Hovd, Mongolia

been in Mongolia 2 days and loving it! Amazing scenery amazing people but the roads are crazy 2 punctures and we have lost the rear right suspension and the roof rack!@

Luke Angus
Of Team Shoeless
On the The Mongol Rally 2010 13:03 UTC 12th August 2010

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Republic of Altai, Russian Federation

border for mongolia closed until the morning so chilling in a field outside border control with some local children who are loving the mountain board! The scenery is immense here snow topped mountains and an open plateau! Awesome!

Luke Angus
Of Team Shoeless
On the The Mongol Rally 2010 04:28 UTC 12th August 2010

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Altay Region, Russian Federation

back into Russia should hit Mongolia tonight! Crazy night! Had a man try to marry his daughter off to us and a rave on the side of a mountain and then we were joined by a drunk Russian!

Luke Angus
Of Team Shoeless
On the The Mongol Rally 2010 10:02 UTC 10th August 2010

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Semey, Kazakhstan

very good drive today! Lots of miles covered! Looking at hitting the border later this evening! Kazakhstan is officially boring though! Nothing but desert and power stations! Car still running well

Luke Angus
Of Team Shoeless
On the The Mongol Rally 2010 09:59 UTC 10th August 2010

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Astana, Kazakhstan

good days drive today Semey tomorrow!

Luke Angus
Of Team Shoeless
On the The Mongol Rally 2010 16:28 UTC 4th August 2010

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Astrakhan, Russian Federation

sat at the Kazakh border waiting for midnight as that is when our visas start! Shredded a tyre today and the exhaust is falling off after some really bad roads!

Luke Angus
Of Team Shoeless
On the The Mongol Rally 2010 12:29 UTC 3rd August 2010

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Province of Volgograd, Russian Federation

slept in a quarry last night just past the border after an 8 and a half hour crossing! Went proper pikey this morning by showering with the petol stations water hose! Awesome fun though! Michael Shumongol guys are awesome and so are the other 2 teams In the convoy! The boys with the broken down terios are back on the road and will catch up with us at the kazakh border! Seriously hot 44 degrees!!!

Luke Angus
Of Team Shoeless
On the The Mongol Rally 2010 07:40 UTC 2nd August 2010

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Donets'k, Ukraine

found a cool hotel with showers and a real toilet! All good now going for the Russian border! Really hot in Ukraine 44 degrees yesterdays

Luke Angus
Of Team Shoeless
On the The Mongol Rally 2010 14:06 UTC 31st July 2010

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Odesa, Ukraine

well where to start! 6 hour border crossing camping in a field roads are pot holed like a firing range for nukes and now one of the dihatsu terios has died so we are trying to fix it@

Luke Angus
Of Team Shoeless
On the The Mongol Rally 2010 11:15 UTC 30th July 2010

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, Romania

Charlie is apparently awesome for fixing us a room! 10 people in a tiny double room! Me and Paul ended up sleeping on the balcony! Nudist beach for breakfast! Thanks for that Charlie