Because we really needed to start raising some money for our charity (PLAN) we searched for something that we could sell to people. We could have done a lot of stuff like selling self-made T-shirts, candy or other stuff that people wouldn’t actually need. After some brainstorming, we have found the perfect thing that we could easily relate to the fact that we’re participating in the Mongol Rally.
One of the rules to participate in the rally is to raise money for charity. Because it’s only fair if you’re going out of your way to see what the world has to offer that you make an effort to give a little something back. Each team should raise £1000, with at least £500 raised for the Rallies official charity Cool Earth. The other charity is one of our own choice. Therefor, we’ve chosen the awesome charity ‘Plan’ and especially ‘Plan Belgium’.
So what do these charities do?
The past few weeks we searched a lot for a decent car to drive the rally. But to find one, we first needed to consider a couple of rules, one of it is to drive a car that is no more than 1200cc. Another one is, that it needs to be an small, shit car to make the rally tougher.
Eventually, we found one, bought him and now we can call it ours.
So as you know, we’ll start our round-the-world-trip with the Mongol Rally. But what is the Mongol Rally we hear you think.
Each summer, the Mongol Rally thunders 10,000 miles across the mountains, desert and steppe of Europe and Asia. Bollocks to tarmac, ABS and gadgets that help you find your navel. The Mongol Rally is about getting lost, using your long neglected wits, raising shedloads of cash for charity and scraping into the finish line with your vehicle in tatters and a wild grin smeared across your grubby face.