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     In July 2010 it will be the fifth edition of the Mongol Rally; a non conventional rally from London to Mongolia in a car total unsuited to the task and without a support team!

     Basically, The Mongol Rally is a humanitarian adventure of small cars. In order to enter, each team must give a minimum donation of 1,500 euros to charities which help disadvantaged children in Mongolia and across the world, such as the NSPCC and Children and Young People’s Protection and Development in Mongolia. In addition, we aim to raise more by selling our car, in a pre-arranged auction to Mercy Corps Association, upon arrival in Mongolia. This year, in order to help in mongol population, approximately 500 000 euros will be redistributed as a result of funds raised in this event.

    This year, a team of two of us have been successful in securing a place in this ‘once-in-a-life-time’ rally departing from london and joining more teams from Spain and Italy along the way.   

    There are a few requirements for the cars in order to qualify. Firstly the vehicle must have an engine size of 1.2 Litres of less. Secondly, it must be less than 10 years old.

    The Choice of car is yet to be finalized, but what ever we take we will need a car that can make it across some 20 countries, covering some 10,000 miles, on road and off road, with a transit time of around 5 weeks.

    Upon arrival, the little car will be given to Mercy Corps Association, which supports the development of rural Mongolia. The car will be auctioned off to raise money for the various charities involved with the rally, plus any charities of our choosing.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

mongolia!!!!!!!!!! Seems a previous update and pic did not come through... This place rocks! Great to have made it here, and ma ** some text is missing **

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Should be collecting Chinese visas on Monday and jetting off to beijing tuesday morn!

Bayan Olgii, Mongolia

MADE IT TO MONGOLIA! But car has had it! Broken 3 suspention springs,steering is making banging noises, brakes almost non existant! Decided to leave it here and head onwards by other means! Dont want to be stranded in the wilderness with a snapped axle!

Semey, Kazakhstan

leaving for Russia with love... Just spent a day in semey where 460 nuclear bombs tested.. Apparently short stay ok.... Just means you get sunburnt the longer you are exposed to radiation hahaha :)

Almaty Province, Kazakhstan

car pulled over on police check, died as totally empty on petrol... Luckily right next to motel AND petrol station AND a lady will ** some text is missing **

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

here for a couple of days :) resting and checking out the city. Have some funny photos of us and malitia near osh.. Weird weird weird.. And disturbing! Happy for the break and there are some American and English bars local to us!

Murghab, Tajikistan

parmir highway is a beaut... Roads are actually far better than expected here... Serious relief! Cellphone reception too at this part! Thinking of finding somewhere to do some minor rock climbing x

Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

start of parmirs. Loads of tyre punctures, on our spare wheel now as other is hissing in 6 places!... On a quest for new ones in a few mins. Hoping to meet other teams before kyrgystan's warzone! Beer 12% so all good :). Phone reception limited for a few days so we still love you all if we don't reply immediately!!

Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

finally back on track after massive detour! Heading for khorog at start of parmirs. Car has been pushed way past it's limits on broken bridges, boulders, and through oncoming rivers. Road too rocky to type more!

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