This is HELL!

Bastard-Freezing in the Gobi on our bikes. Using them as a windbreak. It's minus 10 degrees. Toby curls up on the desert floor - bloody frozen!

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From HELL to HEAVEN in 15 Miles

November 2nd 2006
Day 153, 31st October 40 miles south of Ulaan Uul - 10 miles north of Zamynn Uud A storm from hell blew up last night and there was snow in with the rain. We woke up on our patch of desert to a freezing cold morning with the ice-cold wind howling mercilessly from the north. We need to get out of here quick, into China and off the Mongolian plateau before we end up like the very bleached-ca ... read more

Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert

The Mongols gained fame in the 13th century when under Chinggis KHAN they conquered a huge Eurasian empire. After his death the empire was divided into several powerful Mongol states, but these broke apart in the 14th century. The Mongols eventually ... ... read more

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