lol "mongol" is dutch slang for retard...

so when i see this, i see "retart rally"

lol "mongol" is dutch slang for retard...

so when i see this, i see "retart rally"

lol

I'm not dutch but thats what i've always read it as...

mong rally!

Reminds me of what you said before:

in holland, if you call some one a mongol, its like saying "Retard".

so when i saw the name of this topic, i laughed and thought "they gave retards lisences???"

thought id share that shit.

Anyway back to the point:

You can't do the official one in a car older than 10 years either.

I bet there's enough old broken down bangers in Mongolia!

which is why you cant import one that's less than ten years old . And you aint getting out the country for shit unless the car you entered in is sorted [which is why there is also a £500 deposit to be paid]

yes the Mong Rally is a great laugh but I am aiming for £5,000 minimum sponsorship for the Christina Nobel Foundation. Nobody is going to donate money to charity on the off chance you go to mongolia.

Going unofficially is very boring. As there is nothing specifically to go for your deadlines [and thus the fun] are not really there.

You don't HAVE to be anywhere at a certain time [Eg Cezchout Party] so its just an epicly pointless drive.

The adventurists square things with the Mongolians and you really cant put a price on that.

As for the convoys etc they are also part of the fun.

Moral of the post - 10,000 miles is pretty dam boring without you fellow adventurists

Sorry about bumping this up, but I'd like to add my 2p here.

I did the Mongol Rally in 2007 and unofficial one in 2008.

I agree with what is said above. The unoffical rally was not as much fun as the mongol rally. Simple as that.

I would say though; Don't bother to pay anything!

Just go at the same time as the mongol rally in a car of your choice. I saw plenty of cars and bikes coming into Mongolia driven by dutch, german, sweedish etc that were on NO rally what so ever. So its not like you can't get into the country if you're not on the rally.

Do the round trip. I did this last year and its great fun.

Also Iran is the best country I have ever been to, and will be going back when I can afford it.

Turkmenistan is the worst country I have ever been to, and will never be going back unless I get paid a lot of money.

http://mongolianrally.co.uk/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1228086036