I-Spy
One of the challenges of driving long distances is keeping oneself entertained. Those of us that grew up in the United States and are of a certain age (the age before airplanes turned into Greyhound busses) remember those fateful family …
A Sound of Thunder
Wikipedia defines the Butterfly Effect as “…a metaphor that encapsulates the concept of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory; namely a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere… The phrase refers …
Drinking and Driving
Inquiring minds want to know what the official Red Thread cocktail is? This is the subject of some debate since drinking and driving, under any circumstances, but especially on the Rally, is rightfully frowned upon, if not downright illegal. But …
On Clothing and Cross-Dressing
There are great road trips and great road trip movies, but probably the one film that comes closest to the ambitions of the Mongol Rally is The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. A lively story of three drag …
Relentless Commerce
The next big step now the website is up and functioning is to get people on board and donating. This means you. We need two things, first and foremost are donations for the The Cause – Half the Sky Foundation. …
Dude, Where’s the Car?
Having visited Mongolia last year we were impressed by the number of tiny Hyundai’s and their ability to ford any stream and cross any mountain. There appears to be a lesson that was learned by Charlie Boorman and Ewan McGregor …