Mongol Rally, 2009

I like the textures here.

At home in Kyrgystan

Achieving a maximum of about 40mph by this point but still plugging on.

It was such a joy to reach the colder temperatures up here, after what seemed like weeks in the dusty deserts of Kazakhstan. And then when the rain started, albeit a light, almost just in-the-clouds rain, it was bliss.

It looks like you're looking at hills, but this is soooo high already, they're really just the tips.

Yep. That horse (or at least her family) provided the milk...

That old lorry isn't "parked" — sadly we'd passed by before I could get a decent shot, but it's in use as a bridge! The animals walk into the back of the cargo area, cross the river it's *in*, and come out at the side of the lorry.

Well, it was for me. For reasons not to be gone into here, but essentially regarding differences in desire amongst the team... and time available... and personal issues for me and for others... and my desire not to be rushing headlong past everything, missing it all, this is just about the last shot I took before flying home from Bishkek. Next year, with TEAM AWESOME, i.e. John, and hopefully the Vagabonds, the Khans, the Danes, and others, if they can be persuaded to do it again... or perhaps it'll be the Rickshaw Run... but in any event, that's your lot for photos for now.