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Welcome to 'The Inglorious Drivers' blog. During our adventure we will try to keep the blog as updated as possible. However I do not think it will be easy to find a Wifi spot in the middle of the desert... New update on Facebook Team Page
Posted by Spanish at 1st March 2012 at 05:35
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Posted by Spanish at 1st March 2012 at 05:32
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Posted by Spanish at 1st March 2012 at 10:27
would like to challenge each one of our FB members to get at least one of their friends to like us too. If we can achieve that, then we'll have 1050 likes. Of course, more than one friend is even better...
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Posted by Spanish at 1st March 2012 at 10:22
So what's all of this nonsense about? It involves driving a clapped out old granny car around the world from Belgium to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia during the month of July / August. It is being 'organised' by the Adventurists and has been running for a number of years. As always it has a bit of a loose plot but we will be heading east from Belgium through Eastern Europe, past Chernobyl (Ukraine), Russia twice (a double entry), Kazakhstan and finally Mongolia. The route, plan, and our general safety and wellbeing are in our own hands as the Adventurists basically just see us off at the start line and hope to see us again at the finish line, where we will be rewarded with cakes.
The roads are likely to vary somewhat along the way from holding up traffic at 100 km/u on the autobahnens in Germany to being stuck behind a mule caravan in the Gobi desert.
We are team 'The Inglorious Drivers' - one of nearly 200 teams taking on the challenge and consist of Olivier and Jean-Loup.
We are likely to experience pot holes the size of mine shafts, the extreme heat of the desert, people who have no comprehension of English but do their talking by carrying AK47's with them, dysentery, breakdowns, Mongolian death worms! and policemen who like to be bribed. We are likely to stay in 'hotels' with bathrooms that you wouldn't consider washing your dog in, camping in the middle of nowhere hoping we aren't killed by bears or robbed in the middle of the night and may even spend the odd night in a cave.
So why are we doing this? Well basically life is too boring without adventure and there’s a lot of world out there to see, and there’s no better way of seeing it then being down on the ground driving through it.
If we are going to do something this stupid then let's do it with a good and clear conscience. For this year 'Mongol Rally 2012' we decided to help the charity: 'The Lotus Children's Centre'. It’s the charity picked by the event organisers.
The Lotus Children’s Centre is a Mongolian non-profit, non-government organisation working with vulnerable children and families to provide the basic human rights of shelter, food and education. We care for up to 150 abused, orphaned and abandoned children at any one time. Initially set up to provide basic needs for survival for just a handful of children in one apartment, Lotus has developed a kindergarten and a primary school to provide educational foundation, and is developing vocational pathways for employment opportunities.
You can read more about the charity here:
http://www.lotuschild.org/
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Posted by Spanish at 1st March 2012 at 17:17
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Posted by Spanish at 1st March 2012 at 19:11
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Posted by Spanish at 4th March 2012 at 07:51
Episode 2 sees team Blind Pilots head from Vienna to Transilvania.
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Posted by Spanish at 4th March 2012 at 07:36
The first of a 7 part mini-series filmed by Swiss Mongol Rally 2011 team 'Blind Pilots' about their 10,000 mile adventure from Czech Republic to Mongolia.
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Posted by Spanish at 4th March 2012 at 11:28
The winning Tee for the Mongol Rally Competition. Proceeds from this tee goto Charity! Help us help the world!
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Posted by Spanish at 5th March 2012 at 17:22
Working on the fundraising plan for the 2012 #mongolrally
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Posted by Spanish at 6th March 2012 at 07:59
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Posted by Spanish at 6th March 2012 at 08:01
A NEWLYWED couple will travel across some of the most difficult terrain on their honeymoon as part of a massive fundraising event.
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Posted by Spanish at 6th March 2012 at 08:41
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Posted by Spanish at 6th March 2012 at 18:18
The winning Tee for the Mongol Rally Competition. Proceeds from this tee goto Charity! Help us help the world!
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Posted by Spanish at 6th March 2012 at 18:39
The winning Tee for the Mongol Rally Competition. Proceeds from this tee goto Charity! Help us help the world!
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Posted by Spanish at 7th March 2012 at 14:56
Episode 2 sees team Blind Pilots head from Vienna to Transilvania.
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Posted by Spanish at 7th March 2012 at 22:30
Save the world, 1 technical breakdown at a time
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Posted by Spanish at 11th March 2012 at 12:02
The organizers of the regional ski festival in Kostanay played Ricky Martin's song "Livin' la Vida Loca" instead of national anthem of the Republic of Kazakh...
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Posted by Spanish at 12th March 2012 at 06:57
Shared a link: http://mongolrally12.theadventurists.com/index.php?mode=teamwebsites&name=the-inglorious-drivers&page
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Posted by Spanish at 13th March 2012 at 10:23
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Posted by Spanish at 15th March 2012 at 07:24
Team Blind Pilots' dispatches mini-series filmed, edited and published during the Mongol Rally 2011.
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Posted by Spanish at 16th March 2012 at 14:47
See how all that lovely charity money is being spent in our latest set of charity reports...
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Posted by Spanish at 16th March 2012 at 15:01
See how all that lovely charity money is being spent in our latest set of charity reports...
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Posted by Spanish at 17th March 2012 at 05:55
Will spend the day at DAS to learn few tricks about mechanics for the #mongolrally
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Posted by Spanish at 17th March 2012 at 15:38
His grandfather's recommendation inspired Jean-Loup De Reymaeker to buy the 456, but the Belgian will embark on an epic journey across continents in a little 1.1L Saxo.
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Posted by Spanish at 18th March 2012 at 12:04
What could happen if our car brake down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6LP6Iu76Ygw
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Posted by Spanish at 19th March 2012 at 07:07
How to channel your adrenaline and adventurist spirit; go to the gym; buy a fast car; visit the poles or even climb a mountain, enough for most people but not for one 37-year old Palestinian business man. How about an adrenaline fueled 60,000km journey on a motorcycle, with no backup and on your own...
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Posted by Spanish at 20th March 2012 at 11:38
J-115 #MongolRally
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Posted by Spanish at 22nd March 2012 at 10:40
We need support for the 2012 #Mongolrally, help us raise as maximum money as possible, click here to know more: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/51742132/Sponsors%20Pitch.pdf
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Posted by Spanish at 25th March 2012 at 18:57
We need support for the 2012 #Mongolrally, help us raise as maximum money as possible, click here to know more: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/51742132/Sponsors%20Pitch.pdf
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Posted by Spanish at 26th March 2012 at 19:05
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Posted by Spanish at 27th March 2012 at 17:40
Tupac is alive and well in Kazakhstan. Another creation from the imagination of Whirled web: http://www.getwhirled.com twitter: @getwhirled
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Posted by Spanish at 27th March 2012 at 18:11
Our little babies...
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Posted by Spanish at 28th March 2012 at 20:43
#mongolrally thank you Alain Audemars for your generous donation to our team.
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Posted by Spanish at 29th March 2012 at 08:37
Have a like from the Mongol Mavericks team!
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Posted by Spanish at 29th March 2012 at 17:56
Only few months to wait before the 2012 #mongolrally , we can't wait.
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Posted by Spanish at 29th March 2012 at 18:07
The Lotus Children’s Centre is a Mongolian non-profit, non-government organisation working with vulnerable children and families to provide the basic human rights of shelter, food and education. This year The Lotus Children's Centre is the official charity supported by the Mongol Rally.
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Posted by Spanish at 30th March 2012 at 03:38
Inglorious Drivers, how did you guys develop your logo? Was it using images and text in a certain program or did you have someone draw it up? We are trying to put the last touches on our website, but have yet to actually come up with a logo, and we know nothing about design or anything like that, so just looking for a bit of info.........thanks
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Posted by Spanish at 31st March 2012 at 15:33
We are starting the mods on our saxo #mongolrally
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