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Vote for the Rhinos! We made it to China!

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Vote for us! The Rhinos have entered the Mountain Warehouse Charity Challenge. If our trip gets the most votes we’ll get an additional £5000 donated to Save the Rhino by Mountain Warehouse. Please… Continue reading

Rhino Cam #11 – Uzbekistan (The Silk Road)

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Uzbekistan has been tough for us. Extreme heat, rough roads and terrible Uzbek food that has seen both of us struggling with our health. There have been moments when we have both wanted… Continue reading

Riding the Silk Road through Uzbekistan

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The ride from Nukus to Tashkent has taken us along the old Silk Road through ancient cities, irrigated farmland and our second desert crossing. With out arrival into Tashkent we’ve now hopefully seen… Continue reading

Number of rhinos poached in 2014 rises to 558

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The latest news from South Africa is not good. The number of rhinos poached so far this year has risen to 558 (as of 10 July) putting 2014 on track to be the… Continue reading

Rhino Cam #10 – Aktau to Nukus (The Karakum Desert)

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The last week has been the most challenging of the trip so far, seeing us cycle 1000km across the inhospitable Karakum desert from Aktau in Kazakhstan to Nukus in Uzbekistan. We started off… Continue reading

The Desert Crossing

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The Karakum Desert has thrown all but the kitchen sink at us. We’ve had ferocious headwinds, crosswinds, heat, thunderstorms and terrible roads. Somehow we’ve made it into Uzbekistan to the town of Nukus… Continue reading

Via Inmarsat:

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Sun setting on day 4 of desert crossing. Slow going into 30-50kph headwind and worst roads so far. Feels like a long way from anything. (see tracker for loc.) Please note your reply… Continue reading

Rhino Cam #09 – Tbilisi to Baku

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It’s been an odd few weeks, with our progress still slow due visa challenges, but we’ve witnessed huge changes in landscape and also in culture as we get further away from the western… Continue reading

Photos from Azerbaijan and the end of visa applications

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We finally got our Azerbaijan visas in Tbilisi after a week and sped over to Azerbaijan. The landscape over the last week has suddenly changed dramatically and we have officially arrived in the… Continue reading