republic to Aya (Siberia) 650lm
Helmut Rothenberger & Michael Schmidt’s 5-litre 1928 Bentley Super Sports in the Vintage car class Farewelled the tent this morning.
Good riddance. We left it sitting
in the middle of the camp area complete with a couple of pillows.
Others put theirs in a pile at the top of the hill.
It’s a little easier to pack the car now. 
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 There was one short stage today where we probably lost a few seconds to Rob Garnsworthy who is in 2nd place.
After the stage there was
several hundred kilometres of driving along a river valley through
some spectacular mountains, while the road followed the course of a
river.
The country side is very green. Reminded me of Canada, except the tar was pretty bumpy.
We had rain again for short
periods.
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 Amazingly the locals seem
to love us. When you go
through a village there is always dozens of people waving and taking
pictures. They were even standing out in the rain.The rally day ended with four sections on what I call ‘shire roads’. The times were achievable for the quicker cars, so no real effect on the results. Mark enjoyed himself. We are at a hotel tonight. It’s not that flash, but it's heaps better than a tent.
Did I mention that it got down
to freezing the other night?
There was only one night of
camping in Russia and I have to say they didn’t do things as well as
the Mongolians. They provided
just one shower for 300 people.
Most people didn’t bother, with the prospect of a hotel the
next night. Food was in short
supply and choice of wine non-existent.
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