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UK TO Vladivostok: Driving the Trans-Siberian - experience the ultimate road trip! Ever had the desire to simply jump in the car and keep driving, to wave goodbye to routine and commitment, to drive into the unknown with your arm out of the window hungry for adventure! Well, that is precisely what twin brothers and UK authors, Simon Raven and Chris Raven decided to do whilst stacking boxes of frozen oven chips in a minus 30degreeC freezer. With a squeaky foot pump and an SAS Survival Guide, the brothers fired up their rusty GBP300 Ford Sierra and headed east. Not being petrol heads and having very little knowledge of the internal combustion engine, with luck they hoped to reach Poland and maybe even the Baltic State of Estonia - where lived, according to legend, the most beautiful girls on the planet. After driving for six weeks and clocking up over 11,000 miles, quite literally living in the car, they miraculously arrived in the Far Eastern city of Vladivostok in Siberia on the Sea of Japan. What they had in fact done was to drive the entire length of the amazing new Amur Highway before it was finished, which crosses Russia in a 6,200 mile swath of cracked tarmac and potholes.

Along the way our trusty heroes drink vodka with Chechen criminals, escape highway robbery, trade banana flavoured condoms with Russian cops, meet the eccentric and plain weird at truck stops in darkest Siberia, endure torturous road conditions and have a race to the finish with the Germans. Surviving this journey by the skin of their teeth, the brothers are forced to confront their worst fears in this toe-curling comedy that is both gripping and surreal.

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UK TO VLADIVOSTOK: Driving the Trans-Siberian - experience the ultimate road trip!

Ever had the desire to simply jump in the car and keep driving, to wave goodbye to routine and commitment, to drive into the unknown with your arm out of the window hungry for adventure? Well, that is precisely what twin brothers and UK authors, Simon Raven and Chris Raven decided to do whilst stacking boxes of frozen oven chips in a minus 30°C freezer. With a squeaky foot pump and an SAS Survival Guide, the brothers fired up their rusty £300 Ford Sierra and headed east. Not being petrol heads and having very little knowledge of the internal combustion engine, with luck they hoped to reach Poland and maybe even the Baltic State of Estonia - where lived, according to legend, the most beautiful girls on the planet.

After driving for six weeks and clocking up over 11,000 miles, quite literally living in the car, they miraculously arrived in the Far Eastern city of Vladivostok in Siberia on the Sea of Japan. What they had in fact done was to drive the entire length of the amazing new Amur Highway before it was finished, which crosses Russia in a 6,200 mile swath of cracked tarmac and potholes. Along the way our trusty heroes drink vodka with Chechen criminals, escape highway robbery, trade banana flavoured condoms with Russian cops, meet the eccentric and plain weird at truck stops in darkest Siberia, endure torturous road conditions and have a race to the finish with the Germans. Surviving this journey by the skin of their teeth, the brothers are forced to confront their worst fears in this toe-curling comedy that is both gripping and surreal.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Long way in a banger, 17 Feb 2007 By  Helen Mohan (Tiverton, UK) - See all my reviews I'd never heard of the Raven brothers when i first bought this book, but i love finding new talent. The problem is my life seems so boring after reading it. I take my hat off to these normal, cheeky guys for pushing themselves to the limits and, well, just loosing their commitments (freezer packing warehouse job)and hitting the open road. I drove across France and Spain once, many years ago, but it was all very organized and i did it with my boyfriend. It certainly takes someone with a lot of passion and adventure to want to drive an old Ford Sierra half way around the world, especially when they didn't know anything about cars and the highway in Siberia wasn't finished. I wish i had that passion. This comedy is descriptive, addictive (you just want to know what they get up to next) a little naughty at times, and very very humourous. The Diologue is well written and real and you really get a sense you're there and these guys are brothers. Five stars for putting a smile on my face and for bringing Russia and Siberia into my front room, on the train and at my desk in the office.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Siberia in a £300 Ford Sierra., 14 Oct 2006 By  Frazer Island (Salford, Manchester) - See all my reviews What a fantastic read! There I was thinking Ewan McGregor and his mate were hardcore adventurers after reading their book, but these brothers are way ahead. Where do I start? Firstly they don't moan constantly throughout the entire journey and they don't have a huge back-up crew and loads of cash (just an old Ford Sierra bought for £300, a squeeky footpump and an SAS Survival Guide). What's more, the banter between the brothers is very entertaining and you really feel the pain, the determination and the physical hardship, while laughing at their bumbling misfortunes, as they drive across the dangerous Siberian wilderness. This book is a winner with chapters that'll literally make you spit out your drink. Highly recommended!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Fantastic adventure, spoilt by typos, 2 Jul 2007 By  Edward H Rowan - See all my reviews This book by the Raven brothers is superior to the first one, Living the Linger. It describes a more interesting trip to places travel writers have spent less time covering-at least by road. One or two lengthy sections cover the details of the people they met(and became intimate with) but it surely would have been better to try to learn a little Russian first? Too much time spent describing the trip across Europe to the Russian border, and too many typographical errors-it really is annoying to be confronted with so many errors which ought to be confined to a 13 year old's schoolwork. However, overall, it's a good read and I'll be looking forward to reading about their adventures in South America.