I’m finally in England, hours away from the launch. I’m totally sleep deprived and our car still has a long way to go before it’s finished. I’ve been working mainly on the electrical systems while the rest of the team takes care of the paint job. I wanted to post the following list, which is exactly what I took with me to the Mongol Rally… Do you think I forgot something?! My teammates scolded me for not bringing some tequila – they’re really tired of spending the queen’s finest!
- 26 Ball Point Pens
- A SpotGPS
- Old iPhone w/ Traveling Charger
- Mexican Nokia w/Charger
- Carnet de Passage for our Fiat (which is still nameless, BTW)
- GBAO Permits
- Pre-Mongol Rally Launch Camping Tickets
- Booking Confirmation for Dover-Calais
- Mongol Rally Signed Release Contract
- Copy of our Fiat’s V5
- Copy of US Visa
- Copy of Passport
- Copy of Medical and Traveling Insurance
- Passport
- Maps of Russia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Central Asia, Mongolia, Romania, Iran, and Turkey
- International Driver’s License
- 3 Deactivated Credit Cards
- A logbook
- USB Reader for transferring pictures and videos to a computer
- “The Art of War”
- Book on Low Cost Rally Cars (extremely useful!)
- Cash
- Two 1TB Drives
- 4 CD’s made by someone special
- 10 White Tagless T-shirts from Target
- Extra set of eyeglasses
- 20 Pairs of White SOcks
- 30 Pairs of Disposable Contact Lenses
- Old Spice Deodorant Stick
- Toothbrush
- 59mL of Hair Gel
- 1 Roll of Deep Clean Dental Floss
- Tweezer
- Nail Clippers
- 30mL of Cologne
- Lip Protectant
- 4g of toothpaste
- Two 12V DC to 110V AC Converters
- 12V Splitter
- Duct Tape
- 2oz of QuickSteel
- Leatherman
- 38 lithium batteries
- GoPro w/ Motorsports Mounting Accesories
- Datarex Emergency Ration
- 15 boxer shorts
- 2 pair of shorts
- 1 pair of jeans
- 1 batching suit
- 2 dress shirts
- Official Basic Cruising Shirt
- 1 Pair of ASICS
- 1 Pair of Pumas
- Laundry Locker Dirty Clothes Bag
- Flip Flops
- Travel Guides (Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Mongolia)
- Hospital Pants from UCSF
- Mechanical Hopping Bunny
- Sun Glasses for The Gazelle
- Sun Glasses
- 3 Mexican Flag Embroidered Patches
- 1 Genie Lamp
- 1 Cucaracha Horn
- Radiator Stop Leak
- Royal Sultan Costume
- Crazy Glue
- 2 Puzzle Books (forgot the one I was actually reading in my desk, boo)
- Quantcast Jacket
- Wind Breaker
- Captain Hat!)
No sunblock? 🙂
P.S. What is “The Art of War” for?
No sunblock! But Andrés and Enrique have some!
The book — food for the soul!
Two questions:
Why deactivated credit cards? Is this just for multiple ID purposes?
Where is the Laundry Locker dropoff in the ‘Stans?
It sounds like you might need a map of Afghanistan.
The deactivated cards go in fake wallets so when we have to bribe people the wallets actually look real. They’re also used in case we get mugged.
We really don’t want to go into Afghanistan, but it’s looking dangerously close to that now, unfortunately!
I thought we talked about this… towels, sirs, towels
I got your e-mail after I had landed in London ma friend
Hello! This is your . I just realized that you are the guy who wrote Middle Land, MIddle Way. (I know it has alway been on your saibedr . . . Duh!) I wore out two copies of this book while . See also . Great book and great blog. Slow down if you wish but please keep posting at least occasionally.