Six Star Magazine Six Star Magazine Spring 2015 | Page 18

There were countless

rivers to cross and the most unforgiving terrain
requiring ridiculously slow speeds.

looks down the rocky cliffs

the team finally crossed the

above the river that divides

Mongolian border from western

Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

Russia. But the rally was far

While navigating this rocky

from over. With over 2,000

and gravity-defying road, a

km yet to before the finish line,

punctured tire would almost

they knew that this final leg

bring their rally efforts to a

would be the most challenging.

crushing end. What followed

There were countless rivers to

were long, slow days of

cross and the most unforgiving

driving with their temporary

terrain that required

spare that would eventually be

ridiculously slow speeds.

replaced. That tire would go

Tbilisi

on to be repaired once in Tajikistan and once in Kyrgyzstan before

Sinop

finally finding a proper replacement in Kazakhstan. (And, if you’re
wondering, they found no one there who resembled Borat.)

The end was so close, but averaging just 150 km every 10 hours —
these days were the longest in terms of strain.
On the 63rd day of their rally, with the sun quickly setting,
Corinne and Jess were only 50 km outside of Ulaanbaatar, the

Nine weeks in, there was a fair bit of excitement and relief when Baku ancient Mongol capital, and the much-anticipated finish line.
Ashgabat

Top: The beauty of the original windmills dating back to 1740 in Kinderdijk, Netherlands

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Bottom: The Pamir Highway of Tajikistan, a former link in the Silk Route

Khiva