Author Archives: Pete

Pimping Our Fiat (or how to make a crappy car slightly less bad at offroading in the desert)

The Fiat Seicento is one of the worst possible vehicles we could choose to drive to Mongolia, let alone to the corner grocery store. As such, we decided to make a few modifications in hopes that we’ll have a better … Continue reading

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We have our car!

After weeks of language barriers, missed deadlines, 3AM phone calls, technical hurdles, confusion and frustration, we’ve got it! Behold, our Fiat Seicento: I picked it up today in Bielefeld, Germany, from a little used car shop called ALKIS Automotive. The … Continue reading

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New on our itinerary: The SOS Children’s Village in Tbilisi, Georgia

One of the charities we’re supporting, SOS Children’s Villages, has graciously invited us to visit one of their villages (orphanages) on our Mongol Rally route! When we are in Tbilisi, Georgia in the second week of the rally, we will … Continue reading

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Charity Flip Cup Tournament raises over $1000

This past Saturday, we held a Mongol Rally Charity Flip Cup Tournament in Los Angeles, and it was a huge success! We had fifty friends (in ten teams of five) come to compete, and support our two Mongol Rally charities. … Continue reading

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Our Chariot Awaits: a Fiat Seicento

We officially have our Mongol Rally car! This morning, we put a down payment on a tiny blue Fiat Seicento in Bielefeld, Germany. As is the spirit of the Mongol Rally, we are driving a pathetic little car that is … Continue reading

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The Greece Post: “Risking it all, for Charity”

We got our first real media coverage this morning, from Jeff’s local newspaper, The Greece Post. Jeff is a teacher in the Greece, N.Y. school district. We pasted the full article below, but you can also find it on the … Continue reading

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Vehicle Search Update: Can you help us find a car?

So it turns out that buying a car a continent away, sight unseen, is kinda tough. Who’da thunk? We’ve been feverishly searching all of the laughably small, cheap and underpowered cars we can find in the UK, the Netherlands and … Continue reading

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The Broken Couch’s benefit show on June 10th

Jeff’s improv comedy group, The Broken Couch will be performing a benefit show for our Mongol Rally team in Rochester, NY on June 10th! Jeff and his friend, BJ Scanlon have been performing improv together for over 6 years, and … Continue reading

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Visa Business

Sorting out all of our visa business a few months ago was a big pain, but I’m happy to say that all of our visa applications are now being processed! The route we chose for the Mongol Rally has us … Continue reading

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Why “The Rubber Duckies”?

Our team name is The Rubber Duckies…and you’re probably wondering why. Mongol Rally teams tend to pick something Mongolia or rally-related like “Genghis Khan’t Touch This,” “Between a Yak and a Hard Place” or “For Baatar Or Worse”…but we found … Continue reading

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