pages tagged socialTeam Geekout (Jamie&Kai) geeked out on the Mongol Rally 2011https://geekout.org.uk/tags/social/Team Geekout (Jamie&Kai) geeked out on the Mongol Rally 2011ikiwiki2019-09-03T15:07:02ZSubscribe by Emailhttps://geekout.org.uk/posts/Subscribe_by_Email/2019-09-03T15:07:02Z2011-06-25T09:13:17Z
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Gone walkabouthttps://geekout.org.uk/posts/Gone_walkabout/2019-09-03T15:07:02Z2011-06-13T09:29:52Z
<p>Jamie and I with my girlfriend <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/rufiec">Ruth</a> have met
Paul Van Est from <a href="https://www.teamgonewalkabout.com/">Team Walkabout</a>.</p>
<p>We exchanged news of our preparations and I'm shocked to hear that there might
not be any hotels along the way to Mongolia, which means we need to <strong>camp</strong>.</p>
<p>There goes my plan of wearing pressed shirts throughout the trip and enjoying
myself.</p>
<p>We chatted about what we could possibly give the locals besides diseases.
Should we tell them about our lives back home in Western civilisation? Should
we lie to them? Should we spread the message of hope, that we are coming for
their oil in exchange for democracy?</p>
<p>Perhaps the people of the East will surprise us Westerners. Maybe they possess
technologies we don't know about.</p>