A good friend of mine Ryan and three of his mates, two Brits, two Aussies are doing the Mongol Rally 2017. They describe the route as -
Our very rough route (just head east) will start with a quick ferry to France, driving down through Europe, across Turkey to Georgia and Armenia. Then the real fun begins as we travel across Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan, Russia and Mongolia. We expect that this will take us around 6 weeks as long as we don’t get lost too much, have major car trouble or get detained by the authorities in any country along the way.
So when we FINALLY complete this journey…….we are going to turn the car around and drive it back home to the UK through Russia! Hopefully ‘Terry’ will get us back home in one piece.
The ‘Terry’ that they talk of is their chosen transport, a Daihatsu Terios. Not sure if they really know what the are letting themselves in for. If it all goes well I’m sure they will have the journey of a lifetime.
They are funding the trip all themselves and raising money for prostate cancer charities both in the UK and Australia. If you want to make a donation then it would be very much appreciated. They are also open to offers for advertising space on the car if you want to promote your business in Iran or Kazakstan, hey, stranger things have happened.
Here’s the link to their Just Giving page which also has more info on their planned adventure.
