Mongol Rally 2017 — travel
Day 8.2: As I was walking away, I heard her say over my shoulder "we'll meet again someday on the avenue".
2 Moose on the Loose Car Mongol Rally travel YOLO
Miles: 175Countries: UK -> France -> BelgiumStops: Dover -> Calais -> random pit stop somewhere -> Brussels Playlists: random iPod selection LOL today. The ferry was sweet as we got to be on deck and meet some friends. We planned our route from the ferry to Prague - where there is an organized party on Tuesday night. Every team had a different route and we didn't really sort one out ourselves so as we were talking to various teams, we met some Australians with whom we seemed to really get along and liked their plan. Plan was to meet outside...
Day 8: Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car. We'll travel near and we'll travel far.
2 Moose on the Loose Car Mongol Rally travel YOLO
Miles: ~135Countries: UKStops: Chichester -> DoverPlaylists: Toot Toot Chugga Chugga - The Wiggles. But also "Car-oake" (Apple Music) and "Rock Classics Greatest Hits" (Spotify). Last we ended was in Goodwood. We arrived, checked in, ate some of our Costco sausage rolls, and were greeted with a beer and Mongolian throat singing. Some wicked rendition of Stairway to Heaven remixed! We proceeded to Mongolian wrestling and watched some of the drunkards get their ass handed to them. Literally, Mongolian tradition is the winner gets to then spank the loser on the bottom. There are two teams that just got married and this...
Day 7: You can never know the odds; If you don't play you'll never win
2 Moose on the Loose Car Mongol Rally travel Travel prep YOLO
Miles: 135Countries: UKStops: Colchester -> Greys -> Chichester (Goodwood)Playlists: "stoner chill" (Spotify. Only playlist to have actually downloaded offline and more like hardcore rap). This is it. With my heart in my throat, I'm a mix of excitement and nervousness. Meanwhile, Justin is as cool as a pickle, or however the saying goes. But here we go! We woke up and wasted no time in organizing everything and starting to pack. After we got everything in the car, it hung pretty low (or however that goes). We ended up returning our 2x 5L buckets of windshield washer fluid and 5L...
Day 5: It's been a hard day's night
2 Moose on the Loose Car Mongol Rally steed travel Travel prep
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
2 Moose on the Loose Car Mongol Rally Proud to be Canadians! steed travel Travel prep
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...