Phone Update
The roads got worse!!! We did 336 km which took 11 hours driving. Luckily we only rattled a few bolts loose and fortunately the springs held together. We became bogged once after we were forced into the gutter by a lunatic nomadic truck driver!
For the last few days the scenery has been the most amazing scenery I have ever seen.. We have climbed mountain passes 8,500 high. All the towns in Mongolia have beautiful coloured roofs – red and green… and the towns are tidy unlike the towns we say in UB. We can see the nomads packing up and moving out of the high country as winter approaches. As arduous as the driving has been the trip is absolutely amazing. I’d love to come back and do it a slower pace so I wasn’t so exhausted. We’re nursing the front springs for another couple of days and a new set is being flown in for us to get in a couple of days.
We are holding on to the lead…grimly.