When I first told my Mom about Mongol Rally, first thing she asked was “Can you actually do that?”, and second question was “How much will it cost?” We drove through 20 countries in 52 days and it was actually more affordable than what we expected. What we did was each of us put in $3000…
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Below are a list of links we found useful while researching for the Mongol Rally. We are Americans therefore a few of the resources are from U.S., e.g. links of embassy is from Washington D.C., not London…etc. If you have any useful links please let us know! MONGOL RALLY: http://www.theadventurists.com/mongol-rally/ http://www.theadventurists.com/mongol-rally-your-adventure-handbook VISAS APPLICATION AGENCY: U.K. http://www.thevisamachine.com/…
Below is a map of Central Asia border crossings from Caravanistan.com, super helpful information. We originally plan to cross the border between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan through Penjikent but found that it had been closed since 2011 due to civil unrest. Click here for the full map. Green: no problem Yellow: possible problems Red: closed Azure: Bilateral border crossing: only for…
A HUGE THANKS to CarStickers.com for their sponsorship! We can’t wait to decorate our 2005 Suzuki Alto 1.1L with their super durable everlasting vinyl decals. Stay tuned for the total transformation of our humble durian color rally car! Here’s our proposed design! Can’t wait for the total transformation!!!
Yes! We finally got our awesome car for our 10,000 miles epic roadtrip the Mongol Rally! It’s a 2005 SUZUKI ALTO, 1061cc Engine, NO Air-Conditioner, Auto Transmission. We bought it for £1800 (around $3065 USD) online without test driving it! Wish us luck driving this tiny durian beast from London to Mongolia. Here are some Q&A if…
For our Mongol Rally trip we will drive through 20 different countries, visiting very remote places like Pamir Highway which bordered Afghanistan. Nobody want to get sick while traveling, especially for this trip of the lifetime. Below is a list of vaccinations recommended by Centers for Disease and Control Preventions (yes we type in each…
Fellow 2014 Mongol Rally Teams
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Below is our awesome community of Mongol Rally 2014. Check them out they are all very inspiring! Let’s exchange team links on each other website, so that we can get more traffics on each other site and increase our site engine search rankings, and potentially gets more sponsorships and donations! If you want to be…
We believe the more we work, the more donations we can raise for our charity Cool Earth to protect rainforest in the Amazons. We have a series of fun “Missions” along the route. If you pledge money to a mission, once it’s finished all your donations will go to our charity Cool Earth. Click on the screenshot…
From Wikipedia: The Altay or Altai are a Turkic people living in the Altai Republic and Altai Krai in southern Siberia, Russia. Altai and Khakassia Throat Singing: Tuva’s neighbouring states, the Altai Republic to the west, and Khakassia to the northwest, have developed forms of throat singing called ‘’kai’’, or ‘’khai’’. In Altai, this is used mostly for epic poetry performance, to the accompaniment of topshur. Altai narrators (“kai-chi”) perform in kargyraa, khöömei…
Besides documenting our epic roadtrip from London to Mongolia, this website also serves as a platform to showcase interesting local cultures along route. First off, the tradition of Bride Kidnapping in Central Asia. From Wikipedia: Ala kachuu (Kyrgyz: ала качуу) is a form of bride kidnapping still practised in Kyrgyzstan. The term can apply to a variety of actions, ranging from…
What do we really need for a road trip like Mongol Rally? We will face temperatures ranged from low 40 to high 110 degrees Fahrenheit. We will drive through five different mountain ranges: Carpathians, Balkan, Caucasus, Tien Shan, Altai and three deserts: Karakum, Kyzyl Kum and Gobi. We will probably camp out 50% along the way. Our rules within the three of…
Yes this is one of the missions we are going to tackle to raise money for our charity! Please pledge and make this happen! From Wikipedia: Oil wrestling (Turkish: yağlı güreş), also called grease wrestling, is the Turkish national sport. It is so called because the wrestlers douse themselves with olive oil. The term “güreş” is shared with other forms of wrestling practiced by…
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