Mongolia by car?  Ridiculous?  Interesting?  Possible?

London to Ulaanbataar in a 30 year old Volkswagen Bug.  Not wanting to make things to easy for ourselves we are taking in the Artic circle and vast steppe of Northern Siberia as a minor detour.

I present a crackpot scheme to drive several clapped-out old cars a quarter of the way around the globe, over 8000miles, across five mountain ranges and two deserts.

Throw in thousands of miles of unsurfaced roads, countless breakdowns, no backup and the very real chance that we will not make it.

Add two respected charities and active media cover and you have a unique promotional opportunity.

The Mongol Rally is in its third year.  In July 2006 approximately 100 cars will attempt the epic journey.  Every team will be raising money for Charity.

See our SPONSOR US page for further details.

Contact us:  dan@yakatak.co.uk

We have completed the 2006 Mongol Rally!

Text Message updates tracking our progress can be found by CLICKING HERE 

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Highlights (lowlights?) of the Mongol Rally 2005:

• 43 cars left London.
• 27 cars reached Mongolia.
• 14 cars reached the finish in Ulaanbaatar.
• 1 car snapped in half.
• 3 engines fell completely out of the cars.
• 1 team were held for 5 days in no-mans land.
• 1 team cycled 200km to get to the finish when their car gave in.
• 100's of tyres were blown.
• 1 team got engaged.
• 1 team found a 10ft deep pot hole.
• 1 team found a 25 tonne crane that had rolled due to a pot hole.  
• 2 cars flipped over in Mongolia.
• every team had a very memorable trip.

All this in cars unfit for a trip to the shops!