Ullangom.

We arrived home safely late yesterday afternoon after an eventful journey. Despite some of the bad press about Miat Airlines we really had no choice but to fly with them to Beijing. The flight over the mountainous regions of Mongolia was turbulent; I managed to keep my anxiety under control (but only just). Carole and Jen were so tired they were asleep almost instantly- lucky devils!  read more »

Ulaanbaatar!!! Woohoo! We've all safely reached our destination and arrived in UB this morning at 10am local time. We're heading to the airport first to book flights, then into the city to check into a hotel then maybe off to handover the car if there's time today, otherwise tomorrow morning. We'd like to say a massive thanks to all our pinkie supporters who've been texting us the whole way and helping to keep morale up. Also a massive thanks to our families, friends and sponsors who have all had faith in our ability to complete the journey. Finally, a great big thanks, hugs and much love to our convoy buddies: Lo, Tom and Toby. We'll never look at a game of 21s in the same light again! Love you guys and your tins of mystery meat and crunchy noodles!! lou, carole and jen. Xxx

Hahorin. Realised this morning we were just yards from the lake, so we're still on track after all. Reached tsetserleg after lunch; no chance of finding the hot spring though, it's somewhere on a hillside and that's all the info we had! Washed our hair in a river this afternoon; no water's cold enough to stop the pinkies in their quest for clean hair! Roads were pretty diabolical today. We're getting desperate to drive on a decent stretch of tarmac. May reach UB late tomorrow, otherwise early Thursday to give us time to hand over our beloved disco and book our flights home. Sitting round the camp fire now, after dinner, hoping the black clouds overhead hold. Still, it can't be 30 degrees plus every day! lou, carole and jen. XX

Tsahir. Left lake telmen very late as the boys can't take their vodka and had to be woken at 10! The pinkies were all packed and ready to go having had a cooked breakfast of course! Had a spot of aggro in tosontsengel from a drunken local trying to fleece the boys; got away in the end with help from a friendly local. Travelled through stunning scenery, very alpine looking but slow going. That coupled with the late start meant we didn't quite make our destination. Had a total electrics failure for the last few hours; no heater, windows wide open, no lights, no wipers, no music. Boys thought it was a problem with the alternator, only to find after setting up camp that it just needed to be turned off and on again!  read more »

Ullangom. Reached the hot springs late this evening after an eventful journey. Took track from ullangom, crossing numerous dry river beds and crossing one river. Severe thunderstorms were over the mountains nearby; crossed another dry river bed, 2 seconds after which a 7 foot high flash flood (which the boys immediately ahead had seen but carole and I hadn't) surged through the river bed we'd barely cleared. Looking back at the suddenness and ferocity of the surge it was shocking to comprehend how close we'd come to being swept away. As a result of the flooded tracks we were very late reaching todays destination and had to decline an offer from a monholian family to camp by their Ger and share a drink. Us pinkies are all gutted.  read more »