Borders, Bandits, And Baby Wipes: A Big Adventure In A Tiny Car
Inspired and challenged by his quests of “getting there,” Bassam Tarazi and two friends signed on for the infamous Mongol Rally, a nearly 10,000-mile road trip from London to Mongolia, through terrain that would make a mountain goat’s knees buckle, in a vehicle that was little more than a go-kart.
Borders, Bandits, and Baby Wipes is Tarazi’s incredible tale of what comes with life on the go and off the map. It’s a dive into cultures and cop cars, big thoughts and meltdowns, and what it means to be human while covered in a constant sheen of awe and grime. It’s a story about the kind of adventures we all said we’d have one day but never do. It’s about a world beyond our expectations, and of our place in it.
The following is an excerpt from the book, “Day 15,” the team’s blitz through Turkmenistan in search of the “Door To Hell.”
Day 15
The sheer enormity and unforgiving nature of the 135,000-square mile Karakum Desert was…
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