Mongol Rally Three Weeks Into The Unknown

Author : JOHN IRVING
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1445259303
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mongol Rally - Three weeks into the unknown written by JOHN IRVING and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a gruelling adventure and an epic challenge. On the face of it, all we had to do was get from London to Mongolia. But looking deeper it was going to be a lot less simple than it had first appeared. We had minimal planning, bought a horribly underpowered car that was fit for scrap, had no external support, no prior expedition experience or survival knowledge and decided to do it all in the name of charity. We only allowed ourselves three weeks to complete the adventure. I hadn’t even heard of half of the countries we were intending to cross and certainly didn’t speak the languages but we’d go for it anyway and see how things turned out. It couldn’t be that hard after all.Here’s my account of how it happened, what we came across, the scrapes we got into and how we got out of them and a selection of the numerous photos I took on the 9,592 miles to Mongolia. Some experiences defied belief, some were mildly terrifying but there are none that I will ever forget.

Author : Raymond L. Garthoff
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815791447
Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Author : George Katsiaficas
Publisher : PM Press
ISBN 13 : 1604868562
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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