We can smell it

Today, in between two lines of C# and an Excel spreadsheet, Paul and I suddenly realised that, yes, we are indeed leaving in less than 3 weeks. The excitment was just unbearable and Paul set out to buy everything he could muster from the closest outdoor shop while I pondered which swimming suit I would take for the journey. The crossing of Kazakhstan appears to be the most challenging part of our route so far.

Stardom!!

Just as I had lost any hope of being rich and famous and joined Accenture, our little outfit is starting to attract a lot of public attention:

Check out this post and visit Foxy's Den if you want to laugh so much that you end up peeing on yourself:
http://foxsden.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/mongol-rally/

Our claim to fame on Rika's incredible ladies (wait... there's a joke there... something green, ha ha ha):
http://incredibleladies.com/0-Home/Updates-2008.html#_19th_June

And we even made it on MySpace:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=210060698&blogID=407852295

Stardom might just be a couple of thousands of miles away... in a broken vehicule... with 10 litres of French wine as sole survival food as indeed, in a brief moment of pure genius, we cunningly decided to eliminate any water from the trip to avoid the risk of contamination. Ray Mears didn't see this one coming, did he.

In Demand

Yesterday I woke up only to find out that our very large female fan base spammed us over the night in order to get some nice pictures of the adventurists. When I say "very large" I mean the base not the females. Anyway, here we go for the mug shots:

Cedric, aka Z, in full body armour. Some people would say it is to protect the tarmac from his innovative way of driving.



Paul, aka PJ, has brought Britishism to the highest places in the world since 1977.

Sponsorship Drive Launched

Progress getting ready for the trip has been steady. Passports are somewhere between the Mongolian and Russian embassies trying to get the relevant stamps, camping equipment has been acquired and we are thinking about how we are going to get back to the UK.

Most importantly we have launched our sponsorship drive, attempting to raise at least £1000 for two very worthy and relevant causes - Mercy Corps Mongolia and Hope and Homes for Children, more details on both of these charities can be seen on the main page.

We would very much welcome any kind of sponsorship, obviously donations but also any people or organisations who would like to take advantage of the bodywork of our vehicle for some advertising. It is very likely that the rally will obtain significant press coverage and indeed the rally has already featured on the BBC and in national newspapers, footage of last years rally was made into a documentary shown on Channel 4. Please contact either myself on Paul.L.Jackson@gmail.com for more information.