Mongol Rally trip 2012

jamesblade

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My self and a friend are signed up to do this years Mongol Rallly setting off on July 14th from Good wood Circuit UK and finishing in Ulan Bator the capital of Mongolia roughly 6 weeks later.

We have a blog up and running now with our progress so far from signing up to the event to todays trip to the scrap yard grabbing some parts for our 1.0 litre Suzuki Swift which we will be doing the rally in :)

I've mentioned little snippets of this upcoming trip in other posts across the forums and had a few questions asked, so thought it's about time it got it's own thread going.
If any one is interested in The Rally it self or is thinking of doing it in the future, Our site is very basic "all new to me blogs web pages" etc but we've made the best job we can of it and tried to put as much useful information we can on there to help other people who may fancy giving it a go.

Here's a link to our scrap yard blog today. And my sig links you direct to our home page.

I hope if it's some thing you've ever thought of doing then reading it and watching some of the videos i've collected gives you inspiration to give it a try, maybe even as soon as next year :)
 
85 Views :eek: and not one comment or bit of abuse :D looks like a road trip 2/3rds Correction 1/3 or 2/5ths or all the way if you decide you like it and carry on going :) Cheers tres, Finger slip.. of the way around the world must be too boring to talk about :)
 
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Abraxaz1 said:
always wanted to do this, how many days do you reckon you'll take to complete?
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Booked 6 weeks off work but as far as we can tell, take us around the 5 weeks mark,, very very rough guestimate though..

Cheers Tres, spoke to yu a few times about it when you got back and followed your blog on your trip.. Credited you lads with inspiration for doing it myself :)
 
MickeyFinns said:
Been planning out how on earth I'll sort my Visas for my trip, that Visa Machine site looks great but the admin fees are huge!
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Ye i feel like my wallet got mugged no doubt about it.Small bonus was the 15% off for ralliers this year. I suppose if you can put the leg work in and know the system a little you could do it yourself for a lot less ?

It's done for us for now, and i've just put it too the back of my mind concerning costs :)
 
Only 3 months to go before we set off on our 2012 Mongol Rally extreme road trip.

Got a few minutes ? take a read of our latest blog update on where we are at at this time.

"Cant Wait .. and to celebrate Mongol Madness have posted their latest blog to enjoy along with a good old cup of English tea and biscuits." soon be launch day
 
Begbie said:
How much is this costing you?

Sorry can't read the blog - blocked at work :(

Defo something I'd LOVE to do.
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Scary if I think about it, but not realy going to know till we get home late August Early September.

I'll roughly break it down, very rough. 2 in our team so some costs are shared. more in your team the cheaper but more cramped it gets.

£714 - team place -shared between 2
£695 -Visas but we have 6 of them, per person
£900 - car - shared between 2
£400 -car upgrades and insurance etc shared between 2
£100 - life insurance per person
£1350 - car deposit month before we leave refundable on return ? shared
£200- bits of kit, misc stuff - shared between 2
£1000 - got to raise for charity as part of sign up deal, done already
+ - whatever our fuel, living costs are going to be for 5-6 weeks while on the road.

Take into consideration that we have already raised our £1000 for charity otherwise we'd still have to pay it. And £900 raised towards the cost of the car which is donated to charity at the finish, we have a few kit sponsors lined up and have had gear donated as well. Our accommodation and travelling expenses are coming out of our own pockets for the trip, but no idea what its going to cost in places like Kazakhstan Mongolia etc.

it's not going to be cheap but sponsors can help out where certain gear is needed, and it is potentially 6 weeks away from home so I've saved money that I'd normally go on holiday with anyway.

Should be on next year again, get it sorted and get it done with a few good mates. :)
 
tres said:
It'll fly by dude! Are you all set now? What else to do?
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Few more days working on the car, Sort Insurance,check on a few jabs and do a test drive up to the lakes for a weekend fully packed to see how she does. rest of the time is just going to be fund raising once the sunny weather gets here. :)
 
More of an event than a competition, Quite a few rules concerning age and engine size of the car mainly 1.2 litre of less but you can take higher but pay a £100 add on for every .1 above 1.2 You can take emergency vehicles but certain rules apply again.

Age of the vehicle for this year was it had to be no older than January 2003 but that is potentially going to change for next year meaning people will have to take a newer car because of the Mongolian import rules changing this year.

It's not classed as a race of any sort, the idea is to just manage to finish it in one piece or even two pieces taped together :)
 
adam cool dude said:
Ahh that makes the swift a great contender then. Must be hard to find a 2003 1.2 for cheap moneys.
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Too true, plenty of 2002 1.2 cars like the rally favourite, Nissan Micras at a good price but just that bit too old for this years Rally. But we should be Spot on with the Old Swifty, they have a good Mongol Rally pedigree, but any thing can and is likely to happen, especially seeing as we are taking her on the Pamir Highway "Gulp"
 
No air con I'm afraid, just wind deflectors :) or should I say a very sweaty :(

Ye K11 Micra's are the conquerors from what I've read, but like all great things they come to pass, unless your bringing it home that is and then you can take one.
 
You would be so much better if you can share the driving, there are people who are and have done it solo but I wouldn't fancy all that driving on my own.

2 of us in our team so 50/50 won't be too bad. We did have 7 of us going in 3 cars at the start but they all crumbled for one reason or another, certainly sorts the wheat from the chaff on a trip like this.
 
tres said:
MSR Whisperlite, you've done well - it's an absolute beast
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Close Tres, Primus OmniFuel, maybe even more of a beast :) but MSR 2 man cook pan set to compliment it. Should last a life time with a bit of TLC.

Sound guys over at Cotswold, can't thank them enough for the support.
 
Taken the decision to support another charity for our Mongol rally trip.

Its the Bury & Oldham RSPCA animal centre, they do amazing work and we are hoping that over the next few months we can help to raise some money for them to continue to care for the animals within the community.

Latest blog, Team Mongol Madness meets the bury & Oldham RSPCA.

Not long now 56 days, soon be here and we'll soon be off..
 
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