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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018   
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"Filmmaker Milo Zanecchia spent 90 days traveling from Switzerland to Mongolia in a Land Rover Defender and a Toyota Land Cruiser, and documented the entire journey. Latitude 45 - Switzerland to Mongolia is an incredible look at the trip, filled with stunning visuals from the 11 countries the team visited along the way, that gets at the true meaning of overlanding."
I'm guessing there's more if you follow the links... http://www.outsideonline.com/2057421/overl...d-mongolia[/img] |
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26th Feb 2016 10:17am |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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what a great website
 My 109 thread
my youtube channel |
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26th Feb 2016 10:48am |
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| Phil VM2.5 Member Since: 28 Mar 2012 Location: Limelette Posts: 196  
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Hi,
Very nice ! Thanks Phil current : defender 110 sw 2.2 puma 2012 and 230.000km today and again my Range Rover VM2.5 engine from 1992 and 528.000km today. One ten 1988 to 1992 1987 BMW GS80 One Ten from 1984 to 1987 One Ten from 1983 to 1984 Serie 3 109 from 1980 to 1983 from 1974 Jeep CJ3B and CJ6 |
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26th Feb 2016 11:13am |
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| camelman Member Since: 27 Feb 2013 Location: Peak District Posts: 3372
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or you could do it yourself and raise some cash for charity!
http://www.theadventurists.com/mongol-rally/  |
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26th Feb 2016 12:04pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971 
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If you're thinking of driving to Mongolia (it's great) and want to support a charity I would suggest these guys: http://www.charityrallies.org/ - unlike "The Adventurists" the aim is to take useful vehicles, not line anyone's pockets apart from whatever charity you choose to support, you don't have a set route or local support in each country... much better
I went with a couple of friends in 2013 in an LDV Convoy minibus and had a great time. One rather memorable occasion in Kazakhstan, we'd got a map and it showed roads all the way from our border entry to the exit. The tracks got worse and worse, eventually we saw a small village ahead of us. Pulling in to ask for directions, via sign language at fist until they found a young girl who could translate, one of the guys there said he was going the direction we were headed and we could follow him, but we'd have to wait until after they'd had tea. Got invited in for tea which was rather jolly and got chatting (via sign language) with a chap next to me. Chap goes "Have you got a shotgun?" "No". Concerned expression. "Have you got 4 wheel drive?" "No". Very concerned expression. "Have you got lots of ground clearance?" "Not really". "Hmm. You're not going that way then". "But our maps say there's a road?". "Yes, but you still can't go that way, go back to Russia, the roads are much better there". So after tea we turned round and had about 4 villagers along for the ride back to the town. That was handy as they knew where to turn off the road to avoid the corrugations and where to go back on it again. Then we got to the town, and were happily driving along, ignoring the car behind us hooting its horn (usually just means "I'm about to overtake, don't swerve round that pothole") when a couple of cars swoop in front, another behind and we get boxed in. Uh oh... But then a load of police get out of the cars, and a police van and pickup turn up, also blocking us in. We'd accidentally been in a police chase in an LDV minibus half way across the town  Thankfully we had the locals with us still, one of whom could speak English. What we'd have done without her I don't know, but she was brilliant, managed to sort the police out and then gave us her mobile number in case we got in a muddle again. |
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26th Feb 2016 1:10pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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Seem to recall that the British Embassy in Ulaanbaatar ran a fleet of white Defenders, but that was, cough, maybe 30 years ago? Used to send one down to the train station to deliver/collect the mail from the Trans Siberian. |
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26th Feb 2016 2:05pm |
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| wyvern Member Since: 13 Dec 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2107 
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I worked in the middle of the Gobi for an Oil company in Mongolia and had a few visitors at the camp ... once we had the Camel Rally team turn up on a recon for breakfast and then John Mann wandered in one night researching his book.... I took him all over the area in my Russian 4x4 ambulance for a couple of days - it was great off road and never got me stuck, unlike the Nissan patrol that the drill crew managed to regularly get stuck I used to see the brit embassy defenders when traveling though UB - made a change from the Russian 4x4s. (maybe saw you there Supercat!!) Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html
Elgar -TDCI(Puma) 110XS Dormobile - now sold Devon & Cornwall 4x4 Response - DC126 |
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26th Feb 2016 7:37pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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I'm upset now - you never waved.
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26th Feb 2016 7:56pm |
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| camelman Member Since: 27 Feb 2013 Location: Peak District Posts: 3372
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The British Embassy had moved on to Toyota Camry's by the time I turned up there.
I was with Raleigh and we ran a couple of white 110's. The Russian ambulances and Uaz jeeps were great as long as you bought an old one. We made the mistake of buying a new one which hadn't had the 10 years or so needed to sort all the problems out |
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26th Feb 2016 10:49pm |
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