It's apparent from scanning down the page that updates to old faithful STTR are somewhat infrequent these days, even by my standards. What can I say, it turns out this whole rally planning malarkey is proving somewhat time consuming.

the major stresses at the moment are regarding visa applications - I never realised that completing two sheets of paper correctly would be so difficult or have so ...

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Woooaaahhhhh! We're halfway there.....!

Not to Mongolia, obviously. That would see us somewhere in Kazakhstan.

Nope, where we are is pretty much just as exciting - a chunky donation from Colin yesterday took us through the magical £500 mark and meant that I could finally break into some classic Bon Jovi. It also gives me the perfect excuse to post the video - a benchmark of wacky, hair-related antics and no mistake....

Thanks to ...

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more route planning

This Mongolian driving looks to be a piece of piss! Check out Google's directions... at least it appears that there is absolutely no chance of us getting lost. Mind you, roundabouts can be confusing...

Route planning

We finally got the ball rolling on our visa applications tonight, sending fof the required info to apply for Letters of Invitation to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In what I think is a hangover from the former Soviet days, many tourists need to be "invited" to visit by someone in the country - no rocking up on the border and milling about aimlessly once inside. In reality, the process has become ...

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We can do it too! With Kangoo

We have wheels! And a dashboard! And seats! And.....well, you get the picture...

We received official confirmation from Mongolia today that our vehicle has been approved! On July 10th, we will purr out of Highbury fields in a pretty dang sexy little white Renault Kangoo van. It's a veritable young pup of a thing - only emerging, blinking, into the world in late 2002 and currently almost as ...

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