Location Update

Having to sleep in the car over night (no 5 star gold plated hotels today)

The Border doesn't open until 9am.

Tsagaanuur Border Crossing western Mongolia (what's with all the vowels!!)

Â Let the Rally REALLY commence now as there are noÂ metalled (tarmac) roads

Andrew Poynter
Of team-phoenix
On the The Mongol Rally 2012 14:05 UTC 15th August 2012

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New update from Twitter

should hit the Mongolian border by tomorrow . now at Biysk, Russia

Andrew Poynter
Of team-phoenix
On the The Mongol Rally 2012 13:44 UTC 14th August 2012

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Over the Border

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Back in Russia until MongoliaÂ

Andrew Poynter
Of team-phoenix
On the The Mongol Rally 2012 16:23 UTC 13th August 2012

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Hope to cross back into Russia tomorrow. Will we queue at the border or get sent to Semney?

Andrew Poynter
Of team-phoenix
On the The Mongol Rally 2012 09:30 UTC 13th August 2012

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Here as of yesterday

Andrew Poynter
Of team-phoenix
On the The Mongol Rally 2012 15:56 UTC 10th August 2012

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Stopped for the night at Komsomol'skoye, North Kazakhstan 50d 25N 60d 30E

Andrew Poynter
Of team-phoenix
On the The Mongol Rally 2012 23:50 UTC 9th August 2012

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Ok, so I admit that I

Andrew Poynter
Of team-phoenix
On the The Mongol Rally 2012 20:21 UTC 8th August 2012

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stuck twice in sand and lost the fan belt now at Bayganin, Kazakhstan

Andrew Poynter
Of team-phoenix
On the The Mongol Rally 2012 16:55 UTC 7th August 2012

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Holed up in the back of beyond, a one horse oil town at Makat, Kazakhstan

Andrew Poynter
Of team-phoenix
On the The Mongol Rally 2012 15:43 UTC 6th August 2012

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Finally crossed into Kazak Now at Ganyushkino, Kazakhstan.