Day 22: Thimpu – Phuntsholing

Thimpu – Phuntsholing

This shortish drive turned out to be one of the most eventful days of rally so far. Shortly into the convey journey Martyn and Jenny broke down. The water from their engine had disappeared and the fan wasn’t working hard enough so the engine was over heating. Bunty and his crew fitted a rather dodgy looking fan but it seemed to do the trick and they were soon on the road. An hour or so down the road Morna and Peter were just stopped in the middle of a hairpin. This seemed rather strange until we walked down to check they were alright. The whole right wing of the car had come in contact with an oncoming lorry. Luckily the damage had been only cosmetic and after bashing out the worst of the damage we were able to drive slowly down to Phuentsholing. Later that evening we realized that one of the jeeps hadn’t made it in. It later emerged that they had taken a wrong turning at one of the junctions and hadn’t realized. They then encountered 2 punctures which meant they were stuck in themiddle fo nowhere. Luckily Tandi (entertainment officer, workshop finder, Thinlys friend and all round handyman) offered to find Rashid, Jaime, Colin and Becca in their jeep. They eventually made I back to the hotel at 230am!