the adventurists on adventure: mr. tom at the TNT travel show.
Tom (or Mr. Tom, as he’s often referred to) wastes no time in getting started: “Adventure involves ignoring safety advice, going somewhere you know nothing about, and getting lost.”
Posts tagged ‘Mongol Rally’
Mar 6
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Nov 12
travel wishlist #1: make it to mongolia.
“I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.” – Vincent van Gogh It was the summer after graduation and I was two months into living at home and waitressing at a local restaurant. One night, a customer asked what I was doing now that I’d finished university. “I’m moving to London in August [...]
Aug 27
the mongol rally: celebrating at the finish line.
“Imagine you’re lost in a massive desert, hundreds of miles from civilisation, driving a car even your granny would be embarrased by…This is what the Mongol Rally is about.” –The Adventurists Today is a big day. Not for me, really–I’ve been tucked away in quiet southwest London, thankful to be out of the way of what [...]
Jul 24
“neither tried nor tested”: launching the mongol rally at the festival of slow.
“The best form of preparation is to have no preparation.” –Buddy, illustrious host of the Festival of Slow What do you get with 170(ish) tiny hatchback cars, 50 or so second-hand ambulances, a handful of firetrucks (all sirens still definitely in working order), and approximately 700 people crazy enough to think they can drive from [...]
