Extreme ironing in the Aral Sea...

Finally! We've made it out of the Road of Death! Our reward was 35+deg heat soaring temperatures - the perfect climate to do some extreme ironing on shipwrecks in the Aral Sea. NB: for those of you who have exceptional observation skills you'll notice that the 'sea' part of the 'Aral Sea' is no longer there, but we still managed to find a penguin....

At the start of the rally, Karen had promised to iron the Irish mechanic's pink shirt in return for swapping ratchet straps amd it was time to come good on her promise. While Chris put his feet up and lit a cigarette, Karen pressed on determined not to conquer The Road of Death only to be defeated by shirt creases.

Sardi and John did a very moving impersonation of Titanic's 'King of The World' scene that bought a tear to our eyes - then again, maybe that was the sand and dust in our eyes...