Mission Mongolia: Two Men, One Van, No Turning Back by David Treanor

By David Treanor

Review"'The consultant booklet warns that for those who force over a useless marmot the fleas which hold the plague are published into the vehicle's air flow system.' Geoff's voice had risen a number of octaves as he pondered the perils which lay forward. 'Well, all i will recommend is that we force around them. And you would higher ascertain your will is in order.' I chuckled. Geoff did not. 'I already have,' he replied." Product Description'It used to be an empty panorama now with large horizons in each course, a compressed, steam-rollered wilderness the place guy had no position . We lacked the talents to hold out even easy fixes. If the van stopped operating we have been caught. nobody knew the place we have been and our final cell phone sign have been one hundred fifty miles away.' Fifty-something and bored with arguing with John Humphrys over the day's headlines, newshounds Geoff Stayton and David Treanor came upon themselves eagerly volunteering for redundancy. yet instead of easing into retirement with the peculiar around of golfing, they determined to shop for a van and force off to Mongolia. good, it gave the impression of a good suggestion on the time - In an epic trip via Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Siberia and around the Gobi desolate tract, they detect extra approximately one another in a couple of weeks than they did sharing an workplace for years. mendacity in wait are crooked law enforcement officials, bent border guards and dodgy mechanics, but additionally welcoming and curious locals, wanting to aid the pair on their venture.
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It's all looking good,' I told Geoff cheerily when I returned to the kitchen. 'Snow's about to stop falling and in the east they've hardly seen a flake. Probably best, on balance, to avoid the motorway but I've worked out a cross-country route. We'll be fine. ' I patted him on a soggy shoulder then, a little more roughly as he seemed disinclined to move, pulled him to his feet and we set off with me at the wheel. Five hours later, we arrived in Lincoln just before the banks closed and I nipped inside to withdraw a large wad of cash.

And the more modern ones have got BMW engines. ' This was, of course, a lie, and from the look Dave gave me I suspected he'd seen right through me. I relayed this information to Geoff and we scoured Internet ads. There, in Wigan, about two hundred miles to the north of where I lived, was a vehicle which sounded like it might fit the bill. A diesel Freelander van, nine years old, 82,000 miles on the clock and £2,400. A little over budget but perhaps with a bit of negotiation, close to our price range.

Geoff went silent. I could see a mental struggle going on between the common sense half of his brain and the part which hankered after a bit of adventure. It was a close call. He gulped down another large swig of his beer. ' We clinked glasses. Some of our colleagues walked past from the gym, freshly showered and ready for the afternoon's work. ' I suggested. 'I think we have just cause,' agreed Geoff. I felt we would make a good team. Back in the newsroom, I wandered over to the foreign desk and borrowed their very large atlas of the world and flicked through the pages tracing a putative route with my finger.

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