This is the end....
Well
Tsagaan Nuur, Mongolia
After enduring a painful 7 hour wait at the border our intercooler rewarded us by springing a leak. We crawled through the mou ** some text is missing **
Altai Republic, Russia
Stranded! The Russian border decided against opening this morning so we are stuck 2km up in the Altais :( Been stuck in worse places....
Altai Republic, Russia
One border to go. We carved through the unbelievable Altai Mountains today. They made Austria look like Milton Keynes. En route Henry decided to sample antifreeze with the expected consequences whilst the Spanish Inquisition picked up a 4th member.
Barnaul, Russia
Blazed through scenic sunny Russian countryside today until our fanbelt too decided to bail on us. Luckily a friendly father-son haulage duo were on hand to save the day.... Managed to hook back up with the Spanish Armada too!
Omsk, Russia
Today we literally had to push Sheila over the Kazakh border. Our siren decided it didnt want to be on the vehicle and contrived to destroy our rear suspension as a parting shot. Things looked terminal until some pleasant lorry mechanics taught us to have a little faith....
Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan
Things on the up (touch wood); almost back into mother Russia and camping out under the stars with overwhelmingly friendly spaniards.
Rudnyy, Kazakhstan
Convoying with 3 Spanish ambulances, as one does. Roads steadily improving.... Fanbelt on the blink AGAIN though.
Aqtobe, Kazakhstan
Glorious nation of Kazakhstan is rough going, we are now more sand than people. Gangs of camels watch our every move....
Atyrau, Kazakhstan
Rolled into Asia today on the back of a cutlery bribe. Russia was amazing, Kazakhstan is.... stunning.
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"> <font color="#ffffff">g</font> </font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">We are <strong>Team Bison</strong> – Welcome to our home page!</font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">We are a team of three Earth science undergraduate students from Imperial College London looking to make the most of our last summer together as students whilst simultaneously raising money and awareness towards our two chosen charities.</font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">This summer Team Bison will be taking part in a 10,000 mile, 17 country endurance drive from Goodwood Circuit, England, to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – also known as the Mongol Rally. Our mode of transport for this somewhat elephantine task will be Sheila; a 2.5L, carbon fibre bodied, Australian-fitted Ford Transit ambulance.</font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">In the spirit of Mongolia and Ambulances our two charities are the <strong>Christina Noble Foundation</strong> and <strong>St John Ambulance</strong> (who have kindly donated the decommissioned Sheila for the cause). At the end of it all we will be handing the beast Sheila over to the Mongolian authorities to continue her work saving lives.</font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">If you would like to make a donation, please click on one of the blue ‘donate’ buttons to be found on the bottom left of our page. Thanks for your support!</font></span></p>
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