From Russia, with love

While stopped at a traffic light when heading to swim practice Thursday evening, I noticed an unusual license plate on the Mitsubishi L200 truck in front of me. Okay, first -- a Mitsubishi L200?? This isn't a vehichle I have ever seen in Arizona. Second, the plate was Russian?! To top that off, the truck was covered in decals in Russian, with a big wrap on the back window of the shell that stated "Going around the world."

I was more than intrigued, to say the least. Last night I Googled this oddity and after several tries, finally landed on a blog page belonging to a friend of Oleg (who is the CEO of Kemo, and organized the trip) that provided an explanation. Four Russians are literally driving around the world in a pickup truck, and Thursday, they just happened to be in Tempe, AZ as they were heading to the Grand Canyon.

If you're interested in tracking their progress, you can do so at their website (it's in Russian) that includes a real-time map tracking their journey. Today (Saturday - 8/6), they are in southern California. Here's a photo I took of the truck and the link to their site: http://radul.ru/.