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| August 5th 2006. SCR make it to Chlabinsk by early afternoon, and after much cursing of Russian maps, find the hotel mentioned by Lonely Planet, which has raised its prices by a factor of five. They follow misdirections to another hotel which is much cheaper but features icy cold showers and malodorous toilets of apocalyptic filthiness. In town that evening they meet two cheery Mongol-ralliers, drinking much beer and promising to continue to Mongolia together in the morning (we're really sorry guys... if you're reading this, please make contact: we owe you some beers!). On the return journey to the hotel, four Russian ogres sidle up to them, one of whom plucks Sam's phone from his shirt pocket and takes off at speed. Sam pursues at length, getting very lost and receiving a glancing blow to the head for his efforts, whilst the three remaining jailbirds-to-be viciously lay into Rich, administering a hefty kick to the eye before stealing his watch, pen knife, Rubles, and the keys to the CC. They regroup at the hotel, Rich via a police station full of very unhelpful beer-swilling officers, to discover that the CC has been simultaneously broken into, and is now lighter of food, maps, tools, radio, one furry dice, and many other useful and irreplaceable items. If any of the thieves happen to be reading this, we sincerely hope that the Clive food does not sit well in your stomachs. |
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