At the end of August, after 5 weeks of driving in the worst terrains I've ever encountered, we arrived in Ulaanbaatar, 96th across the line, although not many teams arriving before us actually finished with their car. Our car was pretty battered, but nevertheless was there and ready to go to auction, or however AFDM (Adventures For Development Mongolia) want to use it. Both Olly and I were in good spirits throughout and really enjoyed a few days of reminiscing on adventures with the other teams that crossed the line during that period.
Since the rally, I’ve flown from Ulaanbaatar to Berlin to London, and from London to Lisbon to Fortaleza where I spent 2 weeks with my girlfriend and also had an amazingly cultured and out of this world experience- as if Mongolia wasn’t enough! I was then due to meet the ship in Uruguay- but the stop was cancelled, so I then flew from Fortaleza to Lisbon to London, and the next day from Brize Norton to Ascension Island- and eventually after a 16 hour delay, to the Falkland Islands. In total, during this summer leave period while I have been away from work, I have travelled over 32,000 miles, so I am quite glad to be settling down with the ship in the Falklands.
Since the rally, I’ve flown from Ulaanbaatar to Berlin to London, and from London to Lisbon to Fortaleza where I spent 2 weeks with my girlfriend and also had an amazingly cultured and out of this world experience- as if Mongolia wasn’t enough! I was then due to meet the ship in Uruguay- but the stop was cancelled, so I then flew from Fortaleza to Lisbon to London, and the next day from Brize Norton to Ascension Island- and eventually after a 16 hour delay, to the Falkland Islands. In total, during this summer leave period while I have been away from work, I have travelled over 32,000 miles, so I am quite glad to be settling down with the ship in the Falklands.
The trip down from Brize Norton gave me a great view of Tenerife- I managed to get his photo looking out the window.
