FAVOURITE COUNTRIES:
Daddy's- Turkey
Tessie's- Mongolia
Loong's- Laos
Lewis'- Mongolia
COUNTRY WE LIKED THE LEAST:
Group decision: Serbia
BEST MOMENTS:
Daddy's: staying overnight with a family in Iran
Tessie's: arriving in Singapore
Loong's: watching the moonrise in the Gobi
Lewis': catching lizards
WOST MOMENTS:
Daddy's: getting the car into India and dealing with customs
Tessie's: having on US$ 30 in Iran
Loong's: being told I had to sit in the back in my own car by Iranian officials
Lewis': daddy being an alligator
FAVOURITE FOOD:
Daddy's: grasshoppers (in China)
Tessie's: Loong's birthday barbecue food in Ulaanbaatar
Loong's: maggots (in Laos)
Lewis': Belgium sausages
WORST FOOD:
Daddy's; silkworm (in China)
Tessie's: Mongolia salt tea
Loong's: burger in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
Lewis': Indian food
FAVOURITE MUSIC:
Daddy's: Never Miss a Beat- Kaiser Chiefs
Tessie's: Kung-Fu- unknown Chinese artist
Loong's: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix audio book
Lewis': Thunder Birds- Busted
DISTANCE COVERED: 25 000 miles or 40 000 km
COUNTRIES VISITED:
France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Mongolia, China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria and Luxembourg
22 countries in total, 11 outside of Europe
FUEL ECONOMY: 40 miles/ gallon; 14km/ litre (this is 2/3 more efficient than going by plane)
WE USED 15 PAGES OF PASSPORT EACH
BITS OF EQUIPMENT:
Best: petrol stove, tool box and chairs
Wost: jerrycan
BUDGET PER DAY: £35 for all of us (including food, fuel and accommodation)
NUMBER OF DAYS AWAY FROM LONDON: 196
FUNNY MOMENTS:
Most funny-
Daddy's: stuck in a river in Mongolia
Tessie's: trekking through jungle Malaysia
Loong's: when daddy got fined by the traffic police in Russia
Lewis': Tessie driving off the edge of the road into a snow drift Turkey
Least funny-
Daddy's: being bitten by mosquitoes in Russia when drinking with youths in his underpants
Tessie's: daddy getting her to drive of the edge of the road into a snow drift
Loong's: Lewis being sick in the tent over everything
Lewis': leaving his birthday presents behind in Singapore
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About Us
- Dwight Wood Tessie Tay, Loong Wood, Lewis Wood
- London, United Kingdom
- Age Dwight 50- now 60 Tessie 39- now 40 Loong 18- now 19 Lewis 5 and a half- now 5 and 11/12
Route map
Posts
Websites from people we meet on our route
Equipment Taken
List of Contents,
Clothes for all weathers as temperature ranges from zero to 40 degrees- need to be easy to wash by hand
Water filter- Katadyn hand pump.
Electrical inverter powerful enough to charge all electrical equipment bought (including laptop)
Garmin GPS Nuvi 250 with world maps and maps from smellybiker.com.
Books for reading
Pack of cards
Suncream
Malaria tablets
Jabs- ask your doctor.
Laptop
Mobile phone, unlocked.
Wind-up torches
Head torch
Petrol cooker by Coleman
5 litres of petrol for cooker
Plates, mugs, bowls (china for luxury), knives, forks, spooons, washing bowl, dish cloth
Towels and swimming costumes
Binolulars
Small camera tripod
Digital camera- small but good
Sunglasses
Bird spotting book
Plant recognition book
Mp3 player for music and cassette conversion if old unit.
12 passport photographs
Digital and hard copies of all documents
USB
Visa and master card
US dollars and/or euros cash about 500 to 1000 for emergencies
About 20 pounds cash of each currency from russia onwards just for fuel
10 litres of spare diesels
20 Litres of water container
Thermal cup x 2
Thermal flask for food
Tent- good quality and quick to errect (must be waterproof, spare waterproofer option good idea)
Spare ground sheet
Air matress- good quality but only about 3cm thick.
Tyre repair equipment
Good foot pump
1 good spare tyre
Sunhat- one that also cools
1 umbrella
Flip flops
Gloves
Walking boots
Normal shoes
Walking socks
Decent coats- light for all weather with removalble fleece.
Long trousers with removable legs to make shorts
Guide books plus maps from Stamfords/ Bitish maps centre.
Wet wipes
Socket set
Tool box
Haynes workshop manual
Cup holder for driver and passenger
Splitter so you can plug in more than one item into cigatette lighter at a time
All leads for phones and Mp3s etc and adaptor
Super glue
Tow rope/webbing
Fire extinguisher
Spare light bulbs
Spare service kit
Spare fan belt /alternater belt
Spare alternator
Jump leads
Translation of trip summery- who you are where you are going-into languages of countries visiting (only if you know people who speak languages)
Phrase books
Clothes for all weathers as temperature ranges from zero to 40 degrees- need to be easy to wash by hand
Water filter- Katadyn hand pump.
Electrical inverter powerful enough to charge all electrical equipment bought (including laptop)
Garmin GPS Nuvi 250 with world maps and maps from smellybiker.com.
Books for reading
Pack of cards
Suncream
Malaria tablets
Jabs- ask your doctor.
Laptop
Mobile phone, unlocked.
Wind-up torches
Head torch
Petrol cooker by Coleman
5 litres of petrol for cooker
Plates, mugs, bowls (china for luxury), knives, forks, spooons, washing bowl, dish cloth
Towels and swimming costumes
Binolulars
Small camera tripod
Digital camera- small but good
Sunglasses
Bird spotting book
Plant recognition book
Mp3 player for music and cassette conversion if old unit.
12 passport photographs
Digital and hard copies of all documents
USB
Visa and master card
US dollars and/or euros cash about 500 to 1000 for emergencies
About 20 pounds cash of each currency from russia onwards just for fuel
10 litres of spare diesels
20 Litres of water container
Thermal cup x 2
Thermal flask for food
Tent- good quality and quick to errect (must be waterproof, spare waterproofer option good idea)
Spare ground sheet
Air matress- good quality but only about 3cm thick.
Tyre repair equipment
Good foot pump
1 good spare tyre
Sunhat- one that also cools
1 umbrella
Flip flops
Gloves
Walking boots
Normal shoes
Walking socks
Decent coats- light for all weather with removalble fleece.
Long trousers with removable legs to make shorts
Guide books plus maps from Stamfords/ Bitish maps centre.
Wet wipes
Socket set
Tool box
Haynes workshop manual
Cup holder for driver and passenger
Splitter so you can plug in more than one item into cigatette lighter at a time
All leads for phones and Mp3s etc and adaptor
Super glue
Tow rope/webbing
Fire extinguisher
Spare light bulbs
Spare service kit
Spare fan belt /alternater belt
Spare alternator
Jump leads
Translation of trip summery- who you are where you are going-into languages of countries visiting (only if you know people who speak languages)
Phrase books
9 comments:
Brilliant summary. On the edge of my seat for the slide show at the partaaaaay.
Lx
welcome home.......very interesting things about ur journey..........hope to see u soon ........Hi lewis, have u met zayyan???
You are an inspirational family. Bravo and well done. I am so jealous of your adventure. Just seen you on "breakfast" this morning. Bravo!! Bravo!!
hi aunt Tessie,uncle Dwight and lewis ...hows life in london... nicholas here ... hows life in london ...=) singapore is still as hot as anyone could think of ...
hi, was searching for something an interestingly enough you blog came out on google.. i can't believe that it's actually possible to do that! i'm a singaporean and also have thought of driving all the way from either scotland or london back to singapore for my anniversary... perhaps purchase a range rover there... you guys are so cool. haven't really read the whole blog but. How long did it take from london to Singapore??
Googled driving from UK to Singapore and stumbled upon this. I think it's brilliant!
Was thinking of getting a Toyota Hilux to drive home to Malaysia after graduating. This looks really helpful.
Thanks and congrats on the achievement.
OMG!! As Ellin would say .... What an adventure!! Definitely an inspiring trip ...Loved all the photos!
G'day! we are considering to do a similer trip..only one way but:-) would love to get some travel tips if you can afford time to communicate. Not sure even where to start..I have been looking up the route and researching on the type of vehicle we have to get and so on..Good on you for doing something so wonderful with your family.
What is the total cost for entire journey
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