Garrett of "Mountain High" replacing Jim's pedal in Pangbourne
Hans and family were very genorous and gave us alot of help when Christ's panya rack decided to give up the ghost.
Claire Malone-lee pictured with a swarthy ruffian and a very nice house, thanks for putting us up.
Christina and Wolfgang sit with two chimps at a tea party on their patio
Our very kind hosts the Timms
Giac an Italien animal behaviour expert took some notes and then left us to be on our way, he was kind enough to help us out of some financial strife!
Our very cool host in Velikie Lukie - Nicoli and Co.
Anvar was our generous host in Moscow
Family Bayasitov pictured here outside their excellent hardware shop were very kind to us during our extended break in Ufa
Take a look at the wares available from Pervomaiskaya Ulitsa 53, Ufa. If you are ever near by and looking for a lock it gets our most thorough recommendations!
Rauole and his family from Chelyabinsk were our kind hosts for more than one night and kept us very well fed and watered. Thank you very much.
Some of our mates in Omsk helped us get "off our mong" with their insidious Molochina creations (don't have more than 2 teaspoons of the 'nuclear' variety!)
Andre and Vladimir were never photographed together but despite their personal differences they were a great help to us!
We had some enlightening conversation with Dieter the wandering german philosopher
Yenna built a roaring fire for us one very wet Baikal morning
The happy couple responsible for our near alcohol poisoning. Very good luck to you
Out of the back of a darkened truck we sprang; grateful of our freedom once more. Cheers for the lift lads!
In the aftermathe of 'our' Russian wedding this Babooshka took us in . . .
My kind of bankers! Scooped us off the desolate road to the Mongolian border
Warrior and Lord pictured outside their brothers cafe with Christ, we who were about to get bloody cold salute you!
This kind family put us up in their ger whilst we were out on a jaunt in the national park
Mongolian Rozzas aren't so bad after all
A couple of Chinese mystics