We’ve made it to Mongolia!
Written by Linda on August 15, 2008 – 3:20 am -We’re in Gobi-Altai region, will be in UlaanBaatar in about 4 days (hopefully). So far we had 4 punctures in Mongolia (and that in less than 24 hours), we’ve been lost in the Altai mountains, we lost break function on our car yeterday (fixed now, yay) and we knocked our horn off the underside of the car… Mongolian roads are baaaad.
Pictures to follow when we find a some speedier internet.
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Greetings from Amsterdam!
Written by chrisr on July 19, 2008 – 2:31 pm -A slight detour, not entirely sure how we decided to go here, but it envovled being tired, cranky and exhaused after trying, unsuccessfully, to sleep in the car somewhere in Donquerque. The decision was made to get the hell out of France as soon as possible, and after having some very sweet waffles with banana, chocolate and cream in Brussles for breakfast, we headed towards the Netherlands. A sign said Amsterdam and the rest is history!
We drove around the ringroad until I spotted a camping sign. 2 hours later we found the place by foot, and paid a small fee for staying 2 days, plus an extortionate amount in tax.
Internet cafes here seem non-existant but we eventually found wifi in a mcdonalds, which justifies me carying this brick all day, kinda!
Next we’re heading to Nuremburg for the night, about 420 miles or 6 hours continous driving, it won’t be long before we’ll be doing less than half of that on a good day!
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Launch Day!
Written by Chris on July 17, 2008 – 11:19 am -The time has finally come - at 10pm tonight we shall be boarding the ferry to France and our adventure shall begin. Final preparations have been frantic - at least for Chris our chief mechanic, but we’re keen to go.
Pictures and updates from the road soon!
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Not Yet a Triumph!
Written by Chris on February 6, 2008 – 11:30 am -In July 2008 we will be driving from Coventry to Mongolia in the Mongolia Rally. That’s 10,000 miles - across 18 countries, 3 mountain ranges and along some of the world’s worst roads and it should raise a bucketload for charity!
You can read all about us using the links at the top of the page. On the right you can learn about the charities and by donating you will help us reach our goal of raising £1000 for each charity. All the money donated goes straight to our chosen charities and will be very appreciated.
This is our noble steed (a 1970 Triumph Herald 13/60):
Latest News (6/2/08):
We have a stand at the Triumph Show & Spares Day on the 10th of February, where we shall be raising money for our charities. See you there!
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