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    Mission Mongolia: Two Men, One Van, No Turning Back

    By David Treanor

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    The story of two BBC journalists who decided to celebrate their retirement with an automobile adventure to Mongolia In an epic journey through Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Siberia, and across the Gobi Desert, Geoff and David discover more about each other in a few weeks than they did sharing an office for years. Lying in wait are crooked cops, bent border guards, and terrible roads, all of which prove only slightly burdensome when compared to the spirited, curious, and welcoming locals, eager to help the pair on their mission.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummersdale
    Release dateJul 1, 2010
    ISBN9781848394148
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    Mission Mongolia: Two Men, One Van, No Turning Back
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    David Treanor

    David Treanor was a BBC journalist for more than 25 years, regularly editing news bulletins for the Today programme and Radio 4's Six O'clock News. The journey was made in support of Save the Children.

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    • 5/5
      David tells it as it is: frank, unpretentious and down-to-earth, this is what I like best about the British way. Hilarious accounts of moments with dodgy border guards and even dodgier hotels. Interesting facts along the way about the mysterious landscape of Mongolia, and Kazakhstan - used as a nuclear testing ground by the Russians in the '40s, where radiation affected half a million inhabitants of Semipalatinsk. This book reminds me of my own youthful traveling days/daze. No matter how well-prepared (or under-prepared) you are, it's the little tales of mishap and lucky escapades that stick out. And you just have to fend for yourself the best you can (call it instinct, gutsiness and luck), that no amount of reading or warning can prepare you for. The beautiful landscape is the icing on the cake; the proof of the pudding is in the travel companion.
    • 5/5
      This is the sort of book that people stare at you when you're reading it -- because you're laughing so much. It's an account of a charity drive to Mongolia by two middle aged blokes -- coping with cops and border guards trying to part them from their cash and getting lost in mountain ranges and desert tracks. Along with a daily search for beer! Self deprecating and funny -- but with a serious edge too in the descriptions of the lives of people and places they pass through. Highly recommended.