, Altai Mountains
drove 350km today on some of the worlds worst roads...used 12 hours so the average speed wasnt high. Now camping in the mountains in traditional gers. Fitted 10 people in one. Met lots of other Rallyers on the roads who had lots of problems with engines, tyres, susspension etc. Had 3 flat tires throuout the day but had spares on the roof rack so diddent lose to muchtime on that...hoping getting to Ulaanbaataar on thursday...
Tsagaan-Üür, Mongolia
made the Mongolian border last night but sadly there is 30 rally cars camped up at the border station. Met other rallyers that had spent 48 hours here. The reason its slow is money transfers between the adventurists and the Mongolian autorities. Bought beer and someone orderd å hole goat for 130US dollars. Goat testicles isnt to bad actually. Woke up to rain and 4 degrees, once more i have failed packing down the right gear...
Tsagaan-Üür, Mongolia
made the Mongolian border last night but sadly there is 30 rally cars camped up at the border station. Met other rallyers that had spent 48 hours here. The reason its slow is money transfers between the adventurists and the Mongolian autorities. Bought beer and someone orderd å hole goat for 130US dollars. Goat testicles isnt to bad actually. Woke up to rain and 4 degrees, once more i have failed packing down the right gear...
Barnaul, Russia
officially in Russia. Sun is gone, clouds have arrived. Bought breakfast at a supermarket at 16:35 and jumped into the car to drive against Mongolia. Still have 500 - 700 km to the border. Another long day in the car...
Semey, Kazakhstan
got stopped by the police last night getting a fin of 8000 tenge, but we only had 5000 and that was ok. Just give me what you have:) Tried to find a camp spot for the night but even then å cop came along telling us there was unsafe, im not sure the reason but we have entered bear country and with only 100km to the Russian border its also Bandit country. In 1 hour we will be in Russia...
Pavlodar Province, Kazakhstan
not sure what to do. Its straight in to Russia on bad roads or head east to Semey and wait for the border opening tomorrow on good roads.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
crossed the border after a massiv breakfast. Now in Almaty. Planning on driving north against Astana as much as we can today. Bought a neck brace at the farmacy to support my neck after the impact. The function is to sided with helping the neck and makes it easier to sleep while sitting in the back taking naps. Havent seen Borat yet...
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Team Normongol is officially out of the Mongol Rally race after å drunk Kyrgystani driver hit my car yesterday night. More information shortly...@
, Pereval Char-Kuduk, Kyrgyzstan
drove thru Karkara valley with å lovely swim in the big lake issyk køl. Washedsome cloths while we were at it. The biggest draw back was that the border in to Kasakhstan was closed , so we had to drive 500km back the same way...bummer:(@
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
drove thru amazing valleys with big mountain ranges. We also had company by another rally team. Passed 3000 meters on one of the roads over the mountain tops. Camped on a field near a chinese factory, 5 minutes after we put up the tent a muslim farmer came along with å bag of vegetables. Sunset...@
