Dalnerechensk to Khaborvsk

29AUG - Left at 08:30 and 225 miles later we were in Khaborvavsk at 16:00. This is Russia, it took nearly two hours to check in. They had to copy the passports, check the visas, review our documentation confirming where we'd stayed each night since entering the 'workers paradise'. It's such a fantastic country they have fences to keep outsiders from entering.

Getting gas is an adventure in patience. First you tell the gal at the window how much gas you want and pay her, making sure that she sets the correct pump. (They accept credit cards if they have 'chips'. We'll get those in the U.S. in the Fall of 2015. They've had them in the rest of the world for 15 or 20 years.) Then you go to the pump and select the grade of gas you've paid for and pump the gas. There are long lines. The good news is that ethenol is one option - we of course don't buy the junk because it hurts our mpg.

The picture is of Dave using 'the facility' at a gas stop.