The Maestro to Mongolia Adventure 
UPDATE FEB 2010 - email recd from Mercy Corps

L'Austin Transit Rally story is finally online

Hi Jayne,I hope you are well, I must apologise for the major delay in getting this online, Haiti has been a major focus and then I was away with work until this week. Your photo essay is now finally up and can be viewed through a link on the Mongol Rally event page: http://www.mercycorps.org/Mongolrally2010.  

Best wishes,

Jennifer Adams, Event Development CoordinatorMercy Corps, European Headquarters

UPDATE:
A full report is now on our Trip Report page (menu on left).
A selection of 120 photos taken during our trip are uploaded on the 'Gallery' pages of this site (unfortunately I can't get them to play completely in sequence though). 
To view them in better quality AND in sequence go to our Flikr page :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-jayne/sets/72157622209343740/

To see our videos go to YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/user/JaynenJohn 

For links, stories and videos of this and our other adventures go to:
http://www.freewebs.com/beeblebroxadventures/

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Our mission is to spread Austin Maestros to all corners of the world while raising money for charity and having a 'bit of an adventure'. Following on from the Team Beeblebrox 'Maestro to Gambia' our new team L’Austin Transit will travel to Ulanbaataar Mongolia.   
Departing on 18th July 2009 from Goodwood we will drive our mighty 1275cc Maestro (depending on where the warzones are) through Czech Republic, Turkey, Iran, several places ending in “stan” and the Ghobi desert.  
We also hope to break the world altitude record for a Maestro while travelling along the Pamir Highway when we reach 16,000 feet.
Hopefully six weeks and 10,000 miles later we will arrive in Ulanbaataar where the Maestro, spares and equipment will be given to local charities and we will try and find the train to Retford (aka the Trans-Siberian Express).

We are in the process of finalizing the route while we await the remainder of our visas. Current problems in Iran are giving cause for concern, so an alternative route is being considered. 
We are currently investigating all the possible dangers, and as if navigating the rocky terrain of the Gobi desert was not enough, the main worries in the fifth largest desert are wolves and the bubonic plague which is carried by the Marmot.

Our aim is to raise £1000 for Mercy Corps Mongolia from generous people like yourselves.
Please check our Charities page to see the benefits that your donations can have. 

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