Team Kiwi Traveller

04/07/2018

Hundreds of adventurous, intrepid and many would say heroic people from around the globe will soon set off on the 2018 Mongol Rally.

With their journey only two weeks away from kicking off, Team KT has been reminiscing about the magical 47 days spent on the road during last year's rally.. ..by watching our Oscar™, Emmy™ and Grammy™ winning documentary.

Feel free to give it a hoon too!

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While you're here, please give a 'Like' to our fellow Kiwi battlers Wakachangi Express, who will be fueling their way across the globe via a 1 litre wagon some say has been converted to run on Uncle Kenny's sweet nectar.

21/04/2018

Kiwi Traveller live in Christchurch

24/02/2018

Dr Scotty Turkmenistan: Door To Hell Edition

This is what happens when you try to film a TV show in the Turkmenistan desert while terribly hungover and dealing with 43.5 degree temperatures.

Click the link to watch the full punishing 5 minute video!

https://youtu.be/v4yVoRJGz0Y

This what happens when you attempt to film a TV show in the Turkmenistan desert while terribly hungover and dealing with 43.5 degree temperatures.

17/01/2018

Many of you have asked: "What happened to your beautiful steed known as Black Magic?"

Well, we've had an update, all the way from Eastern Europe:

"The material described above was destroyed by the hydraulic excavator at the Paldiski department of AS Kuusakoski, located at Rae poik 14, Paldiski, Estonia"

RIP Black Magic - you will forever be in our memories.

KT xoxo

04/01/2018

WATCH OUR MONGOL RALLY FILM

Three months after completing the greatest adventure of our lives (so far), Team Kiwi Traveller is stoked to announce the release of our official Mongol Rally 2017 film.

So grab some warm yaks milk and settle in for 48 minutes and 55 seconds of pure KT entertainment!

Please also LIKE and SHARE if you can - it'll make all the hours Scotty Bamford spent editing this clip worth it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Zi1FlsKIg

3 Handsome men journey from England to Russia via Mongolia in a sexy Vauxhall Astra dubbed "Black Magic" 17,000 km of road to drive them insane. Benzin galor...

18/12/2017

And that ends our Mongol Rally adventure!

$9019.76 raised for Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust.

Watch TVNZ One News tonight to see the story.

Have a safe and very Merry Christmas and New Year!!

KT

18/12/2017

$9,019.76 handed over today to the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust from Team KT.

Thanks everyone who donated to our crazy adventure - and special shout out to all our sponsors who helped us get to the start line!

PS. Keep an eye out for our Mongol Rally film, which Scotty B is furiously editing as we speak...

07/11/2017

DVD EXTRA:

It's now two months since we finished the Mongol Rally.

It was an emotional finish for the whole team, but especially for Mitchell Pannett, who had to decide whether to leave is loyal scuffs at the Russian railhead...

08/10/2017

Many people have asked over the past few months just how munted some cars got on the Mongol Rally...

Well, here's a video shot by Mitchell of ol' mate Jamie and his wagon battling to the rail head (where we disposed our cars) in Russia.

Enjoy:

04/10/2017

A while ago we promised to fill you in on our bizarre night out in Turkmenistan.

Well, here Ben's had a go at doing just that.

Key themes in his article include "disco" and "brothel".

Photo cred: Scott Bamford and his massive DSLR camera

http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/10/a-night-out-in-turkmenistan-the-north-korea-of-central-asia.html

02/10/2017

Wow! Thanks to over 115 awesome donators we've managed to raise an enormous $8,847.99 for the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust!!

And Scotty's extra $500 will push the total to comfortably over $9000 - unreal.

This is way more than we ever thought possible when we first started planning this trip around 15 months ago.

Ben, Scotty and Mitch are genuinely blown away with the support. All of you rule.

Now to announce who's won the Spot Messenger G3 tracker, kindly offered up by our sponsor Tony Glentworth at SPOT NZ.

The winner of the package worth over $600 is..... well, you're gonna have to watch the video to find out!

Also, special thanks to all our sponsors.

This trip really would have been dead in the water if it were not for all of you who jumped on board early in the piece:

Chris Woods Contracting - BrightSparks Auto Electrical Dunedin Ltd - Spray Marks Graphics Ashburton - Wayne's School of Rock - (https://www.instagram.com/billirwinnz/) - Broadcastmedia - South Pacific Seeds - Hurunui Young Farmers - Liz McMillan - Hawarden Waikari Lions - Andi's Alternative Entertainment - AGS Earthmoving

Until our next adventure, God Speed!

xoxox

27/09/2017

Hewy's final flight!

Team Kiwi Traveller thought it was only right if we gifted our helicopter to our youngest follower but Oscar (pictured) is more than that!

This little fella also made a generous donation and all at the ripe old age of 8 months.

Thanks Oscar and I hope you have many adventures just like we have!

There is still time to donate, thanks to you legends whom have donated so far!

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/kiwitraveller

24/09/2017

Even a Mongolian Eagle was impressed with the KT safeload stropping system.

We would like to take this chance to thank our sponsors again for making this trip come true.

Bethell Agriculture
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Hurunui Young Farmers
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Brightsparks Auto Electrical Dunedin
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Bill Irwin Arts
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Waynes School of Rock
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South Pacific Seeds
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Hawarden Waikari Lions
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Chris Woods Contracting
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AGS Earthmoving
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SpotNZ
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Broadcast Media

Want to be a hero? You can still donate til the end of Sept.
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/kiwitraveller

21/09/2017

Birds eye view of 'Black Magic'.

This fantasic little car managed to drive three slightly overweight boys from England to Mongolia - Russia

Roof racks were far expensive, so some kiwi ingenuity and a strop through the roof did the trick!

All donations must be in by the end of September, Donate today.

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/kiwitraveller

17/09/2017

Some people are wise and smart..
Scotty 'Singlet Tan' Bamford on the other hand is not..

Using Benzin (Petrol) as a highly dangerous fuel source meant for Team Kiwi Traveller our pasta had an average cooking time of 3 mins!
Best of all, no one got burnt or died!

Better living everyone.

If you enjoyed our journey and free Facebook winter entertainment, flick us a coin or two for charity to hit our 10k target!
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/kiwitraveller

13/09/2017

Here is the fourth member of our team proudly at the finish line.
'Hewy the helicopter' had to put up with hours of terrible chat, team controversy and singing of 'paradise by the dashboard light'

He was the voice of reason, knew what to say and kept the boys in line

Thank 'Hewy' for a fantasic journey

Like to donate to our charity?

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/kiwitraveller

12/09/2017

The Pamir Highway M41 is an old silk road that has been used for well over millennia.

This continuous road traverses through four countries -
Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan - and it's the second highest motorway in the world at 4655 metres and covers 1250 km

This photo was taken around 2 hours into a day we thought would be a short-cut but ended up being very long.

The road had massive chunks missing from flooding - here's a moment we decided to take in the view and forget the shocking roads!

Time : 10hrs 32mins
Distance: 144.6km

Our rally was all about raising money for the Canterbury Westcoast Air Rescue Trust. If you would like to help us reach our 10k target you can here ..
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/kiwitraveller #

10/09/2017

Driving in Mongolia is a bit different to back home in New Zealand...

Also, special mention to all the new donators over the past few days.

We're now up to $7,557 for the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust.

Still plenty of time to donate, and remember - everyone who gives more than $10 goes in the draw to win a Spot G3 Satellite Messenger worth $667 thanks to Tony at SPOT NZ!

GIVE HERE: www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/kiwitraveller

09/09/2017

The results are in & the people have spoken.

With a massive 72 likes - Congratulations to Ben Irwin for taking out 'Most Outstanding Traveller's Beard' in the category '20 Countries or More' 2017!

Here is a ultra manly photo of you holding a Mongolian Eagle, enjoy.

07/09/2017

Currently we've raised a huge $6,500 thanks to a very generous 78 donators.

All this is going to Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust.

Over 6K is a huge amount, but we believe we can do even better.

We're collecting through our Give A Little page until September 30th, hoping to hit the very special 10k mark.

To help reach that goal, Tony Glentworth from SPOT NZ has very generously offered up something special.

Every person who donates $10 from now on (or has donated in the past) will go in the draw to win a G3 GPS Satellite Messenger with a one year subscription, valued at a whopping $667.

And get this - if we reach $10k, www.spotnz.com will put up a second G3.

The Spot G3 is the same tracker we used for our crazy adventure - and we can say first hand that it's a magnificent piece of kit.

Thanks to the G3 we know we traveled exactly 16,256 km - but perhaps more importantly, it provides a vital line of communication to family and friends from almost anywhere in the world, whether you're tramping, up a mountain, on the farm or fanging it through Turkmenistan in a rust bucket.

So throw in $10, $20 or more - all of it goes directly to saving people's lives (really, it does - the rescue trust tells us $10,000 would directly save TWO people's lives).

DONATE HERE: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/kiwitraveller

And please SHARE and LIKE - the more exposure, the better!

*prize(s) drawn October 1st, 2017.

06/09/2017

After 47 days on the road and a fairly slack hygiene regime the boys sported some impressive beards!
But we want to know for bragging rights, which is your favourite?

Heart for Mitchell
Like for Ben
Angry for Scotty

31/08/2017

"Black Magic" and a "2011 failed Australia rugby world cup" shirt enjoying the view of Khan!

31/08/2017

You wouldn't believe it.. 47 days later, three idiots made it 18,000 odd kilometres across a third of the globe in a sh*te car.

Thanks everyone for the support - we couldn't have done it without you!

We've now raised around $6400 - with your help we can push that to $10,000!

Donations for Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust still being keenly accepted here until the end of the month:

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/kiwitraveller

30/08/2017

'Accidentally' milked the non female type of goat...

30/08/2017

Contemplating putting up a tent or sleeping on road...

29/08/2017

KT Top Tip - to grow a beard and lose weight, chew gum and smash 4 litres of pure spring H2O everyday!

29/08/2017

Kiwi Traveller always at the ready to help a local in distress!

29/08/2017

40 metre statue of Genghis Khan on a horse + 3 fine looking individuals

29/08/2017

Yurts so good