Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

we made it!! Cant believe the spanners have finally been put to bed! No more petrol stations! Time to celebrate! Massive thanks to everyone!!

Harhorin, Mongolia

pleasant camp meal spoilt by the arrival of drunken locals who turned aggressive. Glad LDV doors seem to be stronger than mongolians!!

Tsetserleg, Mongolia

off road assault course to hot springs followed by a day horse trekking. Ben broke his balls while Emma rode the worlds 1st LPG horse!

Arvaikheer, Mongolia

Made it to Arvaikheer, despite our brakes failing due to a broken brake pipe and our exhaust breaking near the exhaust manifold. Need to hang around and try to get our exhaust welded tomorrow. We're all pleased to have finally reached tarmac roads which are reported to last all the way to Ulaan Bataar. With our exhaust fixed so we can hear ourselves think we hope the tarmac roads will be a smooth and pleasant end to our journey with NO MORE BREAKDOWNS!!

 

Bayanhongor, Mongolia

fixed fan only to encounter more problems with fuel supply. Seems ok now. Got lost in the desert but randomly found a river in the middle of nowhere where we finally got a wash! Emma managed to get the ambulance totally airbourne! Now treating ourselves to a decent meal in town.

Altay, China

road out of Khovd is a tyre graveyard. Very bumpy sand tracks. Our radiator fan smashed so we limped a long way through the night. Met other teams having lots of trouble too. Made it to Altai amazed our engine didn't melt or run out of fuel. Ambulance is a mobile sand pit! Not nice! @

Khovd, Mongolia

Two towns down now!! Complete lack of roads! Sand are the best - had great fun this morning going up and down the hills. Ben tensing up every time we came anywhere near a rock! Emma still managing to hit most of them. - correction avoid most thank you very much. No damage yet......... Engine going like a dream now we've fixed the fan - even made it up a hill at 40mph in 5th. Unheard of so far!!! Catching up with other rally teams alL the time. Debating the north road through the mountains or the south road through the Gobi desert. Scenery so far is amazing. Yesterday got flagged down by a local who let us play with his tame golden eagle he used for hunting foxes and wolves. It was massive!! Very cool too! Local kids have worked out how to stop us by standing in the middle of the 'road' giving us no option but to stop. They had better not try that on a steep hill!! Stocking up well on fuel now - our beast drinks the stuff, no hassle getting 92 octane but its not cheap here - 75p / litre!!!! Russia was only 35p.. Running low on pasta now at last. Good thing too, local food - goat and potatoes are really good. Still hoping to do some serious fishing though!! Not many days left now - we reckon roughly 13 days to Ulan Bataar - hope to make the final party on 4th September all being well. Thanks to all of our new sponsors!!

Bayan Olgii, Mongolia

In Mongolia! Stayed with a local family who helped us fix Doris & drank 5 bottles of Vodka with us. Today is not a good day! Going fishing!

Republic of Altai, Russian Federation

finally made it to the Russian/Mongol border, bbq'd 1/2 a cow & fed a load of mongol rally teams. Sat by fire very cold! 2054m above sea!

Biysk, Russian Federation

its taken 3 weeks but I've finally educated Niall & Emma to acknowledge that the Wurzels are far better than local radio. Good times!