Attila The Pun is a 2013 Mongol Rally team. We will drive our 2007 Nissan Almera from Scotland to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia via the the Wakhan Corridor. Our vehicle is intentionally inappropriate for this task; we will rely heavily on the charity of those we meet along the way and intend to document these interactions aggressively. The people inhabiting the mountainous regions of Central Asia are famous for their hospitality.

We begin our adventure in the UK. We will proceed East through Frankfurt, Prague, Budapest, Bucharest and Odessa. We then continue into Russia and the Kazakh steppe, where we kiss the northern shores of the Caspian and (vanishing) Aral Seas. We swing ’round the Aral into Uzbekistan. The road from Samarkand to Almaty will certainly be the most exciting leg. This leg includes the Pamir Highway and the aforementioned Wakhan Corridor, which is among the most remote places on earth. The road is unforgiving and the landscape is harsh. We will sleep and eat well in the yurts and mud huts of the locals along the way. If we make it to Almaty (we will, mothers), the rest of the trip will seem like a vacation (it is). We’ll head back into Russia and over into Mongolia. Crossing the Mongol Steppe, where men hunt with eagles, is our final test. Excited? We are.