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Поздравляю и желаю успехов на ниве фотоохоты!

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Спасибо!

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Красава,Илья! Поздравляю! Даёшь 50000!

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Если продолжать в таком же темпе, то где-то в 2035-м дам)) Надеюсь, сайт ещё будет существовать)

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Поздравляю, коллега! Фото просто анриал

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Ещё раз спасибо! Небольшая предыстория этой фотографии)
Водитель привёз нас сюда, чтобы посмотреть на пик Ленина. Сказал, что надо идти около 2 часов в сторону заснеженных вершин, чтобы его увидеть. Как он выглядит, он не знал, и мы не могли посмотреть в интернете, т.к. там не было связи. В общем, пошли наобум, авось что-нибудь да увидим. Шли около часа, встретили альпинистов, спросили где пик Ленина, и они указали нам на вершину, которая всё это время была у нас на виду. Даже никуда ходить не надо было.))
Но всё равно прогулялись отлично, виды там просто потрясные.

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Beautiful!! It has been my dream for many years to bring my own car to the Pamirs Almost every day I think about it... One day I will stop dreaming and drive 8,000 km to see it! Then I must drive home

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А где примерно фото сделано? И на какой высоте?
Я просто по ракурсу никак не могу понять, откуда вы так заезжали.

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It is really worth visiting, we enjoyed our trip a lot. I only wish we could spend more time there. We hired a driver for 5 days to take us from Osh to Khorugh and it felt like we were rushing a bit too much.

You need a strong SUV as the road is quite rough in some parts.

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Это недалеко от озера Тулпаркёль, вот координаты. Высота где-то 3600.

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It's so beautiful in every direction! I do have an SUV but it's not the car I plan to take. But my adventure car is tough, it's been through a lot and keeps going, so I think it can do it! If it gets too difficult I just turn around and go back to town and hire a driver also I believe in driving somewhere until it is too difficult, and maybe you can do it - so far my cars always made it through difficult conditions!

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What is your adventure car?

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It's a 2004 Mustang GT which I bought in 2009 for a road trip across America, fell in love with the car and shipped it home after - it is the toughest car I've owned, maybe until I got the Durango 1 year ago which is stronger
All photos here with both US and GB plates

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Altai Mountains are beautiful too. To see them, it's enough to drive on the road P256 in Altai Republic, from Biysk to Mongolian border.

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Суперское фото!

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It would be amazing to see! But unfortunately for me it is almost impossible to get visa to enter Russia I hope one day it will be easier!

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E-visas are introduced from the next year. Unfortunately, they are not available for UK citizens.

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Unfortunately the world is getting smaller for UK citizens. I really do hate this small island - if it wasn't for my current situation I would already have left and I don't think I would ever return...

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As far as I know, Boris Johnson wants to ban new petrol vehicles from 2030. However, I have questions:
1. Where electric energy in required amount can be obtained from?
2. How to solve problem of slow recharge?
3. Will lithium batteries be recycled?

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Yes, new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2030, and new hybrids from 2035.

These are good questions. I have driven electric cars (Tesla Model S, Renault Zoe). To me it is like driving a microwave, it does a good job but there is no spirit or soul, "sterile". I own sporty cars and one of the biggest characteristics of the cars is the engine (and manual gears), it is the heart and soul of the car, without it, you have a drone, a robot... I would like to explore other directions of energy supply - like making Hydrogen safer, where you have an engine and the emissions are clean and beneficial for the environment.

1. I understand the UK is planning some changes to the power grid with new energy over the next 10 years, there is an article here about being ready for 2030 (National Grid is responsible for UK power generation).

2. I think technology will improve in 10 years that rapid charging will be possible - Tesla is already making faster charging in under 5 years, with 10 years of technology I think it can be possible.

3. They need to find a way, we cannot continue to poison our planet by digging a hole and dumping them in the ground! If there is no solution for recycling Lithium batteries then we are not helping the planet and the idea must be changed!

I would like to add a 4th question:

My cars live on the street not outside my house and on the other side of the street. It is a residential street with not much traffic but often you must park in different places. I would need a VERY long cable to reach my cars, and it would be dangerous to pedestrians and it would eventually damage the cable with cars driving over it. But because it is a quiet street I do not think they will install charging points along the side - and if they do, who will pay for this? How can I charge my car if it is so far away?

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That's not only UK, Spain is way ahead in this stupid eco-rules, Barcelona is forbidden for all diesel cars older than 2006 and petrol older than 2000, and they are promising to ban more newer cars as soon as possible. Madrid will go ahead also in 2-3 years, etc. More small cities like Gijon also have this rules being approved, the EU-countries are getting worse and worse for the petrolheads.

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Does that include tourists as well? How can they tell? I have a 2004 car with a 1998 plate attached, so even if they understand British plates it's not that simple! I still want to take my Ford Racing Puma to Ascari but to get there I will visit cities along the way, that car is 2000 so should be just okay unless they make it more modern. Or maybe my Puma will never get to Ascari now!

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I don't know how they manage with foreign plates, maybe them don't care at all, but in Barcelona the rule is valid since last year

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How to find a driver for such a tour?

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Try searching for "pamir highway tour" and you will find many agencies offering different trips in the region. Someone gave me driver's phone number on a Russian travel forum, and I arranged the trip with him directly, it was slightly cheaper.

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Allright, thx!

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