Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Our last night here. Sadly our old convoy has not made it in as of yet. Last report was they had 1000 km to go and were only making 280 km a day. At that rate late Friday or Saturday. I hope they are well and make it in safe. We are off to China in the morning, another week another country. We'll post pics when we are back. Thanks for coming along.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
We emptied the truck last night and have the keys to the lads with Adventures for Development. They were moving it to a secure garage. Our little truck is very valueable here and will be given directly to one of the charities, once they clean it up and put proper suspension in place of the improvised "repair" that got us here. More later.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
We made it!! Spring snapped last 200 k before town. "Fixed'with rolled up camp mat and gorilla tape. Big party tomorrow night. Off to China in a few days and home on the 9 th. After 2 months home will seem strange i'm sure.
Selenge, Mongolia
after a rather expedient 7 hour border crossing, we're headed south and will be in UB midday tomorrow!
Irkutsk, Russian Federation
lost, yet again, in a russian city. Hope to gtfo soon. Trying to get to ulan ude and onto the border by friday.
Autonomous district of Yamalia, Russian Federation
Split from our merry band of misfits last night. Headed to northern border. Russian roads are good so far and we are able to cover more ground on our own. Hope to see our friends in UB.@
Semey, Kazakhstan
Made it to border at 4 PM now waiting to get out and enter Russia. Could be several hours.Teams have reported 36 hours at Mongolian border. We are entering at wrong border so we could be there a while. @
Semey, Kazakhstan
racing roi the border after staying the night at what was later discovered to be a brothel. Another great decision made by our groupmates. Good one guys. It's almost like it happened before...weird...
Karagandy, Kazakhstan
another day, another few thousand thengi. After yet another spring busted we realized our chassis was cracked. So after a shoddy weld job, a run in with some punk ass kids, and another spare tire we made it out and are currently moving in a forward direction...sorta...
Terekty, Kazakhstan
finally making headway noticed rattling, second spring snapped. After closer look frame of truck is busted, found local welder to weld strap across break. Should get up moving but chances of making it to UB getting slimmer.running out of time and funds went negative 2 weeks ago. Flight home is 3 countries and thousands of miles away.