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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: Ignatieff on 15 January 2013, 06:35:02 PM

Title: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Ignatieff on 15 January 2013, 06:35:02 PM
The sickness has now entered its final stages.....I'm now booked with my 18 year son on a three week trekking holiday in September to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan!  Hoping to visit the sites of at least seven of our battles and almost all our campaigns, and will be mighty disappointed if they've got their terrain wrong!
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: marianas_gamer on 15 January 2013, 06:48:51 PM
This is great and I am totally jealous!  Are you going by the Dali Soapy's airship?  I would also beware of Mexican restaurants in the area  lol lol
LB
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: John Grant on 15 January 2013, 07:34:52 PM
What a coincidence, my wife and I are contemplating (only contemplating at the moment) a trip to Uzbekistan this year. I might wait until you come back before we go.

Actually I have just noticed you're not going until September and if it happens we will have been and come back before you go so I may be able to tell you all about it!!

John

Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: H.M.Stanley on 15 January 2013, 09:17:55 PM
Right you two! I'm thinking about my present list  lol

Enjoy. And we want photos gentlemen
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Centaur_Seducer on 15 January 2013, 09:32:03 PM
Now that's bloody awesome. And probably a bit dangerous ;)
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Wirelizard on 15 January 2013, 11:14:48 PM
Very, very cool. You lucky sod - and your son is even luckier, doing that sort of trip at 18!

Take loads of photos, please, especially of the sorts of features and buildings we need on BoB tabletops - old-fashioned farms and rural buildings, countryside details, that sort of thing!
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 15 January 2013, 11:24:15 PM
Best of luck Steve  8)

Second the request for hundreds, if not thousands, of photos  :D

cheers

James
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Centaur_Seducer on 16 January 2013, 01:12:37 AM
Am I wrong, or is the Kyrgistan bordet the same lenght as the distance between the UK and the states?
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Ignatieff on 16 January 2013, 09:23:49 AM
Am I wrong, or is the Kyrgistan bordet the same lenght as the distance between the UK and the states?


You've got me there ???  Photographs by the bucket load promised gentlemen.  And Mr. Grant, assuming you make it back safely, a full debrief please!
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Ignatieff on 16 January 2013, 09:25:30 AM
This is great and I am totally jealous!  Are you going by the Dali Soapy's airship?  I would also beware of Mexican restaurants in the area  lol lol
LB

That's the bit I'm really looking forward to!  Sadly the Leicestershire/Kyrgyzstan 'Yak Air' route was never reinstated after the unfortunate incident involving the fire eater and the paraffin salesman.
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Totleben on 16 January 2013, 11:08:19 AM
Have fun. I have heard it is great there.
:-)
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: argsilverson on 16 January 2013, 11:58:31 AM
Hi Steve,

Nice trip you have planned!
The centre of the "silk road"
Ofcourse you will see Bukhara  Samarkand etc

Of course you will see the blue Gur-i-Amir !!

Have fun and return with much inspiration for the next games!!!!
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Centaur_Seducer on 16 January 2013, 02:32:03 PM
You've got me there ???  Photographs by the bucket load promised gentlemen.  And Mr. Grant, assuming you make it back safely, a full debrief please!

I got myself there to be honest lol I blame sick watch and puking family members (they apparently don't possess the supreme genes). My question was if Kirgystan was the country whos borders to russia (the total length) was the same length as the distance over the atlantic between the UK and the US. :) And thus, I'm implying that it will be bloody long trekk ahead of you ;)
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Ignatieff on 16 January 2013, 04:53:56 PM
I got myself there to be honest lol I blame sick watch and puking family members (they apparently don't possess the supreme genes). My question was if Kirgystan was the country whos borders to russia (the total length) was the same length as the distance over the atlantic between the UK and the US. :) And thus, I'm implying that it will be bloody long trekk ahead of you ;)

Lake Issyk Kul will be enough!
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: coggon on 18 January 2013, 12:38:29 PM
This is somewhat reminiscent of the old "Great Game" days.   British officers on "holiday" going off into the Back of Beyond on "shooting trips".   lol lol lol 

So have fun on your "trekking"  ;) trip, and I hope you don't run into any Russians on "geological" holidays lol lol lol
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Ignatieff on 18 January 2013, 02:11:11 PM
This is somewhat reminiscent of the old "Great Game" days.   British officers on "holiday" going off into the Back of Beyond on "shooting trips".   lol lol lol 

So have fun on your "trekking"  ;) trip, and I hope you don't run into any Russians on "geological" holidays lol lol lol

Butterflies dear boy, butterflies.....
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: H.M.Stanley on 19 January 2013, 09:15:57 AM
Ah yes the butterfly collector ...

I'll be reviewing your drawings of the wings with interest  ;)

It sounds fantastic, enjoy.

I'll be collaring Bolshy on the subject  :D
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: John Grant on 19 January 2013, 12:26:59 PM
The adventure has got to the stage of checking out the firms who organise such trips, just have to go to Italy first to see Pompei etc. That should happen in April or May.

J
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Ignatieff on 20 January 2013, 09:46:07 AM
The adventure has got to the stage of checking out the firms who organise such trips, just have to go to Italy first to see Pompei etc. That should happen in April or May.

J

Try wild frontiers.
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Poliorketes on 20 January 2013, 10:56:10 AM
Several of my co workers are from the area, as there has been a large exodus from Wolgagermans in the 80ies. A friend of mine has made a holiday trip to Uzbekistan last summer, the pics she showed me made me very interested in going myelf. Safety was no problem, my friend being a lady near 70. Only thing she mentioned were the horrible WCs, she said even on a hiking trip in Guatemala she had never witnessed such... urgh!
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Ignatieff on 20 January 2013, 02:49:41 PM
Several of my co workers are from the area, as there has been a large exodus from Wolgagermans in the 80ies. A friend of mine has made a holiday trip to Uzbekistan last summer, the pics she showed me made me very interested in going myelf. Safety was no problem, my friend being a lady near 70. Only thing she mentioned were the horrible WCs, she said even on a hiking trip in Guatemala she had never witnessed such... urgh!

Forewarned is forearmed!
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Poliorketes on 20 January 2013, 08:23:51 PM
She mentioned digestion problems caused by the local use of cotton oil for cooking, something europeans aren't used to.
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Ignatieff on 21 January 2013, 09:20:55 AM
She mentioned digestion problems caused by the local use of cotton oil for cooking, something europeans aren't used to.

Oh Lordy!  Hopefully that means bunged up, and therefore no need to use the bogs!  lol
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Ignatieff on 22 January 2013, 10:15:39 AM
She mentioned digestion problems caused by the local use of cotton oil for cooking, something europeans aren't used to.

OK.  In what way does this cause a problem?  Too much or too little?
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: John Grant on 25 January 2013, 07:31:45 PM
The love of my life has just announced we should go to Uzbekistan before we go to Pompeii!!!!

So we will be booking the trip on Monday ready to depart on April 26th for ten days.

Now I need a new camera!

So excited.

John
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: H.M.Stanley on 25 January 2013, 10:35:30 PM
The love of my life has just announced we should go to Uzbekistan before we go to Pompeii!!!!

So we will be booking the trip on Monday ready to depart on April 26th for ten days.

Now I need a new camera!

So excited.

John

She's such a sweetheart!! Tell her from me Bolshy

You - can bring me an 'at [or at least a photo of one as i'm doing this vicariously]  :D
Title: Re: Back of Beyond - for real!
Post by: Ignatieff on 27 January 2013, 05:44:24 PM
She's such a sweetheart!! Tell her from me Bolshy

You - can bring me an 'at [or at least a photo of one as i'm doing this vicariously]  :D

SO jealous!!!!