Greater London, UK
We are back in England! luggage is still in UB, flight from Berlin delayed missed the connection to manc, having dinner a random ste left me
Greater London, UK
We are back in England! luggage is still in UB, flight from Berlin delayed missed the connection to manc, having dinner a random ste left me
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
just blew a hole in the mongolian landscape with an rpg, good shit.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
finish line party was epic, the vodka was flowing like a waterfall. Flying home on tuesday :/
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Ulaanbataar!
Ovorkhangai, Mongolia
made it to arvaikheer. No more major issues yet today. The convoy is growing though, now joined by some germans and people in 206.
Bayankhongor, Mongolia
dive bombed in to a ditch coming here but a bodge from the shantastics using rope and some cable ties and we are still on the road!
Govi-Altai, Mongolia
made it to altai. No major issues, apart from the whole sinking thing, most of our stuff is now dry. Now convoying with the shantastics!
Khovd, Mongolia
on the way to altai. Was towed across a river but the tow broke and we sank... Everything is wet, but it was hilarious #adv
Khovd, Mongolia
#Adv we have found a mongolian man who speaks english with a cockney accent, he saved us though so we thank you Aidos!
Bayan Olgii, Mongolia
made it across the border this morning after spending the night in the car park on the mongolian side. Now in olgi.
Smart, handsome, brilliant, these are all words I know the meaning of and use to describe others, but are rarely used about me.
A degree in mathematics, but no knowledge of cars. Am looking forward to an adventure
<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small">Welcome to our website! </span></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">We are Mathematicians Not Mechanics!</font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Our team is made up of three friends, Ste Saunders and Dave Holland, who went to the University of Sheffield together to study Maths. Our mechanical knowledge is more mathematical, we know that F=ma and we're hoping that this will be enough to get us through. </font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">On our way we are hoping to raise lots of money for two very good causes. The adventurists official charity CNCF - Christina Noble Children's Foundation that does alot of work helping children of the street in Mongolia. Second a really good charity that means alot to us for personal reasons is Teenage Cancer Trust which my (Stephen) friend Neil I know greatly appreciated, he also loved top gear adventures so I'm sure he'd love this too!! To find out more about these charities and our reasons for supporting them please visit the charities page. To donate to one or both of these charities just click on the appropriate link on the left to our 'just giving' websites.</font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">If you feel like you would like to donate to the cause in any other way than monetary or would like to give us advice or would like to know more than please contact us, our email is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap"><strong>[email protected]</strong></span> </font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span>Below is our blog </span>where we hope to keep you up to date on our progress. We will aim to update whenever we can, but obviously there will be times when internet access may be limited, but we will try to cover those times as we next get chance to update. </font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Thank you!</font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br />Mathematicians Not Mechanics</font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" size="3"> </font></p><object data="http://www.usflashmap.com/component/cdt_new/cdt2_2.swf" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.usflashmap.com/component/cdt_new/cdt2_2.swf"></param> <param name="base" value="http://www.usflashmap.com/component/cdt_new/"></param> <param name="flashvars" value=" &timer=2& &time_template=3:ss;2:mm;1:hh;0:dd& &time_color=0x000000& &label_color=0x000000& &background_color=0xFFFFFF& &flare_view=true& &time_label=d:DAY;h:HOUR;m:MIN;s:SEC& &time_zone=Local time& &event_time=year:2011;month:7;day:23;hour:13;minute:0;seconds:0& &event_duration=year:0;month:0;day:0;hour:0;minute:0;seconds:0& &event_recursion=hourly& &onpress_url=-& &event_onpress_url=-& &title=Rally Start& &event_title=We are off to Mongolia!& &sound_file=-& &event_sound_file=-& &transparent=false&"></param> <param name="quality" value="high"></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param> <param name="scale" value="noscale"></param> <param name="salign" value="lt"></param> </object>