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Rally write up is finished!! http://www.team-xtreme.info/

First puncture of the trip is in the Taxi to the Airport. Not a problem though as the flight is delayed 3 hrs. Great.

The car has been signed over to the powers that be. The Rally is over for us. Stay tuned for the write up at http://www.Team-Xtreme.info

Having drinks at The Steppe Inne. The bar inside the British Embassy compound.

Spending the day at the CNCF Ger camp. It's good to see the money we raised going to such a good cause.

Loads of new pictures up on http://www.team-xtreme.info/gallery.php

And Thanks to www.Ride-On-Uk.com for protecting our other two tyres from some ridiculous "roads".

Nearly 9000 miles including 1000 that were offroad in places a Skoda should never go. AND NO PUNCTURES!!!! Thanks to @Punctureseal.

Finished! 8953 miles and both us and the car are more or less in one piece.

50 miles to go! Just had to do a few miles offroad as the tarmac disappeared and managed to put a small hole in the sump. Add Oil leak t ...

We've started the last leg to Ulaanbaatar. 200 miles to go on a tarmac road. 90

Add indicators not working to the list of defects. Fuse repeatedly blowing. Morale high.

We're on Tarmac!!! Should be at the finish tomorrow sometime. Car holding up like a champ.

Engine held in by steel band and a ratchet strap. 1 rear spring broken. Everything covered in dust. 400 miles to go.

Passing Mongolian helped fix our sump. That was minor compared to broken engine mounting that happened at same time. Back in Khovd for r ...

Sump Vs Rock. Rock won. Removing sump and waking to town for repairs.

Camping by river in Khovd, Mongolia. 8 hrs to drive 150 miles. There is no tarmac outside of town. Car full of dust.

Heading out into the wilds of Mongolia. No signs, no roads.

After 24 hrs at the border we are in Mongolia. 7500 miles of driving behind us. In hotel in Olgii. 40 Rally cars hooning thru the desert ...

At the border. In the queue. Waiting...

Camped by a mountain river last night with the Kernow Pirates and had our 1st campfire of the trip. Now driving thru the beautiful Altay ...

About to leave Barnaul, Russia for the Mongolian border at Tashtanta. Sounds like there may be a bit of a queue.

All Rally teams have weird stories. But after tonight the contest is over. We win.

It seams other teams have a lot more stamped paperwork for Russia than we do. Could be a problem...

Once more with the Vodka and the 4:30am finish...

Load of new Rally pictures at http://www.team-xtreme.info/gallery.php

In Barnaul, Russia with Team Ulanbattered. Boutique hotel on the 14th storey. Beats the car compound we slept in last night.

Sleeping in a car compound somewhere in the first main town in Russia.

Lakeside camping in northern Kazakhstan on the way to Semey and the Russian border.

Fuel gauge can no longer be trusted. Not a huge problem. Camping in a field in Kazakhstan and it's beautiful.

On the road again after a few days rest in Almaty. Hope to be at the Mongolian border this time next week.

Camped out in the Marrone Rosso coffee shop in Almaty. Paying $5 for a coffee and phoning Barclays to tell them to stop blocking my card!!!

Still having some R&R in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Leaving tomorrow to head up north toward Russia.

Loads of new pics at http://www.team-xtreme.info/gallery.php

Kicking back in an Almaty coffee shop with part of Team Canadialand.

New blog at http://www.team-xtreme.info/blog.php

In Almaty. Crazy times. Had dinner with a very nice arms dealer last night.

Slow going 2day. Just spent about 2hrs driving around in circles due 2 closed roads or some such. Beginning 2 realise Russian phrase boo ...

Car now jacked up and is the business for these roads. Got exhaust welded up for free at random mechanics in the countryside. On road to ...

We're back on the updates! In Uzbekistan. Samarqand to be specific.

New blog post at http://www.Team-Xtreme.info/blog.php

Whole load of twitter updates never made it from Turkmenistan. Namely the one about being stuck in port with no water @jpyrek

In Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Having the car jacked up at a local mechanics. Also needs a bit of welding to the exhaust after knocking part ...

Change of plan. Now we're going to head up to Davarza and the gateway to hell. This multi-currency nonsence is doing our heads in!

In Ashgabat. Looking for a hotel for a much needed wash of body and clothes. +372-5999-1799

Still on the ferry. Looks like we won't be off until tomorrow. Boat is out of beer, soft drinks and water.

Still on the ferry. We can see Turkmenistan from the boat. We're just not going anywhere right now.

Just had our first police stop of the Rally. Tom gets a £12 speeding fine.

Spending the night in Zaqatala, Azerbaijan. Enjoyable border crossing from Georgia via the quieter northern crossing.

Managed to cross border to Georgia wearing a hammer & scycle T-Shirt. Oops. Hotel in Kutaisi for the night then through North Georgia to ...

A two hour border crossing, a couple of cow chicanes and we're rolling through Georgia.

Strange night in the hotel. On the road to Georgia now and we are now a 2 car convoy!

Near Trabzonç Turkey. New blog update at http://www.team-xtreme.info

Is this thing working?

New blog update at http://www.team-xtreme.info/blog.php

Staying at a half finished hotel on the coast road just before Trabzon.

Left Istanbul at 1pm. Camping on road from Ankara to Samsun.

Leaving Istanbul and heading towards Ezerum

Blindly ordered breakfast as there is no English menu. What will we get?

Leaving the campsite. Next stop Istanbul.

Stealth camping by a lake near Kazanluk, Bulgaria. Should be in Istanbul by lunch tomorrow.

Should be in Istanbul tomorrow. Any other teams near there and heading to Baku? +3725999179

Romania can kiss my ass! What a dump. In Bulgaria now and things are looking up.

The temperature has gone up and the petrol price has gone down. On the road to Bucherest.

Decide against layby and continue driving for another hour. Sleep in random field.

Bedding down in Romanian layby for a few hours. On the road to Deva.

Gypsies at Romanian border want 5 euros for washing car windows. What is this london?

Rick Astley on the radio in Hungry. Rickrolled!! Also just been overtaken by a crazy car transporter on a single track road.

Eating jelly beans and doing a late night drive to take advantage of empty hungarian roads. Be in bulgaria in the next hour or so.

Marshmallows purchased for photo challenge have turned into soup after being left in the car all day.

Bus tour of Budapest finished. Great city. Spot of lunch then back to the car.

Tom attempts to buy hat in Budapest but his massive head gets in the way.

Quick swim in the pool then figure out how 2 get the bus into Budapest. More importantly how 2 get the bus back 2 where we leaving the car.

Really should have put the tent up while it was still daylight...

In a campsite just outside of Budapest. Everything going according to plan. Going for a look round the city tomorrow then heading to Ist ...

New blog post at http://www.team-xtreme.info/blog.php and new pics in the gallery. #mongolrally

Putting the eating bowls in the roofrack seemed a good idea. Having spent 5 minutes cleaning dead bugs off I'm not so sure.

Campsite outside Budapest. About to go for a swim in the pool then catch up on some sleep.

Blue skies and clear roads. Team Xtreme roll into Hungary.

Hitting the road out of Prague. Aiming for Budapest.

Inter Team Xtreme fooseball challenge. Tom dominates.

In a hostel in Prague. Air con, beds, showers. Tough work this camping lark.

Left Klenova. Heading to Prague to see Matt.

At Klenova Castle for the Czech Out Party. Car running great.

Leaving the services. now working as a pack mule for the spirit of chuck norris.

Camping in services near Amberg with 5 other teams.

Ze Germans didn't like our roofrack so we couldn't lap the 'ring. Heading for Nurnberg services for the night.

Updated the BLog and added some launch day photos to the Gallery. http://www.team-xtreme.info/blog.php

After a good nights sleep it's raining again. So nothing to do but kick back and watch the MotoGP.

Staying the night with family near Koblenz. Bit of work to the car tomorrow and then to the 'ring.

On the E40. Headed for Germany and the Nurbergring.

At eurotunnel. About to leave for france.

At the Goodwood launch. A few hours until the off.

Launch day tomorrow. Last minute preparations afoot.

We have our passports back!!!

Testing Twitter updates on new team phone number.

Team Xtreme On-the-Road phone number now posted on the Website.

Roofrack finished. Unfortunately car is in Wales so will have to wait until this evening to fit.

All Visa'd up! Picking up passports tomorrow.

Back from Lincolnshire. Lost the trailer lighting/numberplate board somewhere on the motorway. Whoops.

Paint still attached to car. Driving back to london this morning.

Finished spraying. Car looks amazing. Convieniently its now raining.

In a barn in lincolnshire spraying the car.

This is obviously how the other half camp. Bit of a step up from the new forest. Pegs go in by hand!

Camping near Castle Donington. Testing out the gear for the Mongolia trip but more importantly...Trackday tomorrow!

Underlights fitted to one side of the car. Other side requires drillage. Roofbars/rack work suspended due to rain.

Chinese closed on way back from Pub. Gutted.

Roofbars sourced. Roof rack coming along nicely.

Operation Roofrack a success!

Operation Roofrack begins.

Wallet found.

Just seen a guidedog on the underground. Can a dog really read a tube map?

120 quid on vaccines. Great.

Xtreme Tom loses his wallet 11 days before we leave. Genius.

Long day, long day. Spent lots, achieved little...

2 tonne trolley jack for £7. Result!

Gave car a full service today. Oil, filter, transmission fluid, coolant and a few other bits and pieces. Pretty much ready to go now.

Had a look under the car. Fixin's for sump guard etc few and far between. Retired to beer garden.

Car returning to London in the morning. Can start pimping at long last.

One member of Team Xtreme heading back to the UK. Car will be driving around again...

Team Xtreme webmaster heading off to Middle East for work. Updates unlikely for next two months.

Wide angle lens for the video cam arrived today. So now we can film us all in the car at the same time & not just a closeup of someones head

We have challenged @pezz361356 to paint his car gold for the rally. He seems up for it but does he have the skillz?

Mongol Rally meeting going well. In the third pub now.

First batch of Team Xtreme stickers arrived today. Damn they look good!

Website sticker now on the car. Leaving the rest of the stickers until after the paint job.

Testing the live update on www.Team-Xtreme.info using the Twitter system. Need to see what a full length Tweet will look like on the site.

Testing the SMS posting of tweets.

Trying to print my own decals for the car. But printer not playing ball.

Back from an Airport run with the Rally Car. Everything still working.

Checking out www.Team-Xtreme.info

Signing up for a Twitter account