Transportation

Slowing Down – Mongol Rally

Since we had made it into Mongolia – it was time to slow down and enjoy our surroundings. One problem was that Rick had to…

At 11AM a border guard walks across the parking lot carrying passports and some forms, looking official with a stern look on his face. All…

We are traveling in Mongolia with a map that is five years old. This normally wouldn’t be that big of a deal, but in a…

Today sucked…really sucked. I expected the hard, slow, dirty driving in the Mongol Rally, but I wasn’t expecting it today. There really was no road…

Today we were on what seemed like a super highway for Ukraine as we traveled from Odessa to Kiev. Finally – some smooth tarmac…

Have you ever wondered why when you drive in a car in the UK or in the US the driver is always on the inside…

This was it – one of the main reasons I took on the Mongol Rally in the first place. I had been scared to drive…

I had envisioned this for over a year. A regular car with stickers all over it as if were NASCAR. There’s something very liberating…

I unfolded my stiff white document for the first time and ran my hand over the glossy picture; it had been tucked away in my…

I remember being in the locomotive, peering out over the tracks from my high vantage point. My hand was on the lever, and the train…