Team Plan.a.Doo

The Greatest Adventure in the World ...

... that's how the organisers describe it. Along with "The mother of all adventures", "The world's most extreme car challenge" and "The ultimate driving experience".

And not without good reason, this is the Mongol Rally after all, a ten thousand mile dash across ¼ of the earths surface, and in a tin can of a car that would probably overheat in rush hour traffic.

And with the only rule being to do with the size of the cars engine (it must be under 1 litre), we are free to sneak, bribe, cheat, connive and generally out-wit our way across Europe and Asia.

The Mongol Rally is destined for Mongolia of course, more specifically Ulaanbaatar, via some of the remotest and most untravelled parts of the world. Our 4 week journey set off at the end of July 2006 and this website charts our progress.

This wasn't a competition or a race, merely a journey ... albeit a long one, and all in the aid of charity. All money raised went towards some fantastic causes.

So with no set route and no support team it was just us, our car and the seat of our pants.

Some photos from past rallies. What are we getting ourselves into?


	Brief History of the Mongol Rally (extract from the Mongol Rally website) In 2001 two gentlemen, Mr Tom and Mr Joolz, found themselves staring in awe at their Fiat 126 that they'd recently purchased in a rather confusing transaction in north Prague. Wondering what they should do with it they came up with the only sensible plan, to drive to the most ridiculous place they could think of. "After all," they said, "if you stand far enough away and ignore things like perspective, it looks just like a four wheel drive". Mongolia seemed fit for the job, and so on a mild April evening with minimal preparations, no changes of clothes, a packet of cheap cigars and a hunting knife, they set forth. Although they didn't quite reach Mongolia because of visa and border trouble they enjoyed themselves so much that they swore to return to try again. And so 3 years later 6 intrepid teams set forth on the very first Mongol Rally. Read more on the Mongol Rally website