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410/2011

Mongol Rally [3]: Russia

And we’re in Russia, another positive surprise of the Mongol Rally adventure. Places we went through were mostly very well developed, roads really good and petrol stations just… well, normal. As we found out later in the trip that’s not always the case :) Russians are very proud of their country and its history and you can see it everywhere. Oh, if you ever go there, even basic few sentences in Russian come very handy and they really appreciate you trying, especially if you’re from Australia.

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2909/2011

Mongol Rally [2]: Ukraine

Another country from our Mongol Rally adventure and the first one we were warned about by previous year’s rally teams and by people from Poland (that seems to be the norm by the way, everyone tells you bad stuff about the neighbouring country): Ukraine. Fortunately we were positively surprised and had a really good time there. We did however stick to main roads and big cities and comparing our experiences with other teams that didn’t do so it seems like that was the right idea.

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2509/2011

Mongol Rally [1]: Czech Republic and Poland

Time for few more shots from this year’s Mongol Rally and we’re going to start with Czech Republic and Poland. Early days of the rally, we were still travelling on our own and as you can imagine we went to visit some friends and family in Poland. I even managed to visit the village my grandad was born in and meet his friends and neighbours! But let’s go back to the rally.

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2009/2011

Prague

Before we get on the Mongol Rally route let’s go to Prague when we were still very much in a “normal tourist” mode. We got to spend a very nice weekend there enjoying cheap beers and for most time nice weather. If you don’t mind crowds of tourists, come for a stroll.