Category Archives: Preparing for Mongolia!

This was definitely one of the low points in the trip. I talked about this. It’s when the soup fell in the ground…. We bought a table and chairs after this camping attempt.

The first real setback – driving at night without headlamps… Luckily we found a nice Romanian gas station employee, Florin, who helped us out!

Sadly, our Puntito is beyond repair. After an open heart surgery, this is what we found: This is it’s replacement: Will we ever make it? Who knows!

The Puntito sounded like hell, and Vogel was driving it as best as he could. The engine kept sounding worse and worse, and all the proud feelings of patching up the car in the middle of the Pamirs were quickly … Continue reading →

… it’s been really, really, hard. I’m not sure if I could ever find the right words for Murgab, but spending 6 days there really tested everything from our patience to our sanity. Having flies wake us up, being swept … Continue reading →

This update needs to be brief. I had to buy petrol to power up a generator in order to set up a satellite link with the internet. We’re pretty much in the middle of nowhere, in Murgab, Tajikistan. It’s pretty … Continue reading →