As part of a plan to risk life and limb in the name of the charity Mercy Corps, a team of foolhardy travelers (Max Court, Nick Shipley, Omar Gardner and Laura Shott) have decided to pay for the privilege of breaking down in a number of central Asian states in the process of driving from London to Mongolia.
This dastardly plan is also known as: The Mongol Rally!
1 totally incapable car, 1 destination, 10,000 km, 4 intrepid explorers and 1 question: KHAN WE FIX IT?
The answer is most probably not as they set off in a less than 1 litre car from London’s Hyde Park to Genghis Khan’s home: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Just a quick thumb through the Lonely Planet demonstrates the foolishness of this task:
“Travelling around Mongolia with your own car or motorcycle-without a driver-is not recommended. What look like main roads on the map are often little more than tyre tracks in the dirt, sand or mud and there is hardly a signpost in the whole country.” – Lonely Planet 2008
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