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Heaven is a Hilux
We wondered if we were being optimistic when we originally tag-lined this site - given that we didn't know if
Meet Giles
Meet Giles, a 2013, 3.0L D4D, automatic Toyota Hilux SR5. Bought as Mike's commuter vehicle for 70km a day, as
The Waiting Game
On March 26th we packed Giles into a container and closed and bolted the door. This was not quite as
Freeeee!!!!
We made it! And more impressively, all our kit made it too! We arrived at Beijing Capital Airport in the
One Wall to Trump them all
Thanks to the amazing, determined but eternally polite Yingchu both ourselves and Giles were road legal within 12 hours of
Monumental Mayhem
Twenty four million people live in Beijing, and we reckon we were pushed and shoved by, waved and smiled at,
Jurassic Parked
Having made it to the border town of Erenhot we were keen to get out into the wilds of Mongolia,
Chopsticks and Toothpicks
We have been totally enthralled by China - it's history, monuments and people (especially the kids who are usually agape
Ready, steady, GOBI!
Those of you who've been watching the map will have seen we made it into Mongolia! Having received a message
Desert Ice
Our camp site for the night was at the entrance to one of the area's ice canyons at Dugany Am.