On the 24th July this year, Darren and Dave Evans are setting off, from near London, in a 1.2 litre Fiesta with no support or back up, on an epic adventure. The goal is Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, 4 weeks and 10,000 miles later.......

We're Team 'Keep Khan and Carry On' and we're going on the Mongol Rally!!

........A third of the way around the earth, from Europe to Mongolia via a plethora of countries most people haven't heard of in a car that has an engine big enough to power a nippy lawn mower! Starting from London, the rally finishes in the Mongolian capital Ulaan Baatar a whole heap of adventure later. This is exactly that, an adventure, not a cosy guided driving tour, so the world is pretty much our oyster - no set route, no real check points until we arrive and very few home comforts!

 Imagine us in the middle of the gargantuan Kazakhstan desert, our Fiesta slowly being shredded by a dirt track (which our map says is a motorway) completely lost hundreds of miles from civilisation with no back up crew to rescue us. Just us, our wits, a car that the laws of physics say shouldn't have got us past Germany and a slightly angry looking man with a gun! Bring it on!

 Why on earth are we doing this? Well, the Mongol Rally is about adventure, but more importantly, it's also about raising huge sacks of cash for charity. Each team coming on the Rally raises a minimum of £1000 for the Rally charities, but we hope to raise much much more than that! So yes, we will be coming your way for sponsorship!!

 Check out our website and please please please, give us some cash!!!

Dave and Darren

Bayannur, Mongolia

We are in a town called Bayanoor in southern Mongolia. Got transport to UB. Been on the road for 10 hours. Went through some serio ** some text is missing **

Bayan Olgii, Mongolia

in gobi desert. No real road. Very hard going. The rocket is dying, not sure she'll make UB...

Bayan Olgii, Mongolia

we made Mongolia! Amazing country. We were immediately invited into a Mongolian family home were we spent the night. The people are awesome and the landscape spectacular...

Onwards. This country is vast. There has been a definite change when we talk to people though....it used to be 'look how far you have to go'.......now it's much more 'wow look how far you've come' ...

Onwards. This country is vast. There has been a definite change when we talk to people though....it used to be 'look how far you have to go'.......now it's much more 'wow look how far you've come'

West Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

made it over the border in the middle of the night. Great crossing, the guards were really interested in what we were doing. Few hours sleep in the car, now we're heading into Uralsk for some food..

Samara, Russian Federation

long day driving yesterday but made it down through Russia to a truck stop near Samara. Hopefully make the Kazakhstan border today...

Province of Ryazan, Russian Federation

we're driving through heavy smog / smoke in Russia. You may have seen there have been serious fires on the regions south of Moscow. I've never experienced smog like it. It's like breathing in a bonfire continuously. Oh well, we'll see how it goes...

Tula, Russian Federation

made it through Moscow. Couple of hours south now in a small town. Getting some stuff from shops then hopefully heading south. We've hooked up with another team for a couple of days from Australia. They've got car trouble so their car is in a garage. We'll see how long it's going to take to fix before we head off....

Velikiye Luki, Russian Federation

only a couple of hours west of Moscow now, so we'll be heading there first thing...

Velikiye Luki, Russian Federation

wow what a couple of days! Entered Russia after more than 5 hours at border control and headed south east into Pskov. Roads were terrible and to honest, they continue to be poor!

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