Our entry to Travel Photographer of the Year 2012 in the category for inexperienced photographers. The theme is about big cities and this was taken by Keith in the midday heat of Tehran, Iran. There’s an exhibition in London and winners announced in October. Wish us luck!

Thanks to passengers and staff at Newcastle International Airport. We left two collection buckets at the car parking desks all summer hoping for happy holiday makers with a heart. Lee Moore (pictured left) also let us keep our Ambulance in a secure compound during the months of preparation. It’s time to start counting as we break the £6,000 mark for the orphans in Mongolia. More to come…

Door to Hell - We drove the Ambulance to an area of Turkmenistan’s Karakum desert that we agreed not to visit by order of the strict border security and managed to capture this tremendous gas crater in Darvaza. If you ever want to see it you must be quick as president Berdimuhamedow has recently ordered it to be extinguished. He also had the town totally flattened because he did not like the look of it.

Video of another river crossing in Mongolia

Video of the Ambulance crawling along typical rocky terrain in the Gobi desert

Video of Ambulance flat out at top speed with the rare sight of rain in the Gobi desert

Video of river crossing in Mongolia with lights and siren

Video from a seat in the back of the ambulance rattling over a rare piece of the Gobi desert just smooth and clear of sand enough to take a video. More to follow.

Our last movements tracked by satellite - We have some brilliant videos to follow soon

If you haven’t yet heard our radio interview you can do so here. Also our story on the official Boro website is here. There’s a bunch of newspapers we’ll link when back home.

We’re also writing an article at the request of the British Embassy in Uzbekistan to promote UK values to young Uzbeks. They explained that Uzbekistan is void of non-superficial democracy (even the BBC are banned), human rights, and is key to our efforts to make a safe Afghan border against Islamic extremism. The embassy found our endeavor through Uzbekistan on followtheambulance.com and wrote a letter asking us to contribute with our experience of the country.

Meanwhile, our mighty steed is being visited by several Non-Governmental Organisations who wish to take it (free of charge) right away. They work with the primitive local hospitals and must each explain their need, and demonstrate a solid fuel/maintenance budget to be considered. Today I’ve been speaking with Baigal Gongor who has the Ambulance in storage as an intermediary party. We’re sourcing wheel bearings and new circuitry from England to post out to the new owner via Baigal at our own cost. The Ambulance still starts first time, and is solid enough to make the army of Chinggis Khaan. Many of the locals laugh and point to their head as they cannot imagine how someone could get from the Western border over the Gobi desert to here, nevermind that it came through Europe, Iran and the ‘stans before that.

I narrowly avoided the Mongolian Buddhist Monk option at the barbers today, and am preparing to brave the Moscow route home tomorrow morning.

Adam, in Ulaanbaatar