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Sailing on an inflatable boat from Moscow to Madagascar tourists arrested in Egypt

Плывших на надувной лодке из Москвы к Мадагаскару туристов арестовали в Египте

Muscovites Artem kirakozov and Alexander Panov tried for a month to sail from the capital of Russia to Madagascar on an inflatable boat, but was delayed by technical difficulties. About his adventures, the men were told in Facebook.

In the journey they set off on 9 April. The Russians hoped that a motor boat can reach speeds up to 70 miles per hour, and to repair possible problems in total will take a maximum of three days. In the allotted time they have failed to meet the ship could not move faster than 30 kilometers per hour, periodically broke down and got some water. The repairs took a total of 10 days.

In the end, may 8, Muscovites have decided to stop their journey and bought in Egypt tickets in Russia. But in Cairo they were arrested for the lack of entry stamp in passports.

Kirakozov and lords eight days spent in custody in the Egyptian capital. Tuesday, 17 may, the Russians liberated. According to men, they have not filed any charges, has not provided for a lawyer or interpreter.

Muscovites went on a boat on the rivers of Russia, and also in the Azov, Black, Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranean seas.
According to men, in total they have covered five thousand kilometers.

In December 2013, the Russian traveler Fyodor Konyukhov sailed from Chile on a rowing boat in order to sail across the Pacific ocean. In may 2014 he completed his journey in Australia, spending on a trip of 160 days. Grooms showed the best result for this transition.

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