Mongol Rally 2007 Minor Problems
Duncan Ealand is raising money for Hope and Homes for Children
“Mongol Rally 2007 Minor Problems”
on 18 April 2007
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'Sain bainauu' and 'Tavtai moril'
or 'Hello' and 'Welcome' (for those of us whose Mongolian is a little rusty!)
If you’ve made it this far then you must know a little about the adventure we are embarking upon this summer, in a nutshell:
“How does the greatest adventure in the world sound? What about 10,000 miles, 7 mountain ranges, 3 deserts, bandits, roads ranging from bad to non-existent and all this in a car you swapped for a bag of crisps?”
That’s how the official website describes the Mongol Rally. After some fierce bargaining we had to hand over ₤100 of real money to some chap for our beautiful car, which could have worked out at over 400 packs of crisps depending on what sort of multipack deal you got. His loss I feel!
Essentially it’s a charity rally from Hyde Park to Ulaanbaator, the capital of Mongolia. The rules state that you must drive a car of no more than 1 litre engine capacity. There are no other rules. There is no set route. There is no back up. None.
In the past 12 years Hope and Homes for Children has helped to secure the lives and future livelihoods of more than 15,000 orphaned and abandoned children throughout Eastern and Central Europe and Africa.
Any contributions you can make will be hugely appreciated.
Dunan Ealand & Rob Kinder