Departure Day!

Well we've made it! As I write I'm sitting in a restaurant near Dunkirk in France, awaiting the arrival of several of the other teams who decided to take the Dover to Dunkirk ferry.

All in all the rally has started off well, we camped over at Goodwood the night before the start, we got to meet quite a few of the teams that so far had evaded us, and also catch up with old friends, one American team had already managed to write off there car before we even arrived.

The next morning involved drinking plenty of water to shed off the fuzzyness from the night before, a bacon butty, a cup of tea and then we headed to the track to await the starting of the Mongol Rally 2009!

Slowly but surely hundreds of teams arrived, and they each had their own unique touches add to their cars, ranging from a Pink ice cream truck to a furry fire engine.

We managed to drive in a convoy of about 15 cars to Gant in Belgium, which at night was my first international driving experience, all went well though, and we pulled into a service station for some sleep at about 2am.