Mongol Rally 2017 — 2 Moose on the Loose
Day 5: It's been a hard day's night
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Miles: 15Countries: UKStops: ColchesterPlaylists: Summer Party (Spotify)Another beautiful day and not a drop of rain! For the sake of being repetitive, we continued to work away on the car - Justin started out by making a platform for the bed and bought a mattress, while I continued to spray paint and did my moose and our names on the window (per Justin's request, of course so he can feel somewhat badass and like we're in a real race)... Afterwards we ran more errands and picked up some more essentials, like a car kettle (that's right, coffee and tea forever on the go!),...
Day 4: Mustang Sally, you better slow that Mustang down
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Miles:Countries: UKStops: ColchesterPlaylists: Vocal Trance Hits, Classic rock 60s, 70s, and 80s, Classic Rock Greatest Hits (all Spotify) What a beautiful day! The sun was shining and we actually had sweat coming out of places we didn't know it could. That's reassuring before we head off to the desert. Fun fact: how do you remember which dessert/desert has 1 or 2 S's? Dessert always has 2, because you go back for seconds. #randomconversations I also learned a few new words today, but I'm completely blanking at the moment. Waking up, it was still fairly cloudy, and slightly drizzling so it...
Day 3: Now that it's raining more than ever, know that we have each other. You can stand under my umbrella, Ella Ella Ella Ey Ey
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Miles: 15Countries: UKStops: ColchesterPlaylists: cruising blues (Apple Music), Vocal Trance hits (Spotify)The day started off with an angry wake up call and cursing the neighbours for using tools at an ungodly hour - 7am. Turns out it was actually 9:20, which ended up being a good wake up call as we had plenty of work to get to and didn't mean to sleep in #jetlag #cantwinWhile one of us tinkered with the inverter, removed seat belts, and drilled holes to run wires, the other spent countless hours taping off the hood (bonnet) to then spray-paint our tracking map. Guess who...
Day 2: This car could be a major piece of machinery This car could be ... syst-o-matic ...hydro-matic... ...ultro-matic... Why, it could be...Greased Light'nin'!
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Miles: 100Countries: UKStops: Colchester -> London -> Colchester Playlists: N/AUpon waking up, sick as a dog, we stumbled our way out of bed, got ready, and got a ride to the train. An hour later we arrived in London and were on a mission to get them damn Russian visas. It was interesting to travel without our phones, not using the satellite GPS, and having to rely on the maps on the walls and a compass. Makes you realize just how depended we are on our gadgets nowadays. Just a tease for what's to come, I'm sure! Outside the visa centre we were greeted...
Day 1: Dream on, little dreamer, this is how it all begins
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Miles: 3500 Countries: Canada -> UKStops: Ottawa -> London -> Colchester Playlists: Above and Beyond ACOUSTIC album on repeat 6xThis is it folks, we are officially in the UK and although the rally hasn't even started yet, it's already been an interesting journey. Still waiting on filling you in on the promised visa post seeing as we have yet to acquire the rest of our visas, and yes, that's right, we still don't have our Russian visa considering we depart this week. For starters, one of us, and I will spare names to avoid public shame, went to run errands...