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Day 24 of 24: Epilogue -- "The only impossible journey is the one you never begin"
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"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin"
Those…
Day 20: A Time Travel machine called Burma
After three years of planning and anticipation we finally crossed…
Day 18 Race Report: "Gotta work on the nut behind the wheel before you start fixing bolts on the car".
Today we came frighteningly close to losing it all. It was the…
Day 17 Race Report: Of Tiger Woods, Johnny Depp and a Thousand Hairpin Bends
“The beatings will continue until the morale improves”……
Day 15 Race Update: Of Rock stars, Rugged cars, and Epsom salts
Day 15 was a day most of us were looking forward to after five…
Day 13: Testing the limits of man and machine
Kanchanaburi to Phetchabun. 525 kms
Is there such a thing…
Day 12 Race Report: Hellfire!!
Today was the toughest race day of them all. It was the most…
Day 11: Visions of Lady Gaga in a Thai Farmers' Market
Having finished the longest day of the race to date (558 km)…
And all the kings horses.. disasters & breakdowns during The Road to Mandalay
Select pictures of cars in trouble and various state of repairs…
Day 8 and Day 9: Phucket we said
Trang to Khao Lak. 463 kms
It was one of the more busy…
Day 7 Race Report: Rattle and Hum and Racing through Fields of Rice
Georgetown to Trang. 385kms
We left Georgetown early in the…
Day 6 Report: And on the sixth day we rested (and went looking for mani and pedi)
Georgetown, Malaysia. Rest Day.
On Day 5 we zoomed into the…
Day 5 Race Report: Racing up the side of a jungle-covered mountain with police's help (450km)
Day 5: Kota Bharu to Georgetown 450km
Picture this:
A closed-road,…
Day 4 Race Report: The monsoon floods wash away our racetrack and the ferry slipway (440km)
Cameron Highlands to Kota Bharu. 440 kms
A rather bland day…
Day 3 Race Report: A solid day all around with some misfires (430 km)
Kuantan to Cameron Highlands. 430 kms
Another gorgeous day…
Day 2 Race Report: It rained (hard) on our parade, and we drove into a ditch (402km)
Eventful day.., what was to be a very pleasant morning drive…
Day 1 Race Report: A Reversal of Fortune (323km)
After two intense days of repairs we finally qualified and had…
Day T-1: A different kind of a Rat Race
What a Day!!! Collected the car from the Port and found we had…
Day T-2: landed in Singapore, waiting to collect car
Landed in Singapore and trying out local delicacies to 'tune'…
This is Rally Racing... Click to watch the great Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg, the Michael Schumaker of Rally Racing, showing…
Courses, cakes and compliance.. a picture diary
Avi and I have started getting ready for the race through a series…
Building the Rally Car - pictures from the early days
Trace the history of our preparation for The Road to Mandalay. …
Datsun Watsun ships out to LA on way to Singapore
Pictures showing our car being loaded on to a trailer early in…
Car arrives in Singapore after a two month voyage from Austin, Texas
Jan 25, 2015..
Received an email from our friends at CARS…
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Countdown for the race from Madrid to Marrakesh..30 Days to ship
RaceArrival: Modern day Don Quixote meets miniature Robert DeNiro
Race Day 1: It’s Déjà vu all over again
Race Day 2: On the Ferry to Tangiers
Race Day 3: Let’s Fes it: we like exotic food as much as we like racing
Race Day 5: Racing through the high Atlas Mountains
Race Day 6 and 7: Enduring the test and Discovering Kashmir in Sahara
Race Day 9-10: Broken but not defeated, we finish the race in a rental!