Some of you will remember that my son set off with 2 friends (a couple of weeks ago) to drive over 10,000 miles from Aberdeen in Scotland to Mongolia. I promised an occasional update. Here's one:
This is in Bosnia. The person jumping is my lovely son. 2 out of the 3 of them jumped. One had more sense.
They have made it to the Armenian/Iranian border.
So far they've had a puncture, a burned out alternator (replaced in Serbia, re-repaired in Bosnia) and a new clutch (replaced in Northern Turkey). Their trip has been full of adventure so far, including having their passports and belongings confiscated at the Burgarian/Turkish/Greek border as the border guards thought they were 'suspicious'. Fortunately the guards convinced themselves that the boys were not on the terrorist listings and returned all their belongings to them and guided them to a disused carpark for 'camping' overnight until they could cross the border into Turkey in the morning!!!
And you wonder why I would be nervous about this journey?
Love the update - guess knowing they're still able to update you is a good thing! They are really having quite an adventure - one they'll never forget (may embellish but not forget) A shot to make mom sleep well, right?
Wow. Ad a 10,000 mile drive?! Wow! Scotland to Mongolia? Wow! Thanks for the intriguing photo - can't wait to see more! I have to get my maps out! Wonderful adventure!
@elatedpixie Yes, We have an atlas constantly at the ready to check where they are. They should now be travelling through Iran now ... but we haven't heard from them for a couple of days - I guess communications will be difficult from there. They should be through Iran in about 4 days time, entering Turkmenistan from there.
@randystreat Kathy, you're right about that! They've only been away a little over 2 weeks, and they're not due back until mid-September. They've covered about a half of the total distance, but they have the most difficult part yet to come as the roads will not be very good from Iran onwards.
I gather he's fine after his jump. "You can't put an old head on young shoulders" and in years to come he'll probably look at this shot and wonder what he was thinking off.
Still, its a well timed shot and a great reminder.
@gamelee Lee, I couldn't agree more. It is a popular 'jump' spot for the young and sufficiently courageous, seemingly! They have had it planned for ages, and I felt sick thinking about it. They were both fine though. I just hope there are no more bridges they feel the need to jump from and am glad that there were no injuries after this one!
@busylady It is indeed. They have made it close to the Iranian border with Turkmenistan. We think they should cross over today - but communications are very limited. So far so good.
@Weezilou What we have since learned Louise is that you don't just turn up and jump off this bridge. You get 'training' because of the height (24m). If you can't do the test jump correctly, you don't get to jump! They seemingly passed muster though and got to jump. Feet first and arms out was the advice given! Thank god I knew nothing about any of this until it had been safely done!
October 21st, 2016
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Still, its a well timed shot and a great reminder.
Fantastic shot and a great story to go with it. An incredibly interesting part of the world. An adventure they will never forget.