We made it!!!

We are in Ulaanbaatar and totally exhausted. We'll write a proper update tomorrow.

We are in mongolia! After a long 8 hours wait in the blazing sun we crossed the russian border into mongolia near tsagaannurr. At the border we met loads of other rally teams which made a nice change. We also got a first taste of the road conditions here. It took us 4 hours to drive 100km! But the views are worth the hard work. The landscape is just breathtaking. We now head on and hope to outrun the rainy season.

After a very quite night in the sibirien forest we decided to venture a bit deeper into the forest and discovered a traditional sibirien village. In the village there were beautiful russian style timber houses, a water well in the centre, barking dogs and people that seem to never have seen foreigners before. This place seemed to have been centuries away from where we live. We will post a few pictures when we get the chance.

The same day we continued our journey towards Omsk. Omsk is a very bizarr place. Huge factories with tall samoking chimneys are scattered all over the place. It felt like driving into Mordor but we didn't find the Mount Doom to destroy the ring to save the world. Sorry! We will continue our quest.  read more »

We're just relaxing with a beer at the banks of the river volga. Today we left kazan, the capital of tatarstan, behind us. On the way we stopped for food and tea at a traditional bazar. Also, our dash board started smoking today due to a faulty switch. It stopped after a while. No real problems so far... Touch wood. It's another 2000km to novosibirsk from here. I think in one week we will cross the mongolian border.

We spent 2 great days in moscow. It's such an amazing place. Well worth a visit! Our hosts vasily and lisa were very kind to us. Thank you so much for your hospitality! We are now somewhere between nizhniy novgorod and kazan in the volga region. Haven't seen the mighty volga yet as we did most of th [Missing part 03]