Day 26 Tuesday 20 September 2011 Bishkek

Last night one of the garage staff members dropped us off outside our hotel, indicating that he would pick us up at 7.30 the next morning. This is bearing in mind that we had to take all our tools back to the hotel, about 2 klms away.

Standing on the roadside near the hotel this morning, Johne & his wife Natasha drove by, stopped & picked us up following a call from the other fellow who had been delayed.

Down the garage finally got the engine sorted (with help from Estocada mechanics working on the points), the new Ling Longs fitted & put the car back together.

Finished around 1pm by which time the establishment had called in the professional photographer. The Puce Goose was parked in front of the Estocada premises & photographed with us standing next to it.

Whilst getting engine sorted we drained the tank of 30 litres of Tajikistan 80 octane petrol & put 95 into the tank.

Drove back to the hotel, cleaned up & had a catch up sleep.

Back to Fatboys for dinner.