Posted in Iceland on Jan 13th, 2011 No Comments »
Having just jaunted off across Europe and Asia this summer, we almost feel guilty taking another trip so soon… almost being the key word.
After all, the Mongol Rally is not exactly a vacation as much as it’s a test of endurance and cunning. And with IcelandAir offering such smoking deals on direct flights from Seattle, [...]
Posted in Travel on Sep 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
originally posted at rally.roamgreen.org
Our Mongol Rally ended just over two weeks ago as we pulled into Ulaan Baatar and donated our two tiny Fiat Puntos to The Adventurists For Development. It’s taken a while for all of us to get home, to get over our jet lag, and get back into the swing of [...]
Posted in Mongolia on Sep 3rd, 2010 No Comments »
originally posted at rally.roamgreen.org
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I feel like I should post a ton of photos from the last few days, but it’s 3am and there are a couple thousand to go through and edit… at this point it’s looking like you all get more photos when I get home, sleep and recover from jet lag. [...]
Posted in Mongolia on Sep 1st, 2010 No Comments »
originally posted at rally.roamgreen.org
With just a few hours sleep, we were up and back on the road at 5am this morning to make up for time lost breaking down before Dundgobi. Jean, Amy and Yasmin were off in the Land Cruiser with Tom, Kim and I following in the Russian jeep. Zaya said [...]
Posted in Mongolia on Aug 31st, 2010 No Comments »
originally posted at rally.roamgreen.org
It’s 8:30 at night, the sun has already gone down, and I’m chasing a Russian jeep through the Gobi desert with rally fog lights and high beams lighting a path over rocks and sand berms just begging to take me out for good. I find myself asking again, as I did [...]