Three Amigos!




Wish list

For any long journey you always need the essentials, stuff that even the most travelled of travellers cannot possibly do without. Our essentials list reads as follows...

  • Lemon bon-bons
  • GPS device (which is in fact a 99p inflatable globe)
  • George Formby "turned out nice again" grill
Now that the essentials are covered we are also on the lookout for kind folk who may be able to help with the following list of stuff, to make our journey that little bit easier. Anything which has been donated will get auctioned with the car upon our arrival in Bishkek. The proceeds of this auction will go to a local charity in Bishkek.

Item
 Quantity
 Donated?
Actual GPS device (if the inflatable one gets a hole we're screwed)
 1
 not yet
Sleeping bags
 3
 not yet
First aid kit
 1
 Ned's girlfriends mum!
Petrol Jerry cans (20 litre)
 3
 bought from army surpluss store
Petrol Jerry can spout
 1
 not yet
Western flags (for gifts to locals)
 ?
 not yet
Toy cars (for orphanage)
 ?
 not yet
Folding shovel
 1
 not yet
Folding chairs (to sit and admire El Guapo at road stops)
 3
 not yet
'Bravo Two Zero' by Andy McNab (bedtime reading)
 1
 not yet
Head torches (to help with reading Bravo Two Zero at night)
 3
 not yet
A gas stove (for burning food with)
 1
 bought from army surpluss store
Bungee cord
 3
 not yet
Water carriers
 3
 bought from army surpluss store
Universal power socket adapter (for amongst other things, the Formby)
 1
 Ned's work colleague
Can of WD40
 1
 Filton Central Garage, Bristol
Gaffa tape
 1
 Filton Central Garage, Bristol
A roof rack for the mighty El Guapo
 1
 not yet
Bulb kit for Volvo 240 SE Estate
 1
 Filton Central Garage, Bristol
Another super sized pack of bon-bons (because you can never have enough)
 1
 not yet
Socket set
 1
 bought from Argos
Instant repair foam for punctures
 1
 not yet
Foot pump
 1
 not yet
Spare Volvo wheel and tyre
 1
 not yet
Mobile phone with sim card for free texting of field reports throughout Europe and Asia
 1
 not yet

Toys and sports stuff for the kids...

We also plan to stop at an Orphanage in Khiva, Uzbekistan. If you have any spare toys or sports stuff which you would like to donate please get in touch. Football stuff will go down especially well I reckon.

If you can help us by donating any of these items, in return for unique advertising space on El Guapo as well as our website and in local press, then please get in touch at threeamigosrally@googlemail.com