Good news ... the ghost has been exorcised ...

You will all be pleased to know that Clive and Ces have arrived safely in Ulaan Baatar ... and have drafted a blow-by-blow account of the last 2-3 days ... meaning that the ghost-post-writer (err, that´s me) will be put back into the silent, invisible box where he belongs ...

I have some images from Clive and Ces ... but the tall tales of the desert will not be with us until tomorrow.   Meanwhile, you can get a sense of the fun and fury of the event from the following couple of examples ...

Two characters from Clockwork Orange waiting at the China-Mongolian border.

Wake me up when the guage is back below 500 degrees ...