Up early and off to the border with Pakistan where we are told we might have a long delay. We are only delayed a short while and we transfer all of our equipment from our replacement Tahran bus (Ozbus 1b) through customs and onto the top of two mini-buses, these are now Ozbus 1c (beige) and Ozbus 1d (blue).
We have an armed police guard all 650 Km (about 406 miles) from the border to our next destination Quetta. We stop every now and again as we enter different zones and they chnge guards, we knew this was going to be a long drive but for today it didn't matter. We had new drivers, new coaches, a new country and for me a new attitude, but for how long?
All of a sudden after about 10 hours of nothing special to write about there is a grinding noise and the coach starts to tilt to the left. We have grounded ourselves and ended up half in a roadside ditch, half on the road (hanging off the edge of mountain sounds better). The Ozbus team go into action, Ozzy army and British army (a booze brother)strip the roof of all the luggage to prevent the slightest possibility of it over balancing and we all get out. A multi-coloured spingle spangle lorry helps pull Ozbus 1d back onto the road (you know the type I mean, you see them in those Bollywood films). We load up and continue on our way.
We all agree had been the best driving day to date. Even after 4 weeks of being together 24/7 we all pulled together, all 41 people from 7 different countries to get 1 job done. Today I can say "I am proud to be part of United Nations Ozbus 1c and 1d".
After a mostly dry time in Iran, beer and whiskey is made available by our new guide Khalid. He is instantly adopted as an Ozbus 1 member. Our hotel is very basic (thats being kind) however the staff were very frienly and more than willing to help.
We have an armed police guard all 650 Km (about 406 miles) from the border to our next destination Quetta. We stop every now and again as we enter different zones and they chnge guards, we knew this was going to be a long drive but for today it didn't matter. We had new drivers, new coaches, a new country and for me a new attitude, but for how long?
All of a sudden after about 10 hours of nothing special to write about there is a grinding noise and the coach starts to tilt to the left. We have grounded ourselves and ended up half in a roadside ditch, half on the road (hanging off the edge of mountain sounds better). The Ozbus team go into action, Ozzy army and British army (a booze brother)strip the roof of all the luggage to prevent the slightest possibility of it over balancing and we all get out. A multi-coloured spingle spangle lorry helps pull Ozbus 1d back onto the road (you know the type I mean, you see them in those Bollywood films). We load up and continue on our way.
We all agree had been the best driving day to date. Even after 4 weeks of being together 24/7 we all pulled together, all 41 people from 7 different countries to get 1 job done. Today I can say "I am proud to be part of United Nations Ozbus 1c and 1d".
After a mostly dry time in Iran, beer and whiskey is made available by our new guide Khalid. He is instantly adopted as an Ozbus 1 member. Our hotel is very basic (thats being kind) however the staff were very frienly and more than willing to help.
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