3 mcclaren slr, carrera gt, 360 convoy hit albanian border 4am...lambo 640lp donated to team warrior heart stuck then relased at border. 16.5hrs driving yesterday..were horribly lost. terrible accident elsewhere. dead cell phone with no charger since was in bag someone else took for me frm athens ... Read More
one quick word...its 5am bus leaves in 3 hours...yuck...anyway. wanted to make one comment on co-pilot. It was custom designed to go from checkpoint to checkpoint, and our route was one not even cows would have paved. Even though it almost got us killed, I wanted any co-pilit blog readers to kno ... Read More
Hi All,
wanted to let you know that we have some videos (from my regular digital camera and car 23's video camera) relating to the last few days. They are going to take a bit to post...but stay tuned.
still pics are also coming.
need to go sleep soon or abandon the idea...got a ... Read More
Heard horrible communication access where we are going tomorrow. If cant blog...will when get communication access.
On another note, in true Gumball Spirit...not only have people stepped up to offer rides, but one especially gracious and generous Gumballer has offered to have a car shipped ... Read More
plane..taxi...boat...bus...plane...taxi...Athens! I do love ISTANBUL. We did not really get to see Istanbul. Last time I was here I was 21 years old and stayed in a hostel near the blue mosque for $2.50! (see the journal entry at the bottom of this post if you'd like)
Oh how things have ch ... Read More
Got our first real sleep (2 hours!) since this all began. Nice seats in Turkish Air bizclass by the way. off to Constantanopal..Gumball style
We couldn't take it any more. Radical decision making time! We abandoned MY $400,000 car, which I drove for only 2 weeks before shipping for a MONTH just to get here to drive for one excruciatingly long insane day on of the Gumball 3000... on the street in West London...right in front of the dea ... Read More
We waited till 6 AM at Ramsgate with the intention of getting on the 7 AM ferry to Belgium. Our last hope was quashed minutes before 7 AM when were informed the cargo planes would leave before noon and we knew we couldn't make it to Frankfurt in time any longer. At this point we were so determine ... Read More
Ok, this was challenging, but let's add some fun new elements that should increase the fun. We are heading up a road when it suddenly comes to a gated area that provides entrance and exit points that are too small for the car. A small dodgy looking car passes through and stops right next to us. T ... Read More
Belgium - A New Hope (Hour 11 from Start)
Leaving the UK: attempt #4:
We knew that we had missed the opportunity to meet the cargo flight to transport our Porsche Carrera GT to Turkey and then suddenly our phones started to receive text messages and ring off the hook...then a message ... Read More
