Being deported from Uzbekistan...
Caught at the border, visa expired...
Reunited with the convoy
Bloody desert...
Arrived in Uzbek, Mildred on good form
Sand sand sand
Arrived in Kazakhstan!!
Baku
Just got to Tbilisi. Some place!!
Batumi
‘The Idiots Abroad’ is a team of 3 graduates taking part in the 2014 Mongol Rally.
The Mongol Rally is a car endurance challenge that begins in Hyde Park, London and ends 12,000 miles later in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
This is a rally with a difference: no support team or preparation help is provided and we will be completely on our own for the entirety of the rally.
Covering Europe, the Middle East and Asia; our route takes us 12,000 miles through 16 countries, 3 mountain ranges and across 2 deserts.
AND we are driving the whole way in an old London cab!
As the 19th July draws nearer, we are looking to cover most of our key overheads through sponsorship. This will really help us to reach our aim to raise as much money for our chosen charities, Veterans Aid and the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital.
Veterans Aid
Veterans Aid is a totally unsung charity that looks after homeless ex-Servicemen and women. It does this without a fuss, providing more than 20,000 nights of accommodation a year to homeless veterans –many of them young. They are the ‘Accidents and Emergencies’ of the Armed Services charities. Usually homeless, broken and destitute, veterans come to see them from all over UK at their ‘drop-in’ centre near Victoria Station, in London. Some of them are slightly depressed, others are very seriously ill. All the money raised through the Mongol Rally challenge would go towards helping these men and women regain the lives that they deserve
St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital
80% of all blindness is completely preventable. In the Palestinian territories, there are very high levels of hereditary eye disease, such as severe childhood cataracts, which can cause irreversible damage if left untreated. The St John Eye Hospital has 130 years of experience in treating those that cannot pay, regardless of race, religion or ethnicity. One of the defining features in Palestine is the inability to travel. This is the only way of helping the millions of people who are not permitted to leave the West Bank, all with only two outreach minibuses. They treated 10,511 patients in 2013. Any funds raised will go to the outreach missions that deliver essential eye treatment to some of the most remote and impoverished communities in the West Bank. The Hospital is not only protecting sight but also safeguarding the economic and social independence of individuals and the livelihood of their families
The RML Group
RML is one of the leading high performance automotive engineering companies in the world. They have won multiple Touring Car, GT and Rallying World Championships. RML were invaluable in helping us both to repair the taxi and to give us an understanding of the inner workings of the car.