This is the one I meant to post.youtube.com/watch?v=MCTorR4k … re=related
Dave.
colin.f.whitetrans:
Hi jjI suppose nothing ventured nothing gained!!! Seriously though i suppose you never know what you are eating when you are travelling and its maybe a good job aswell. The night i went out in nukus with an egyption i was staying with we went to a place who were trying to give us dog soup. The lad i was with didnt know the russian word for dog so i declined for us both and we had the kebabs!!! Maybe they were dog kebabs
I remember going to that huge Sunday market in Moscow (the one where you could by a ■■■ lighter or a spacemans suit or a submarine hatch even) there was a gang of us one being a Gilders driver (Charlie I think) anyway we ended up eating shaslik off a roadside vendor on the way back to the parking & the next day I did’nt make it from the lorry to the thunder box, what a mess 
The Gilders driver told me he never ate out whilst over there so ■■■■ knows how he went on the next day 
Some very duious meats served up in that country me thinks.
Fly sheet
What about the village between Penza and Samara with shashlik stalls all along both sides of the road,can`t remember the name of the place, but I never saw a dog wandering about anywhere near the place.
Shashliks tasted ok to me
Does that MP4 after the youtube video mean the speed they travel at is 4MPH 
The travel agent link to the organ donors is worrying, especially when you see all the related stories below it. Makes you wonder where all these UK Sunday market traders buy their meat 
john.d.m:
What about the village between Penza and Samara with shashlik stalls all along both sides of the road,can`t remember the name of the place, but I never saw a dog wandering about anywhere near the place.
Shashliks tasted ok to me
Hi John
The village you talk about would be Umet and here is a photo of my friend kevins of a few shashlic stalls in the winter.
This has been posted on another thread and if you look you can see all the little huts that you sit down in to eat your kebab!!
They finally built a good TIR park at the end of the village on the left on the way to samara and it was a good parking area
Reg colin
davemackie:
This is the one I meant to post.youtube.com/watch?v=MCTorR4k … re=related
Dave.
How much does that video bring back the memory to life!!! When you think of the hours going over potholes for endless miles dave then have to do it all over again for the next day, or two or three, 
Hello, Just like to add a few pics for anyone intrested. a few of Ralph Davis lorrys driven by me and Gilders. Will sort some more later.
And yes, “The passion still burns” Gary.
Nice pictures Chap, not too sure about your see through dress in the last shot though
Fly sheet
THEGAZ:
Hello, Just like to add a few pics for anyone intrested. a few of Ralph Davis lorrys driven by me and Gilders. Will sort some more later.
And yes, “The passion still burns” Gary.6
Good pictures Gary, nice line up with the Pig!
Have you got any pictures of the original FH16 N777RDF by any chance please (or know anyone who has)? I have purchased her to restore and there is a recent picture below of her. Would be great to see what she used to get up to.
Can you remember Vladmir from the parking lots you guys used to use in Smolensk? I have his email if you want it, I know he has been in contact with ten bellies a year or so back.
Have a good Christmas.
Regards
Ryan
Nice photos gary and good to see you on here. Just like to say MERRY CHRISTMAS to one and all and all the best for the NEW YEAR
Best reg colin
Only just found, and read, all of the posts on Kazakhstan. Fransen Transport originally started the run down to Tengiz in 1990. I had some interesting times ,summer and winter,driving down there. When we stopped Peter Gilder started, and I was very impressed by his choice of equipment. The pictures posted reminded me that it really was serious stuff ! Alan Bremner was mentioned, and I remember meeting him several times, he ran a blue Renault, as I recall. Regards to all.
mick jones:
Only just found, and read, all of the posts on Kazakhstan. Fransen Transport originally started the run down to Tengiz in 1990. I had some interesting times ,summer and winter,driving down there. When we stopped Peter Gilder started, and I was very impressed by his choice of equipment. The pictures posted reminded me that it really was serious stuff ! Alan Bremner was mentioned, and I remember meeting him several times, he ran a blue Renault, as I recall. Regards to all.
Alan Bremner took me on my first overland trip to Greece, he was a top bloke, he had a silver Transcon then but I did see him in his Renault a few times when he was doing Kepstowe work. A real gent & cracking good fun to get out on the slurp with. I dunno what he’s up to nowadays anybody on here know M&C Jamie maybe?
fly sheet:
mick jones:
Only just found, and read, all of the posts on Kazakhstan. Fransen Transport originally started the run down to Tengiz in 1990. I had some interesting times ,summer and winter,driving down there. When we stopped Peter Gilder started, and I was very impressed by his choice of equipment. The pictures posted reminded me that it really was serious stuff ! Alan Bremner was mentioned, and I remember meeting him several times, he ran a blue Renault, as I recall. Regards to all.Alan Bremner took me on my first overland trip to Greece, he was a top bloke, he had a silver Transcon then but I did see him in his Renault a few times when he was doing Kepstowe work. A real gent & cracking good fun to get out on the slurp with. I dunno what he’s up to nowadays anybody on here know M&C Jamie maybe?
Hi John,re Alan Bremner aka Lennin. I also had many great trips with him when we pulled for Kepstowe and later for Eurogate on the Zarafshan job. He later went on to drive for the company that moved the medical trailers around the hospitals. He was then working as a caretaker of empty pubs , which i thought was hilarious. He is living in his Winnibago Motorhome and doing a bit of this and that as the opertunity arises. I have many fond memories of Alan. regards Jamie.
A Scot Lost in the Valley’s.
colin.f.whitetrans:
john.d.m:
What about the village between Penza and Samara with shashlik stalls all along both sides of the road,can`t remember the name of the place, but I never saw a dog wandering about anywhere near the place.
Shashliks tasted ok to meHi John
The village you talk about would be Umet and here is a photo of my friend kevins of a few shashlic stalls in the winter.
Lol, I’ve had a shashlik in that village!
I also remember “Sock City”, “Saucepan City”, Crystal City" etc
M&C Jamie:
fly sheet:
mick jones:
Only just found, and read, all of the posts on Kazakhstan. Fransen Transport originally started the run down to Tengiz in 1990. I had some interesting times ,summer and winter,driving down there. When we stopped Peter Gilder started, and I was very impressed by his choice of equipment. The pictures posted reminded me that it really was serious stuff ! Alan Bremner was mentioned, and I remember meeting him several times, he ran a blue Renault, as I recall. Regards to all.Alan Bremner took me on my first overland trip to Greece, he was a top bloke, he had a silver Transcon then but I did see him in his Renault a few times when he was doing Kepstowe work. A real gent & cracking good fun to get out on the slurp with. I dunno what he’s up to nowadays anybody on here know M&C Jamie maybe?
Hi John,re Alan Bremner aka Lennin. I also had many great trips with him when we pulled for Kepstowe and later for Eurogate on the Zarafshan job. He later went on to drive for the company that moved the medical trailers around the hospitals. He was then working as a caretaker of empty pubs , which i thought was hilarious. He is living in his Winnibago Motorhome and doing a bit of this and that as the opertunity arises. I have many fond memories of Alan. regards Jamie.
A Scot Lost in the Valley’s.
Thanks Jamie I’m glad he’s OK a proper Gent of the old school.
Harry Monk:
colin.f.whitetrans:
john.d.m:
What about the village between Penza and Samara with shashlik stalls all along both sides of the road,can`t remember the name of the place, but I never saw a dog wandering about anywhere near the place.
Shashliks tasted ok to meHi John
The village you talk about would be Umet and here is a photo of my friend kevins of a few shashlic stalls in the winter.
Lol, I’ve had a shashlik in that village!
was that a medical condition harry and did it clear up ■■
Ive had a few there too Harry. Made me wonder when Eddie Edwards asked me if I seen any dogs within 20KMS radius :open_mouth: and nope I hadnt but hey the shasliks tasted ok to me whatever they were made of.
mick jones:
Only just found, and read, all of the posts on Kazakhstan. Fransen Transport originally started the run down to Tengiz in 1990. I had some interesting times ,summer and winter,driving down there. When we stopped Peter Gilder started, and I was very impressed by his choice of equipment. The pictures posted reminded me that it really was serious stuff ! Alan Bremner was mentioned, and I remember meeting him several times, he ran a blue Renault, as I recall. Regards to all.
Hi mick
Glad you found this thread and hope you have some good photos or good stories of your time going to tengiz. You are right when you say it was serious stuff but it could be one fun job aswell along the way
How is this for an adventure, at this moment there is a party of Finns on route from Finland to Thailand, by Bus.
Intented route is, Russia, Kazkhstan, China, Laos, Thailand, they are at this time just to the east of Samara.
I have been contacted by the younger brother of the bus driver, he is asking if I can advise him of present conditions in Kazakhstan, I have not been in that area since 1997, so any info would be well out of date, can anybody on here help with current conditions as regards road conditions,available fuel, security.
They do have permission to enter China, before we all say you cannot take a foreign reg. vehicle into China.
Follow their progress via this link.
tracking.gps-msolutions.com/rantapallo.php
To see the photo’s & blog, it’s in Finnish, but who cares!., follow this link.
Dave.
davemackie:
How is this for an adventure, at this moment there is a party of Finns on route from Finland to Thailand, by Bus.Intented route is, Russia, Kazkhstan, China, Laos, Thailand, they are at this time just to the east of Samara.
I have been contacted by the younger brother of the bus driver, he is asking if I can advise him of present conditions in Kazakhstan, I have not been in that area since 1997, so any info would be well out of date, can anybody on here help with current conditions as regards road conditions,available fuel, security.
They do have permission to enter China, before we all say you cannot take a foreign reg. vehicle into China.
Follow their progress via this link.
tracking.gps-msolutions.com/rantapallo.php
To see the photo’s & blog, it’s in Finnish, but who cares!., follow this link.
Dave.
There’s still a company in Finland who was the pioneer of CIS countries, I think they sometimes still do Kazakhstan. Why didn’t they ask there?