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Thimpu – PhuntsholingThis 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

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Paro- ThimpuEarly morning there was the option to either walk or ride a mule up a mountain to see a Buddhist monastery. Many started out but only 6 made it all the way in the end! The walk up was very top was testing and I personally did not expect it to be so hard but the monks who live up there have to do the walk nearly everyday! Paro also had its very own festival on so everyone paid a visit

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Phuntsholing – ParoThis being the first international classic car rally to go through Bhutan made the whole even rather spectacular. Thinly the MD of BTCL (the number 1 travel company within Bhutan) had arranged for the 2nd Kings daughter HRH Ashi Deki Yangzom Wangchuk to present all involved with the rally a scarf and to flag off the start of the rally. It had also been arranged for the whole

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Kalimpong – Phuntsholing(Bhutan)This drive dropped down out of the mountains of India and more onto the tea plantations again. A short drive but probably the most beautiful. All arrived at Bhutan very quickly and caught John and myself unaware. We were just heading down to immigration and we happened to catch a few people going in! All the forms were already dilled in so the cross over the border

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Koshi Tappu- KalimpongMichael and David began the journey to the Nepal/India border but stopped soon after, realizing that the automatic gearbox fluid was leaking. This took a few hours to fix but they were over the border in the mid afternoon. Jean-Paul had an ignition problem in between the two border towns. Luckily John Brigden was able to solve the problem by hitting the fuel pump and the

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Kathmandu- Koshi TappuWith a very long day ahead (nearly 11 hours driving in total) the cars all left extremely early, many even before the crew were up! Yves-Marie in a Mercedes had a problem with over heating only a little way from Kathmandu. This was quickly resolved and didn’t cause any problems later on. The windy but pretty route was only disturbed later by Giancarlo breaking down. Once

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Kathmandu Rest DayThe petrol trouble continued into the next day. This meant there was a lot of waiting around for everyone involved. The initial plan to take the cars to a local petrol station was abandoned when the owner of the station said he feared that there may be riots. Over the afternoon plans were made for a small tank of petrol to be delivered directly to the cars in the hotel forecourt

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Allison and Peter are convinced they have acheived a world record by being the first pople to bring a Lotus to Nepal.The car is coping well with the fuel, which is one factor not tohave affected its performance. The problems with suspension and ground clearance were compounded on wednesday when the brake servo packed up and had to be disconnnected. It is not everyone's idea of fun to reuce

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Day 14: Pokhara – KathmanduA short drive between the two big cities in Nepal. The only worry being about the lack of petrol within Kathmandu itself. David Moffat and Mike Barnes needed to be refueled along the way. The route itself was very easy with a lovely tea stop marked which looks over a very deep valley. The drive trough Kathmandu city took a long time and a lot of concentration as cars

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Day 12/13: Bardia – Pokhara + Pokhara Rest DayA pretty drive through the valleys and hill of Nepal. The Rolls belonging to Peter and Morna stayed being for some repairs to the transmission along with the green Bentley owned by Willem. The route through up very few problems and everyone was enjoying the drive. Giancarlo suddenly heard a very loud noise and on arriving at the next town parked up

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Day 11: Binsar – Royal BardiaThe Lotus and the Bently that broke the day before had to stay behind in the morning to repair the problems from the day before. With a deadline the meet there was a bit of a rush onto the border between India and Nepal which only opens between 12-2 for cars. The windy mountainous roads made this deadline seem impossible but on arrival Olivia and Conrad had organized

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Day 10: Corbett National Park – BinsarThe drive was supposed to be a short 3 ½ hour climb up to Binsar however the road conditions was bad and one waypoint was 23km wrong which fooled many people in particular David Moffat and Mike Barnes. The bad roads caused problems with the cars- Patrcik Helfer and Vanda Keel had the exhaust pipe break off their Sunbeam, Peter and Allison Coates had brake

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Day 8/9: Rishiskesh – Corbett National Park+ Rest DayBeing only a 5 hour drive it gave the participants an opportunity to take in the beautiful landscape that changed from a mountain hill side into a jungle. The road out of Rishikesh followed the Ganges River for a short while. Once again there were no major incidences along the route. On arrival every sat on the balcony with a view over a river

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Day 7: Shimla-RishikeshThe journey was expected to be long so many people left extremely early in the morning. The mountainous roads were very bumpy as usual but there was only one problem. Walter Graber’s Mercedes. In the engine there was a small ‘poof’ that seemed at first to be a potentially serious problem. However after examining the situation it was as airlock in the new radiator that had

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Day 6: Shimla Rest Day.This rest day was well and truly needed after a coupe of long driving days. Everyone took full advantage of the Spa and pool facilities as well as taking time to fix any problems with the cars of which there were no major problems! Many stories and pictures appeared in the local paper. At 5pm most of the group sat down to have tea and chocolate cake to celebrate the

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Day 5: Dharamsala – ShimlaThe road continued to be hilly and windy. Many of cars left early but not as early as days before. The road condition continued to be quite poor so many cars became a little more damaged. Rod and Cathy in the Sunbeam Alpine had a puncture and the Bentley gearbox went again. When John and I stopped to check all was ok the bonnet of our Jeep started smoking. It had a

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Cars on route to JodphurDavid Inns & Pamela Wallis in their 1966 Volvo 144SPeter Weber & Morna Milton in the 1935 Rolls Royce 20-25 Sedanca de VilleThe Bentley Derby Special and Sunbeam AlpineRod Medew & Cathy Zanella use an airjack to fit new tyre on the 1962 Sunbeam Alpine

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An easy few hours to begin with but as we hit the Himalayas the roads became a lot more windy and more tricky to drive. Most people made it into the hotel with time to spare. Giancarlo and Agneta Puddu in the Volvo has a slight problem at the beginning of the day with their exhaust but this was quickly cleared up by our wonderful Indian mechanic and his team – other than that no major problems

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A really long day, everyone was out very early and very few incidences on the road so nothing much to report. Very long, straight roads meant a very tiring drive but it picked up a huge distance and we made good progress towards the Himalayas. The prospect of seeing the golden temple at dusk was encouraging. Was a spiritual visit for those who made it one time. Early night all road due to long

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For Martyn and Jenny this was the start of the rally. Everything was going fine until part way along the route when their enigine cut out. This occurred a few times but was sorted out. The then brakes lock and the car needs a whole new whhel bearing, which could have taken a few hours to fix it took all day. This happened as our Jeep suffered a nasty puncture only 1km behind. After along day in

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Pictures from top : - Event organiser John Brigden with the Maharana of Udaipur - Peter & Sue Noble in the 1955 Bentley Continental as the Maharana starts the Rally- Allison & Peter Cotes in the 1967 Lotus Elan S3 are flagged off- David Moffatt & Michael Barnes in the 1961 Bentley S2 leave through the Palace Gates- Richard Fenhalls & Heather Milne-Taylor in the 1964 Mercedes Benz 280 SL

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Picture from top :- Cars at the Maharana's Palace - Final Preparations at the Maharana's Garage- Richard Fenhalls & Heather Milne-Taylor and the 1964 Mercedes Benz 280 S- Cars await the start of the Rally at the Palace Gates- Giancarlo & Agneta Puddu and the 1965 Volvo PV at Bunti's Garage opening

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The cars and their drivers were waved off successfully by the Maharana of Udaipur. The start of the event was big news in India with both loacal and national papers turning up to interview John Brigden (event organiser) and take photos of all the classic cars and the participants in them. The flag off attracted both the locals and tourists to come and watch. As said before the flagging off event

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from Peter and Allison CotesLotus is behaving its self and showing a clean pair of heels to most local traffic.The nosiest car on the rally having squashed its silencer on the speed bumps. Now in need of new shock absorber after some rather enthusiastic driving.

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As you can see by the picture everyone is staying at the beautiful Lake Palace in Udaipur.The city itself is a very vibrant and bustling city even though it is one of the smallest in India. Being in Rajasthan all the colours used in the clothing are very bright making the Sari's more beautiful than they already are. The architecture here is very distincitve and the attention to detail is

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Hello! And welcome to the Himalaya Rally 2007! Just over a week to go and this will be the place where all the news and pictures from the rally will be updated as and when an internet connection can be found. If you scroll down you will see a map-this pinpoints where we are stopping and hotel names if you click on the numbers. I will try and write a new post for each stop to keep you updated!If

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