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How to drive a Rally car
It made me
thrilled 
"It was a difficult, frightening, dangerous, and AMAZING adventure driving through 14 countries through all terrain and even along the second highest highway in the world."
How I did it: Commit and do it. That is the biggest step. I drove in the Roof of the World Rally 2009 from London, England to Kurgan-Tube, Tajikistan passing through 14 countries and countless experiences.
Along the way we encountered numerous challenges including:
- breaking down in the desert of Kazakhstan, resulting in us having to drive in reverse for 4 hours
- stuck in a river with water filling the car for 7 hours
- paying for a hospital visit with bags of tea
- driving through waterfalls, along cliff faces, and around treacherous corners on the Pamir Highway, the second highest highway in the world.
The experience allowed me to do and see things few have including:
- an entire village coming together to prepare dinner for us
- invited into a local's home to eat and sleep without a single common language between us
- brought to a family's home for tea
- becoming welcomed as a local in a village that does not normally experience people from outside their land
Lessons & tips: The number one tool to make it through an experience such as this is patience. The second tool would be tolerance. A good flashlight and compass are handy as well.
Resources: The rally itself is located at www.charityrallies.org and my adventures are blogged at www.thetravelmur.com
