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The Unproessionals - Mongol Rally 2009
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The Unprofessionals - Mongol Rally 2009. Follow us as we drive two Hyundai Accents 10,000 miles from England to Mongolia for charity! We are raising money for CNCF, the Christina Noble Childrens Foundation
- Added on: Feb 14th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
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Mongolia - Part Three
So….that final video. The idea had been to have my team mate Matt run in slow motion towards the car as it crept forward, they would embrace, and the whole thing would be cut to sappy music in our video. I drove and the first take went well, though...
Mongolia - Part Two
The road to Altai was horrendous. The gravel track turned into this weird, corrugated surface which rattled your bones to their very core. How it forms I have no idea - if it’s natural, it’s proof mother nature is evil. if it was man made, th...
Mongolia - Part One
The crossing into Mongolia was incredibly easy. A few forms and stamps at the Russian side, and a brief search by the guards of our cars – who simply pointed at our bags and asked us what they were – and we were through to no mans land, about 20K...
Kazakhstan to Russia
The Kazak border was straight forward, but featured one very moody guard who seemed furious we couldn’t speak Russian and was also more protective of his pen than anyone I have ever met. I considered trying to steal it to anger him more but thought...
Uzbekistan
We made the drive to the Uzbekistan border next morning. This involved a quick crossing on a flotilla style bridge – probably there many, many decades – to another small white hut with a barrier and some bored looking soldiers. Rule 4 of the Mong...
Travels in Turkmenistan
The Iranian / Turkmenistani border itself was at the summit, looking out hundreds of miles in each direction across the tundra. A few Iranian trucks were lined up and one, Spanish Mongol Rally car sat at the gate. Always a good sign! Turkmenistan is ...
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