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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…
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Day 20: A Time Travel machine called Burma
After three years of planning and anticipation we finally crossed…
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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…
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Day 17 Race Report: Of Tiger Woods, Johnny Depp and a Thousand Hairpin Bends
“The beatings will continue until the morale improves”……
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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…
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Day 13: Testing the limits of man and machine
Kanchanaburi to Phetchabun. 525 kms
Is there such a thing…
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Day 12 Race Report: Hellfire!!
Today was the toughest race day of them all. It was the most…
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Day 11: Visions of Lady Gaga in a Thai Farmers' Market
Having finished the longest day of the race to date (558 km)…
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And all the kings horses.. disasters & breakdowns during The Road to Mandalay
Select pictures of cars in trouble and various state of repairs…
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Day 8 and Day 9: Phucket we said
Trang to Khao Lak. 463 kms
It was one of the more busy…
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Day 7 Race Report: Rattle and Hum and Racing through Fields of Rice
Georgetown to Trang. 385kms
We left Georgetown early in the…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Day 3 Race Report: A solid day all around with some misfires (430 km)
Kuantan to Cameron Highlands. 430 kms
Another gorgeous day…
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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…
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Day 1 Race Report: A Reversal of Fortune (323km)
After two intense days of repairs we finally qualified and had…
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Day T-1: A different kind of a Rat Race
What a Day!!! Collected the car from the Port and found we had…
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Day T-2: landed in Singapore, waiting to collect car
Landed in Singapore and trying out local delicacies to 'tune'…
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This is Rally Racing... Click to watch the great Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg, the Michael Schumaker of Rally Racing, showing…
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Courses, cakes and compliance.. a picture diary
Avi and I have started getting ready for the race through a series…
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Building the Rally Car - pictures from the early days
Trace the history of our preparation for The Road to Mandalay. …
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Datsun Watsun ships out to LA on way to Singapore
Pictures showing our car being loaded on to a trailer early in…
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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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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!