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The Final Leg – Vladivostock to the Tokyo Stadium for Rugby World Cup 2019
The final leg of the journey to the Rugby World Cup 2019. This video covers the adventure from the port of Vladivostock to Tokyo and the Rugby World Cup. It includes meeting Sputnik 6 and the breakdown and rescue of Babushka, a fabulous photoshoot with Mount Fuji as a backdrop, a resting showcase for Babushka …
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Tokyo Video Memories
Final Escorted Drive to a Deserved Rest
Babushka comes to Mount Fuji
Sakaiminato Welcome and TV Film Crew
This nine minute video with closed captions captures Chris’s welcome into Sakaiminato and the setting up of the TV news filming and administration process.
Babushka Struggles in Japan
Poor Babushka started to struggle going up the Japanese hills. Initially Chris thought it might be the fuel, but the problem persisted. On the roadside he checked everything he could think of, then eventually Sputnik 6 (Kojiro) arranged breakdown assistance to a garage where the mechanics also checked all the possible causes for the loss …
Celebratethe7 Part 9 Novobureyskiy to Vladivostock
The penultimate video chapter in this epic journey sees Chris and Judi finally arrive in Vladivostock and the boarding of the ferry to Sakaiminato for the final leg to the opening match of the World Cup. Babushka and Chris made across Siberia with the help and support of many new Russian friends