16 August

N48 57.832E089 58.315 Olgiy, Mongolia! 16August

Yesterday I pulled up to the MG border and met 3 teams from the Mongol Rally, we got along and decided to convoy.
Thankfully they also agreed to carry my equipment to make the bike lighter!
The ride into the country was awesome, absolutely no roads, loose gravel and me on road tyres, the back tyre bald from the ride across a good chunk of the globe to get here.
It was quite an experience and I had one or two 'moments' but nothing too serious and I did drop the bike!
The corrigations were so bad I wondered if the bike would shake itself to death!!
There was also a massive hill climb where the cars were struggling to make it up with the loose rocks and gravel.
One car ripped its exhaust clean off and all vehicles were struggling with the altitude.
We arrived at the first town to look for fuel but it was only 80 octane so we decided to push on the next town to look for better quality fuel.
At the next town better quality fuel couldn't be found so we all filled up with 80 octane and looked for a camping spot as it was getting late.
A suitable spot was found and a camp fire was made and vodka was drunk in celebration of our arrival into MG.
The next morning whilst doing routine checks it was discovered that 1 car had a blown head gasket, another had smashed their shock through their car and snapped a spring in 3 places and I had broken my sub frame again!
So we headed back to town to find a garage.
A garage was found and repair prices were agreed and a swarm of men began working on our vehicles.