Through the Gobi Desert – With a Little Overconfidence

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 overconfidence (and maybe a touch of naivety), we thought we could just zip through the sand with SvetLada. Spoiler alert: we couldn’t. It didn’t take long before we were completely stuck in a sand dune. There we were, with sand up to the axles, miles away from the nearest "road."

So what do you do? You start digging. And pushing. And then you dig some more. The sun was blazing down on us as we frantically tried to free the Lada. There was nothing glamorous or heroic about it – it was just hard work. But eventually, through the power of teamwork (and a lot of swearing), we got SvetLada moving again. We limped on, shaking off the sand, but with huge grins on our faces. Because this is why we were here – to prove that even a shitbox can conquer the Gobi.