Answer or swim!

The instructions for the next task are on an island in the middle of the Alpsee (lake). If you know how big the lake is, you get a boat to the island. If you get the answer wrong you have to swim!

Luckily Mazen is either very knowledgeable or a good guesser and was able to row to the island and get the info.

A stone by other name would not be as sweet...

Why a stone? Because there's a hill in Jordan which is not high enough to be a mountain so the teams havee to bring enough stones from a river to make it reach the size of a mountain.

The stone must be stamped by a rally organizer for it to be accepted. Each stone submitting team gets a can of paint and a template of a cow which they must spray on this stone.

Now Jamal el fasee7 doesn't think that their car is colourful enough and suggested adding some colour with the remainder of the paint.

This beauty is now going to make its way to Vienna.

that was easy!

We're good! OK, ready for the next task.

Es geht loooos!

The waiting is over. We got our instructions: Find a river and bring back a stone from that river to get instructions for the next task.

Here we gooooooooooooooo!

While we wait.....

We are now giving a live interview on Hadaf radio on 88FM.

Waiting for instructions

Day one: The sun is shining, the birds are singing. Waiting for the travel instructions. Spirits are very high but soon to be dampened!

Arrived safely in Oberstaufen. Meeting the other teams at the pre-rally party.

First stop: Pick up the jetlagged team members from Frankfurt airport.

The adventure unfolding

Due to the Syria travel warnings and the closure of the Syrian border to Jordan, the rally can no longer pass through Syria (original route = blue line). The rally organisation is diligently looking for alternative routes so that the participants can reach their final destination. The map shows the current alternatives being negotiated (red lines).

Putting the final touches

After cutting and pasting the rally car has now been adorned with a title and team names. Ready to goooo!!!!

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Washington. we have a problem! Too much stuff to carry!