Posted in Mongolia on Aug 29th, 2010 No Comments »
originally posted at rally.roamgreen.org
Quick update: After several more hours wrestling Mongolian customs bureaucracy yesterday morning, we finally cleared at about 1pm and raced towards Ulaan Baatar. We entered the city at about 6pm, navigated this huge maze of traffic and finally arrived at the guesthouse Kim had arranged after 7pm.
We are finally all together [...]
Posted in Mongolia, Russia on Aug 28th, 2010 No Comments »
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Sheltered by a stand of trees, we didn’t quite wake up as the sun rose over the eastern shore of Lake Baikal this morning, but we were up and back on the road as early as we could muster after a full day of driving the day before. Driving along the [...]
Posted in Russia on Aug 27th, 2010 No Comments »
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When we first signed up for the Mongol Rally I never pictured myself riding a ski lift to the top of a mountain resort… not exactly the rally milieu. Then again many of my expectations for this trip have had to acquire flexibility enough to bend along the changing course of [...]
Posted in Greece, Mongolia, Turkey on Aug 27th, 2010 No Comments »
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Hello world! Yes, I am indeed alive and kicking, now in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It’s been 3 weeks since my passport with all my visas was stolen in Istanbul and with so many decisions to make and emotions to digest it’s taken me a while to feel ready to post.
After Amy, [...]
Posted in Kazakhstan, Russia on Aug 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
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The desert heat has given way to cold, windy Siberia. For the second night after crossing the Russian border, we are camping out in a field a few hundred meters off the main road with the cold wind nipping at the edges of our staked out tents, threatening to blow them [...]