Spaceinvaders in Kazakstan

Ok ok we got it wrong. WE THOUGHT that once we had left Mongolia the bad roads had finished. Bring on Act 2. Driving in Mongolia is , well challenging to say the least but at least you know there are no roads and even the greatest names in 4 x 4 s are summarily wasted within weeks if not days. But Kazakstan has a whole new game. Spaceinvaders. Those of you old enougth to remember the first mass electronic game will relate to this. The first 5 miles of tarmac out of Semey were really pretty good. Just the odd spaceinvading critter to evade but nothing to serious. Just as you get confortable with your game the invaders step up the pace. Suddenly you are in the swing of it dodging almost every pothole. Its really going well even a cow or two wander into the road to take a look at the action. No problem bow, level three and the space invaders are beat. BUT THEN.....just when you had them beat the Mother Ship appears. This is the biggest pothole we have ever seen, even the cows in the highway take a gasp. The Aston hits the bomb crater and we both close our eyes waiting for the inevitable smash............we are through but there is one more rattle and we still have 523km to do.