The taxi below the castle in Salzburg, originally uploaded by desertaxi.

Our very smart car, where we made our first stop for lunch in Salzburg.

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Charles demonstrates the joys of the hammock, originally uploaded by desertaxi.

Charles in his hammock, reading the Economist while enjoying the beautifully flat roads of Northern Serbia. We are sampling the delights that Belgrade has to offer at the moment. So far this has involved an awful lot of grilled meat and gunfire. We couldn’t be [...]

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The team at the start, originally uploaded by desertaxi.

Charles Ed Max

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2008-07-20   11.46hrs
We are now in Linz - Austria - hoping to be in Budapest tonight.
The old girl is slowly losing electrical functions due to the resonance of the engine that is also driving us slowly insane
Charles has rigged up a hammock in the back which has turned out to be a beautiful idea, as one [...]

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We roll out of London in high style…

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After months of loving attention to our 1991 London Taxi aka The Taxidermist (she’ll probably stuff us at some point) we are on our way into the unknown.
We want to say how very much we appreciate your encouragement and support which has truly inspired us. Thank you. And we want to extend our deepest thanks [...]

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With 3 days to go, Team Desertaxi  on this side of the atlantic convened to try and acheive something more than producing hot air. We started by cooking an Ostrich egg that took 45 minutes to soft boil, 15 minutes to cut open and three guys 30 minutes to get half way through.
With this [...]

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The Mongol Rally
Hello Teams,
I hope this finds you all well and in the mood for some serious adventure. Anyway here are some handy details about the London Launch for you, July 19th. Things like how to get in and when to arrive. All terribly useful.
ENTERING THE PARK
You must enter Hyde Park via Victoria Gate (that’s [...]

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Our new headlights from eBay, just like the cab…

Originally uploaded by desertaxi

They may look small but with these on the Desertaxi can probably be seen from space!

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Brand spanking new end pipe

Originally uploaded by desertaxi

We needed a new endpiece to stop fumes going into the back of the cab. The boy racer option was just too tempting for Max to resist.

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Charles strikes a pose

Originally uploaded by desertaxi

Charles and Ed tidied up the car and installed all the goodies such as an invertor, an all essential fan and a brand new fire extinguisher

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Aerial View

Originally uploaded by desertaxi

Lovely view of our roof rack!

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Dear all we just received notice of our departure time from Hyde park:
The launch site is along North Carriage Drive and the Cumberland gate will be closed to all incoming vehicles.

10:30-11:30 Entertainment and prize giving.
12:00-12:30 Race!!!

Hope to see you all there
Short but Sweet

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We love to share good news and this cannot be better. We have an angel. He is David Mahoney whom I met while teaching in Mongolia.
Halo goes here

David has made a wonderfully, generous, challenge – he will match every donation of $50. or more up to a total of $1,000. We are so grateful. Please [...]

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 Max and the expert welders at Archie’s garage have made us rally ready with the newly positioned exhaust and roof rack. 

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We’ve done just that! While much of the first half of the trip through Europe and into Iran may be on smooth, comfortable highways, the rest will be ….well…..rocky to say the least as we cross 3 deserts. Enter the sled.
Neither rocks, nor boulders shall strike us from below……hopefully.

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Lenham’s Garage. New pumps, radiator, hoses, tyres. wiper blades and rear end.Three weeks and almost a new body. Plus Max re-attached the taxi light. Maybe Ed will want to pick up fares in Kyrgyzstan?

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TDT’s website has just gone from the minor leagues to the major leagues of internet technology thanks to the generous effort of Jeffrey Donenfeld of MorpheusMedia, one of our great sponsors. You can read Jeff’s musings on life, internet developments and a lot more at Jeffzilla.com. Our thanks.

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Welcome to the brand new Team Desert Taxi news section. We’ll use this space to post updates on our progress throughout the planning, execution and wrapup stages of the trip. Wish us the best!

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