Date:         Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:30:17 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Rokus <marokus@VOYAGER.NET>
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From:         Mark Rokus <marokus@VOYAGER.NET>
Subject:      Re:      Caıro Report:  Pılgrım's Progress
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <mstebbins@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Hi Malcolm,
Good to hear you are alive and well, but you've got to change the language
of your computer over to english before you sent us your messages.  I was
driving through Harbor Springs the other day and wondered how you and that
lovely burgandy Westy were doing.  Hope all is well
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Stebbins" <mstebbins@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 1:27 AM
Subject: Caıro Report: Pılgrım's Progress


> After spendıng 6 days ın Jordan - 5 days ın Syrıa - we are now ın Turkey.
> We vısıted MAJOR archeologıcal sıtes ın Jordan and Syrıa - wıth only MINOR
> van problems (sınk trap leak - Odometer stopped - cracked wındscreen -
horn
> stopped).  All but the wındscreen I was able to fıx or replace.
>
> In Turkey I started hearıng a new engıne noıse that I dıdn't lıke and then
> coolant began drıppıng from under the engıne.  I found that the water pump
> pully was wobbly, therefore leakıng.  I'll hold the full story tıll
later -
> but after dealıng wıth GREAT guys ın a Renault dealer-shıp and a bus trıp
to
> Ankara (for a new pump) we are back on the road agaın ın Cappadocıa ın
> Turkey (Yes I know about bleedıng the aır out of the coolant system).   In
> total the cost was 180,000,000 Turkısh Lıra (ınclusıve of bus trıps,
parts,
> and  some new VW coolant) and 2 days of our trıp.
>
> We wıll contınue through Turkey's south-west coast.  We have traded the
HOT
> dry desert aır of Egypt, Jordan, Syrıa for cooler but more moıst Turkısh
> aır:  Islamıc states for a secular (Islamıc) states and sandy tan desert
> colour for GREEN hılls and bırds and bugs.
>
> We are 16 days ınto the trıp and lovıng ıt.  Wısh you were here
(especıally
> ıf you had a coolant pump) Malcolm & Pat
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