Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
At Chinggis Khaan International Airport just about to depart for Moscow - been treated to the VIP lounge (thanks Rich) been an awesome month but am now looking forward to getting home for some much needed home comforts! Going to miss the convoy though - reunion soon, then on to organising Mongol Rally 2022....!@
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Total miles 8270 - cars now been signed over, keys dropped off, certificate received - flying home tomorrow. Mongol Rally 2012 - DONE!@
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Still waiting for the police to sort it out - apparently the chief of police is not happy with us.... 2 hours of waiting in the ** some text is missing **
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Still waiting for the police to sort it out - apparently the chief of police is not happy with us.... 2 hours of waiting in the ** some text is missing **
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Still waiting for the police to sort it out - apparently the chief of police is not happy with us.... 2 hours of waiting in the rain is not cool - its raining all over our parade!!
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
We made it!!
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
3km from the finish line and we all get pulled over by the police - less than ideal!!
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Made it to Ulaanbaatar, everyone's cars all ok! Set up camp for the night then up tomorrow to all cross the finish line and then more importantly off for pizza!!
Bayanhongor, Mongolia
Set up camp outside the garage waiting for the Nissan to be fixed - having the most amazing brunch - scrambled eggs, soft cheese and cherry tomatoes on fresh bread, sausage and bacon!! 134k, Inglorious Drivers and Corsa We Can Do It roll across Mongolia in style!!
Bayanhongor, Mongolia
What a day - spent all morning trying to get our car fixed, unfortunately though the mechanics here are useless - no car jack, no tools, no clue - anyway we decided to push on using just 1st and 2nd gear and then when we are on better roads using 3rd & 4th with the other teams pushing us in their cars to bump start us. So 2pm comes and we set out on our way - we mix up pilots and co-pilots and I end up riding shotgun in the Nissan with Stu - we get 50km out of the city when the right rear wheel bearing goes - not ideal. We then spend the next 5 hours trying to get the car back to town and back to the useless mechanics - the journey back was quite something, hard to explain how we did it but at one point we we driving in reverse back down the road, bonnet open, with only 3 wheels with an old broken alloy wheel under the axel scrapping along the floor - anyway we made it back to town, grabbed some dinner and checked into 'the best hotel' which is actually a joke!! Oh and also, someone should tell the London 2012 Olympic committee that Bayankhongor is ripping off the official Olympics - they are hosting their own games which launched tonight (we saw the opening ceremony) and using all the logos - its shocking!! We were actually turned away from hotels as they are all full as people have travelled to watch the Olympics - 'Oh I'm sorry, didn't realise I was in London!!' Anyway, can't get back to the Nissan until after 11 so we are all having a lay in - 1st in 4 weeks, can't wait!!@
Feeling crazy for agreeing to do this, but am now extremely excited to set off!!
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