It’s that time again! The 41st annual Baja 1000 is coming up in less than two weeks – Nov. 19-23 to be exact.

Over 350 teams are expected to participate in 28 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs.  Entries so far have come from the USA, Mexico, Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Spain and Switzerland.

This years race begins and ends in Ensenada.The race course will follow a loop around the state of Baja California. While the fastest finishers are expected to complete the course in approximately 14 hours, all vehicles will have a 31-hour time limit to become official finishers in the legendary adventure. Read the Rest of this Entry →

The truly “extraordinary” airfare deal has become much more elusive in the past couple years – the Airlines are getting smarter, their evil computers track our travel habits and use the data against us, cutting flights, raising prices; It’s done wonders for their bottom line – but it sucks for the budget traveler!

Don’t get me wrong, the extraordinary deal is still out there, buried deep in some airline’s database – but to ferret it out you’ll have to spend all day searching dozens of travel booking websites, and who has time for that?

You guessed it —— Deal Alert Websites! Read the Rest of this Entry →

Where: London to Cameroon

When: The inaugural Africa Rally started on July 18th 2008. Dates for the 2009 event haven’t been announced yet.

Deepest, Darkest Africa

First The Adventurists brought you The Mongol Rally, an epic journey traversing a 10,000 mile gauntlet of deserts, mountains and bandits in Central Asia. Next was The Rickshaw Run wherein an international cast of adventure starved lunatics forced three wheeled clown cars across the Indian sub-continent.

In their third offering, the good people at The Adventurists set a course for deepest, darkest Africa. Read the Rest of this Entry →

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