Salut
Chiar daca startul oficial al Raliului mongoliei 2019 nu a fost dat, povestea aventurii mele si a celor o mie de zambete a inceput, probabil de cand mi-a venit ideea de a participa , poate de cand am platit inscrierea…nu prea conteaza, important e ca rotitele pregatirilor se invart, mai scartaie pe ici pe colo , dar se invart, aplicatiile pentru vize (Iran, Turkmenistan, Kyrghistan) sunt depuse, urmeaza celelalte (multumesc Leo Alexa), masina e bucati si sta pe 2 paleti de lemn, asteapta sa intre in operatie, pe mainile pricepute a celor de la ArtGaraj, cort nu am, saltea nu am, dar macar am un aragaz mic
, bugetul e inca in ceata dar macar am tricouri personalizate, magneti de frigider si alte alea. Ce mai am din belsug?….O mare nerabdare sa incep calatoria. Si de fapt ea aproape ca a inceput, weekend-ul trecut am fost in Bristol,UK la o intalnire a catorva participanti ai Raliului Mongoliei 2019, unde am cunoscut cativa oameni faini, inclusiv veterani, care ne-au oferit mai multe sfaturi si beri, deh…mai mult beri si shot-uri, dar oricum, super oameni, super petrecere, abia astept sa ii reintalnesc la startul oficial, ei deja, fac parte din povestea celor 1000Zambete (ma rog, vreo 40 din ele)
In incheiere, va rog sa imi scuzati eventuala stangacie cu care am facut pozele si editarea, deoarece, avand in vedere ca pe tot parcursul calatoriei ma voi folosi de un Iphone pentru a face, atat pozele cat si editarea, in mod cert nu va iesi perfect dar ideea ramane iar zambetele voastre vor fi perfecte.
Va urma….
Hello!
Even though the Mongol Rally 2019 has not officially started, the story of my adventure and that of the 1000 smiles has begun, maybe when the moment, the idea of participating came to me, or the moment I signed up and paid, it doesn’t really matter… what matters is that the preparation is in full swing, there are some small obstacles on the way, but nothing huge enough to stop the process. The applications for the visas needed to enter Iran, Turkmenistan and Kyrghistan have been submitted, the next ones are to be dealt with (thank you, Leo Alexa), the car is torn apart, waiting on 2 wooden pallets to go into surgery by the skilled hands of “the doctors” of ArtGaraj. I don’t have a tent or a mattress, but I do have a small cooker :)), the budget is in an unclear situation, but I do have so many personalized t-shirts, magnets and other stuff. And I also have too much.. impatience. I am impatient for the journey to begin. And it actually almost began. I went to Bristol, UK, last weekend, for a meeting with some of the participants at the Mongol Rally 2019, on which occasion I got to meet some great people, including some veterans of the rally, who gave a lot of good advice and, well… a lot of beer. Many beers and shots were drank. The people were amazing, the party was great, and I can’t wait to meet them all again at the official start of the Mongol Rally 2019. they are now a part of the 1000 smiles (around 40 of them). To wrap this up, I really need to ask you to forgive the potential clumsiness, in my journey I will be using an iPhone to both take the photos and edit them, so they will definitely not be perfect, but your smiles will most certainly be.
To be continued…
