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Over the last few weeks the lads have driven from the finish line in Ulan-Ude, Russia all the way west to Moscow, visiting cities along the way which still resembled the Soviet Union, with many old Soviet buildings and communist monuments.
They have done it and made it to the Mongol Rally 2018 finish line in Ulan-Ude, Russia. A total of 11,000 miles and 23 countries visited.
The lads are so grateful of the support Toyota Reading has given throughout the rally, as well as donating the car for them to use. They have raised a total of £4,000 for three great charities, The Nathan Tomkins Trust, The Emily Jordan Foundation and Cool Earth.
Now begins the long 8,000-mile return journey through a further 7 countries and back to Reading where it all began.
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After a gruelling near month long trip the boys have made it to Ulaanbaatar - the capital of Mongolia and the goal of their trip!
The final stretch was really as the middle of Mongolia has a stretch of around 300km with no roads, just dirt tracks that are a nightmare, particularly in a small car.
On Saturday morning they hit a boulder which set the air bags off, smashing the windscreen and bent the sub frame.
A long 2/3 days for the lads remain. 2 nights of wild camping in minus conditions has left them a bit worse for wear.
They crossed into Mongolia yesterday morning. The roads have been very mixed - Mongolia until last year had very few paved roads. Since 2017 they have embarked on a massive road building program. The roads are not open yet and are currently road blocked.
They spent most of the last 2 days dismantling roadblocks to drive on the new roads to try and keep the Yaris safe - this hasn't always gone to plan!
The journey continues as the lads are currently sat in Barnaul, Russia grabbing some food before heading to Bisyk where they have got a hotel booked. They headed north out of Almaty on Friday and to reach the northern Russian border took 3 days of long drives with awful road conditions.
The lads had a massive drive on Wednesday of around 900km from Sary Tash in the south of Kyrgyzstan to Bishkek in the North. A few wrong turnings were taken, and they were pulled over by a police officer who tried his luck to make up an excuse to get them to pay him $100... luckily, he gave up quickly!!!
The plan for Thursday was to head to Almaty the capital of Kazakhstan and then to have a rest day there on Friday to get the car attended too after it's battering over the last 10 days as well as recover themselves.
The journey continues as Rupert and his merry men have left Dushanbe (the capital of Tajikistan) on Saturday morning to complete the Pamir Highway.
Although, nothing could have prepared them, or the car for the battering it got. Around 1000km long, the Highway is mostly unpaved with rocks every few meters which look like they're waiting to rip the sump out.
It's taken them 4 days of 16 hour driving to get is to the end of the Highway in Kygystan. The Highway mostly hugs the Afghanistan border for most of the way which was exciting but also a little nerve racking!!
It's been a busy few days for the lads having entered Turkmenistan on Sunday morning. Being the world’s third most repressive dictatorship, they were not too sure what to expect as the country only gets around 7,000 foreign tourists a year of which most are from Iran.
They spent a night in Ashgabat which is a bizarre place. Despite the rest of the country being a bit grim, Ashgabat is spotless and contains the highest concentration of white marble buildings of any city in the world!