Globe hoppers

Bucharest is the country's capital and commercial center. Its iconic landmark is the massive, communist-era Palatul Parlamentului government building, which has 1,100 rooms.   park bench Downtown is the tiny Eastern Orthodox Stavropoleos Church which is squashed in between big buildings and a statute of the former King. Church door from Cotmeana Monastery - XVI century

Finally, after some problems with the car, we left with 48 hour delay... So we departed from Folkestone on sunday 15th at 3 am, then arrived in Calais at 4. 30 am. We then drove non-stop from Calais via Belgium and Germany ( loved the autobahn with no speed limit ) to get to Czech Republic at 5.30 pm, right on time to register before the closing time at 6pm. So it was close but we made it ! there are approximately 900 participants, the ratio of women per men is of 3 women for 35 guys ! There was around 450 cars We got to see some Mongol Wrestling vs participants and some fire show ! We are on the road !! Finalement, après quelques problèmes avec la voiture, nous sommes parties avec 48 heures de retard ...  Nous sommes donc parties de Folkestone le dimanche 15 à 3 heures du matin, puis nous sommes arrivés à Calais à 4h30 du matin. Nous avons ensuite conduit sans escale de Calais via la Belgique et l'Allemagne (nous avons adoré l'autoroute sans limite de...

The globe hoppers Team just took off with a very nice car :) Elle est belle !!! our Suzuki Isibindi was generouly made rally-ready by James and his colleagues at JEM services.      A big thank you !!! Unit 3, Hyde Estate Rd, London NW9 6JX jemservice.co.uk 020 8358 6000

  Previously , you saw some pictures of our car ... But  "How did we bought a rally car without having a clue about cars?" You may ask .... Well, we 've asked a knowledgeable person if he knows of second hand car dealership who sells small cars. Phoned that person and accepted his suggestion of a car without having seen the car!! Asked him to arrange transport of the car to London!! Saw the car for the first time when it arrived in London. We are absolutely delighted with our car  - Suzuki Wagon R+ .   It's perfect! and we want to thank Barry of HIGH GARRETT CAR SALES in Essex for a great car. We have named it ISIBINDI which mean brave / confident in ZULU!. "Comment avons-nous acheté une voiture de rallye sans avoir la moindre idée des voitures?" vous demandez vous peut-être ... Nous avons demandé à une personne bien informée s'il connaissait un concessionnaire automobile d'occasion qui vendait des petites voitur...

#teammember ! Meet #caspar ! He'll be supporting us from home ! If you want to support us too, you can go to this Website ! #cute #cutedogs Voici un membre de l'équipe et pas des moindres ! Caspar notre chien adoré ... Il nous soutiendra de la maison :) Si vous souhaitez nous soutenir vous aussi, cliquez ici !

Here is Tess , the daughter of our mother-daughter team . She's just finishing High school !  Voici Tess, la fille de notre équipe mère fille . Elle est en train de finir le lycée .. Elle est belle et rebelle, vous ne trouvez pas ?

Here is our Car ! It's a Suzuki ! Looks like it's going to be just us girls on our trip ! It arrived today to London from Essex... Great right ? Tell us what you're thinking of our car in comments Voici notre voiture! C'est une Suzuki! Elle est arrivée aujourd'hui à Londres d'Essex .  Dites-nous ce que vous pensez de notre voiture dans les commentaires :)

These are the #teammembers of our #motherdaughterTeam . Member one : #themother : Astrid . She's a  conference interpreter . Astrid speaks German, English, French and Dutch ... Wahouuu right ? Here in #luxembourg.   #redhair #redhairbrigade #MONGOLRALLY Check what being an interpreter looks like : L e moment est venu de vous présenter les membres de notre équipe mère-fille. La première : Astrid.   Elle est interprète de conférence .  Elle parle allemand, français et néelandais... C'est fouuu ! Regardez la vidéo et vous comprendrez mieux ce qu'elle fait !

A mother and daughter team will embark on a journey in July 2018 from London to Outer Mongolia with our final destination being Ulan-Ude in Russia. Both of us know very little about cars but will be travelling in a small car with an engine size of 1.1litre through different countries and terrains. We hope to whizz by Western Europe to spend more time in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan [which is described as the roof of the world] to Mongolia and hopefully reaching our final destination of Ulan-Ude in Russia in one piece! We are excited not only by the challenge of driving over 15,000km for charity but also discovering new cultures, music, traditions and art. to find out more about us and to help us raise money, click here    Nous sommes une équipe mère-fille qui partira de Londres en Mongolie en juillet 2018, notre destination finale étant Ulan-Ude en Russie. Nous savons tous deux très peu de choses sur les voitures....