On the 19^th of July 2008 Oliver Westgarth and I, Christoph Courth, handed in our notices at work, buttoned down the rusting hatches of our 1971 Renault 4 and left Hyde Park in London to head, somewhat optimistically, in the direction of Mongolia. The reason not just to satiate the travelers itch beneath our feet but to raise as much cash as possible for three, charities specifically the Children’s University of Mexico.Our ‘sat nav’ was a compass, our itinerary up for discussion and our Ipod a 1954 gramophone, we succeeded in making it through France and Italy towards the primeval forests of Slovenia, the rocky Adriatic coastline of Croatia, one of the worlds newest countries Montenegro, the mountains of Albania, the rugged valleys of Macedonia, into Greece to dip our toes off the beaches of Thessalonica before heading to the wonders of Turkey, war torn Georgia, the vodka breakfasts of Azerbaijan, the deserts of Kazakhstan, into the friendly world of eastern Russia before descending into the road less steppes of Mongolia before finally throwing in the towel after two days stranded with little water and food in the Gobi desert.

We are proud to have supported the Children’s University where we know 100% of the funds raised will go towards those that really need the assistance.

The full articles of our adventure from the road can be found on the following link:

http://travelblog.viator.com/?s=Chris+Courth