SvetLada sat there, water sputtering out of the exhaust, while we tried everything to get the engine running again.

In the summer of 2020, while the world was still on lockdown due to the pandemic, we decided that driving up a mountain in a Lada was the pe

It felt like a victory – me and my trusty shitbox, through thick and thin.

Once we reached Mongolia, it was time for the ultimate test: the Gobi Desert. We had heard it was a rough landscape, but with a bit of...

We pitched our tent under a starry sky like you’d never see in Europe. The air was so clear it felt like you could reach out and touch the s

That’s how you survive Mongolia – with a shitbox and a sense of humor.

“No idea what’s going on, but let’s go fast!”

The endless forests and vast plains of Siberia were beautiful, but honestly, our focus was mostly on not disappearing into a hole.

The plan was simple: if something goes wrong, we’ll fix it along the way. How hard could it be?

We had the rally spirit – what could possibly go wrong on a 20,000-kilometer trip?