Timing is everything. Get a sudden summons to Bolivia, with departure in an hour, and it seems paralyzingly sudden – a feverish flurry of packing and mental adjustment tha…
Time: 0 Days Distance: 437 miles (since Olean) Odometer: 306,725 miles There were many moments on the Mongol Rally where i told myself that I would never ever d…
Time: 1 Days Distance: 1,088 miles (since Olean) Odometer: 307,375 miles Back in 2009 my travel experiences were limited to boarding flights, catching trains and walking by foot to interesting places. After hearing about the Mongol Rally, I hop…
Our Christmas Eve started at a Waffle House off of highway I-85. Seven of us walked into the empty chain restaurant a few minutes before midnight, feasted, and continued …
1.1 Day One. I’m sitting next to Stephen Alexis in a 1996 Jeep Cherokee. I’m at 86th st and Broadway. I’m listening to 2 Chainz with the windows rolled down. I’m waiting to meet up with the ambulance so we can depart from New York and drive down …
This December, Team Last Responders launched from New York to drive to Patagonia. Christmas was spent on the road driving toward New Orleans. Not to forget their friends and family, Team Last Responders wanted to wish everyone Merry Christmas! <i…
Time: 4 Days Distance: 1,669 miles Odometer: 307,956 miles I often describe the rally as a something that takes people to places off the…
According to the wiki, Monroe is the eighth largest city in the state of Louisiana, it was where my mom first landed in the US. When I was about 4 or 5, my mom left China to obtain her master’s degree in education at what is now called Louisiana S…
On December 25, we work up early in the morning to make sure we could catch some beignets from the Cafe Du Monde before dropping Paul off at the airport. Paul has…
Time: 5 Days Distance: 1,815 miles Odometer: 308,102 miles Monroe, Louisiana is the sort of place that you would never hear about and would never think to visit unless …
Time: 7 Days Distance: 2,151 miles Odometer: 308,438 miles We left Monroe Louisiana, bellies full of complementary crawfish generously provided by Coney Island Riverside. The plan was to beeline it to Phoenix, Az, our final stop in the United S…
Time: 8 Days Distance: 2,151 miles Odometer: 308,438 miles I woke up the morning of December 27th to see David at David’s Transmissions. According to Darryl, alt…
Adventure travel. The phrase conjures images of Indiana Jones, exotic bazaars bursting with unfamiliar fruit, and thrilling dives into piranha-infested rivers. So, when I raised my hand to join Team Last Responders nearly a year ago, on the promis…
Time: 10 Days Distance: 2,151 miles Odometer: 308,438 miles On one of our now ubiquitous Walmart browsing sessions, I struck up a conversation with an auto center employe…
I wasn’t expecting a Dallas New Years Eve. I was supposed to ring in the New Year to the sound of bursting piñatas and Mariachi fiesta music in Mexico. Instead, I found mys…
Time: 12 Days Distance: 3,083 Odometer: 309,370 With our car troubles behind us, we were looking forward to smooth sailing to Phoenix Arizona. The drive would take us across Texas, through a corner of New Mexico, and plunge us into the heart o…
Time: 13 Days Distance: 3,534 Odometer: 309,821 We started planning our journey to Patagonia back in February 2013. At the time, Last Responders were a loose gr…
Time: 17 Days Distance: 3,713 Odometer: 310,000 Our final, scheduled stop before Mexico was in Tucson, Arizona. There, we would meet the charity Vive Peru, the organizatio…
Some folks strap wooden boards to their feet and shoosh down mountainsides. Others buckle on similar gear and tromp through the woods. These downhill and cross-country skiers may look similar, but they’re quite different breeds. (You’re wonderi…
“Final” preparations for an adventure is like sorting mail at the post office. No matter how much you work at it, there’s always more work. Since our upper west side manh…
Time: 19 Days Distance: 3,803 miles Odometer: 310,090 miles Whenever we mentioned to people our plan to drive through Central America, everyone seemed to have an opinion about drug-cartel-infested Mexico. Security advice ranged from “Avoid the …