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Off road for 81 days

By Zaryd Wilson
Whanganui Chronicle·
19 Mar, 2017 04:33 AM2 mins to read

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Claire and Robin Brown are planning for an 81-day off-road trip from Russia to England. Photo/ Stuart Munro

Claire and Robin Brown are planning for an 81-day off-road trip from Russia to England. Photo/ Stuart Munro

Claire and Robin Brown are preparing for every situation imaginable ahead of their four-wheel-drive trip from Vladivostok to London.

The Whanganui couple leave on the 81-day 18,800km journey on May 1 where they will join a group of about ten other vehicles on the Silk Road Overland Journey trip run by Rally Tours NZ.

The journey will take them across 13 borders and through 11 countries.

The Browns have been planning this trip for about six months but the idea is a long-held dream. Mr Brown said about 90 per cent of the journey would be off main roads.

"Driving along the Afghanistan border - that's probably going to be the scariest bit."

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The trip will also take them to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, parts of eastern Europe and there will also be a week-long stay with horse herdsmen in Mongolia.

They need prepare for several situations and have packed spare wheels, lights, wiper blades and tools.

"You've got to be able to maintain your vehicle along the way," Mr Brown said.

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"There'll be at least one oil change along the way, in the middle of god-knows-where."

The trip takes in the dangerous Pamir Highway. "It's been used for 2500 years."

Mrs Brown said it would be exciting to go through all the countries on the list. "And going in a group means we'll have the support of each other. We're prepared for snow as well as summer."

The couple's Nissan Pathfinder will be put on a boat this week and they will fly out to Russian at the end of April to begin the marathon off-road drive.

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