Saturday 29th July - Ferry come, ferry go
We packed our car in the super humid weather of Baku. It was only 9:30am but we were already dripping in sweat. The plan for today was to...
Friday 28th July - Hello Baku
We woke up to a nice breakfast in the garden terrace of our hotel. James and Patrick got up quite late, both boys were completely...
Thursday 27th July - The long wait for Georgia
The two teams we'd convoyed with the day before decided to leave early in the morning so we said goodbye to them. No matter how hard we...
Wednesday 26th July - The most beautiful view on earth & the dodgy Turkish man.
The hot air balloon ride over the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia is worth. Every. Little. Penny. You. Pay. Even if you don't have any money...
Tuesday 25th July - Tunnels and cave churches
We made it to our first rest day! In the words of Oliver Twist, 'who will buy this wonderful morning?!' We all had a wonderful sleep in...
Monday 24th July - Turkey's Roman spa city
Pamukkale- Turkey's 1000 year old ancient version of Wet n Wild. The intense white glare of the cliff leaves you constantly blinded but...
Sunday 23rd July - The Anzac Legend
Haylee and Natalie were woken at 5am by the nearby mosque blasting prayers over their speakers. James and Patrick fortunately sleep like...
Saturday 22nd July - Bee stings and borders
You know you're on the Mongol Rally when you read the estimate on the gps and think, '6.5hrs isn't that far, it will go by quick'. Today...
Friday 21st July - The fork in the road
Today's plan was to reach the Transfăgărășan, a road made famous on Topgear. Sorry to be the bearer of bad rally news but we didn't make...
Thursday 20th July - Romanian tyres for Miss Panda
Once again, we are blitzing through Europe! Quite a shame we couldn't explore Budapest but this isn't that sort of trip. We've signed up...