I couldn't resist reprinting at least one post from the Bad Colonies guys, who are driving from London to Mongolia as part of the 2006 Mongol Rally. I envy them and their troubles, though I really can't complain about sitting safely in my air conditioned office.

From On the Move Again:

Sofar today driving might be described as dangerous or insane dependingupon your point of view. Along the main road from Kiev to Charkov theroad drops to two lanes. There are a lot of slow moving vehicles andthe Ukrainians cannot be bothered. They will pass a any moment andcompletely disregard any oncoming vehicles. As has been our generalrule for Eastern Europe, we have chose the join the fun and not resist.Its quite a frightening experience to just make it into your lane withone of those big ass Euro trucks coming straight for you.

Read the rest on the Letters to the Editors page of this week's Seven Days.