Midweek brought yet another departure of a teammate, this time Caroline Wheeler. We celebrated one last time together at the Chinggis Brewery, downing far too many of their big draft beers while we recounted our favorite stories from the road. Caroline has been such an...
Lived it up for a couple of days at the posh Chingghis Khan hotel, site of the finish line, as we reveled in soft beds, hot showers, and cold beer. It was great to get to see other teams come in as we cheered them...
Here are all of our finish line Dixie Chickens: from left Sarita Mehra, Stefano de Luigi, Will Houtz, Caroline Wheeler, Pietro Grossi, Tommy Schultz, Chris Garbacz, Sarah, and Don! Not with us at the end but with us in spirit: Jan Monaghan, Dave Edwards, Amy...
Destination: Ulan Bataar Aug 15 Many months ago when Will and I sat at our kitchen table plotting various routes and distances, we set Aug 15 as the day we would arrive in UB. And now that day has come, 33 days from our UK departure...
We spent four hours crossing from Russia to Mongolia this morning, most of it spent with the Russians, who were mad that their counterparts in the hinterlands didn't give us the proper customs document when we came into the country. Sarita and Don waited patiently...
Soon come: Crossing into Mongolia Early start to our goodbye to Baikal and nice cool weather and bright sun to set us on a course for Ulan Ude and the Mongol border. Our travels took us all along the southern shore of the inland sea, making...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]-the largest freshwater lake in the world Aug 11-13 Ah so nice to relax for a full day and two nights at a lakeside campground in Baikal. We stopped at a supermarket in Irkusk before driving the winding mountain roads along the lakeshore, so we were...
We were complaining about the poor road conditions earlier this morning, so karma decided to punish us with a turn to gravel from asphalt. Yep, the main highway connecting southern and central Siberia is only paved about half of the time. A long day, but thanks...
The small town of Kemarova boasted free wifi in the public squares and a huge variety of random statues, but we had a fruitless search for the hotel listed on the Internet booking site. However, while a few of us were out wandering in search...
August 7-8 We had a restorative breakfast after "sleeping" on the bus last night. Good eggs, sausage, and toast plus wonderful coffee, then finding the eclectic Hotel Barnaul to stay for a much needed hotel night before setting out north along what we hope are better...