July Jibber delivers news of the fight to make the world less boring

To anyone, like my Mum, who is wondering... YES, we would do it again in a second!
Al from Africa Rally 2008 team Tasmanian Smurfari after being arrested in Timbuktu for causing a public disturbance dressed as a smurf in full blue body paint. Find out more here.

Welcome to July's Jibber, The Adventurists' splendid monthly update on the fight to make the world less boring. And by jove the forces of boredom are in for a right old scuffle. Our Summer/Autumn 09 collection ranges from slightly ridiculous to the downright outrageous with a dash of the ground-breaking about it, and includes two brand new additions to the gaggle of adventures...

July 18th.......................Mongol Rally - London to Mongolia in tiny cars

August 22nd................Mongol Derby - World's longest multi-horse race 1000km across Mongolia

September 12th..........Rickshaw Run - Goa to Pokhara in auto-rickshaws

October 24th................Mototaxi Junket - Three wheeling from Peru to Paraguay

We have already made some tasty tracking updates to the websites so you can follow the teams across the four corners of our fine planet when each adventure launches and more are on the way...

The Mongol Rally Festival of Slow LIVE online...
Saturday 18th July 11.30 – 15.30 BST
www.festivalofslow.com

The Mongol Rally launch will simultaneously fart in the face of boredom from Barcelona, Milan and Goodwood in the UK. The English launch of just over 300 teams from all over the world will be broadcast live for your amusement so bookmark http://www.festivalofslow.com for the broadcast. We'll even have a highlights show posted on Saturday evening...

This Saturday Goodwood Motor Circuit will be temporarily declared the 'Independent Republic of Adventurism' complete with menacing border guards, maurauding entertainers, live music, cossack dancers, Russian strongmen, real ale, properly made lamonade, and more than 300 Mongol Rally teams from more than 20 countries.

A fire engine completely covered in fur, London Taxis and a tiny car with a 15 foot Viking long boat on top feature among the 'Vehicles of Significant Comedy Value Category'. Before they depart for a gargantuan party in a Czech castle on Monday each team will enjoy a parade lap of Goodwood Motor Circuit and they will be flagged off by former rallier and all round top chap Nick Hewer, who you may have seen on the tellybox in The Apprentice.

There are also 100 teams heading out from Barcelona and another 50 leaving from Milan simultaneously this Saturday, check the website for updates.

Festival of Slow website.

Africa Rally 2009 Competition closing soon...

The Africa Rally cometition will close next week on Friday 24th July 2009 so there's still time to enter and win yourself a marvellous excuse to sidestep a boring Christmas and venture into the Sahara in a 1-litre car...

The prize is free entry to the Africa Rally launching from the UK and Spain in December this year, jus in time to make sure you'll be stuck in a desert when everyone else is eating turkey sandwiches.

Click here to enter the competition...

Three wheels, mountains and jungles... The Mighty Mototaxi Junket

Take the smallest and least practical vehicle available in an entire continent and throw it at some of the most ridiculous and least hospitable terrain on our good earth. From the driest desert in the world, to the most dangerous road in the world, to the biggest rainforest in the world the Mototaxi Junket is rarefied adventure in a handy 2 week-so-you-won't-get-fired punch in the guts.

The Junket is one of our new adventures, so this is a world first and there are still a few spots left for hardy pioneering types with a liking for three wheels and mountains and wilderness all wrapped in a jamboree of adventurism.

Mototaxi Junket website