London to Mongolia Rally 2008

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the triumphant kippers

WE MADE IT!!

12:49 - 08/08/2008

wow!

can hardly believe we did it, we are in UB as you can see.

flight tomorrow morning.

phew. what a mission. the whole thing is a blur in my head - i would not add or take away anything tho, it has been totally epic.

checked into a swanky hotel last night, ate a well nice steak or two, had the best shower in 5 weeks... what a laugh.

just did all the paperwork for the truck with the charity guys.

that is it. we are just a pair of backpackers waiting for our flight now.

UB is pretty cool. our last night camping was a blinder, had a fat fire and a good meal...

thanks very much to everyone for following our kippering, thanks for the comments. you are awesome! i will try to sort through some photos in the next week and get them on the site, so if you are interested then check back next weekend.

loads of love to everyone everywhere, yeehah! we made it! in our battered five hundred quid car! woohooo!

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paul & nick

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09:52 - 04/08/2008

tracker down, tracker down... The roof rack pretty much flew off today, taking out the tracker. Should be back online and looking good soon though! x

paul & nick

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02:35 - 04/08/2008

happy birthday 2 me, yeah! Heading 2 sum hot springs 2 chill 4 2day, within 2 days of ub now, busted new shocks - doh! Must put old 1s bak on... L8r x n

paul & nick

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04:18 - 03/08/2008

crossed mongol altai mountains, saw 20k yr old cave paintings, drove thru rivers, amazing eclipse, crossed back, mental mountain pass. On road 2 u

paul & nick

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11:54 - 02/08/2008

we are alive! Amazing solar eclipse, mountains, camels. Totally insane roads. Truck is getting battered. Nicks phone smashed. Too much pasta!x

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10:46 - 27/07/2008

sainbainoo! (hello) - attempts 2 speak mongolian cracking up the locals. Damn hot, no rafting here, kippering plenty tho, bayaarlaa xn

paul & nick

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06:26 - 27/07/2008

another amazing camping spot last nite, miles from anywhere, so many stars. 3000m mountain pass yesterday, 2day Hovd looking out 4 white water rafting..!

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05:37 - 26/07/2008

having troubles with ie7 seeing the map, if u r 2 try firefox! L8r

nick & paul

we made it to mongolia

62: - 25/07/2008

yeehah! well, we were a little unsure we could make it this far but here we are!

totally amazing country. we spent two hours this afternoon getting a tyre fixed and met loads of people. the vibe here is really good, people are interested in us and smiley but no one trying to sell you shit all the time or hassling you...

the driving has been pretty demanding and is likely to get a lot harder soon. spent three hours this morning criss crossing a rocky expanse wqith snow capped mountains in the background.

there are no roads or road signs. places do not have place names on sticks. our only hope is talking to people, and that is just a confusing.

this is going to be one crazy drive east from here...

yeeeeeehaaaah!

paul & nick

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05:55 - 25/07/2008

mongolia! No roads, no signs. Tyre tracks crossing vast expanse. Nav by compass & distant mountains. This is truly wild country. Epic. Found Olgi! Cool!

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