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Trucking through Europe

Trucking through Europe

True to his word Russell ( we later introduced ourselves)came back for  me and we headed off to the truck. An enormous vehicle, a lot bigger than the trucks I was familiar with at home. He put my suitcase in the back of the truck and I carried my backpack into the cab. It was quite a thrill climbing three steps to get myself into the passenger seat of the cab. One that had two beds, and all  mod cons…

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Russian-Latvian Border Control

Russian-Latvian Border Control

As 9am drew nearer the receptionist tells me that I am being picked up to be taken to the border /customs control centre. The driver came to look for me, an English speaker! He escorted me to the car, a brand new Mercedes. Then proceeded to drive me the 300m to border control! Here he translated to the soldiers the reason for my presence. While listening to all this, another voice joined in , it was an English long haul…

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