Released on: December 12, 2007, 12:56 am

Press Release Author: Padmavathy

Industry: Automotive

Press Release Summary: Early next year, a small team of committed international
adventurers will undertake a massive journey never before attempted.

Press Release Body: The aim is simple, but the execution will be a great challenge:
starting January 2008, a team of seven international adventurers, and two drivers,
will pilot a mammoth, 16.5m long, specially configured bus on a journey from
Budapest, Hungary, right across Western Europe and North Africa to Bamako, Mali and
back. Known as the Bus Number 7 project, the team are preparing to cover well over
20,000km.
Along the way the team will have to tackle every obstacle imaginable, from sand
storms, impenetrable Saharan sand-dunes to the daunting African border control, all
with only their wits and a good slice of luck to rely on. The journey will break
boundaries never before crossed as it makes a record-breaking crossing of the Sahara
in a first for a vehicle of its kind.
For such an epic journey, the team are fortunately well-prepared, with a wealth of
experience adversity between them. Team leader Aravind Bremanandam, spends most of
his spare time organising the Autorickshaw Challenge, a project he set up back in
2006 and which sees teams from around the world driving the legendary 3-wheelers
right across India. Fellow team-mate Attila Berényi is a veteran of the 2006 and
2007 Budapest-Bamako rallies, which will be of great value as the Bus Number 7
project will be the star participant of the Budapest Bamako 2008 rally on its
outward journey.
More than just a journey though, the Bus Number 7 project's mission is to use this
incredible journey as not-for-profit event raising money for the local children of
Western Africa . The team see the positive power and popularity of sport as a
suitable partnering spirit for the project to brighten the lives of these children,
and aim to deliver sports equipment to schools and villages in collaboration with
community leaders. Furthermore, Bus Number 7 aims to become an institution in
itself, with the voyage to Africa just the beginning of things to come. After the
initial journey to Bamako , the Bus will spend months touring Europe to promote the
project and raise awareness of its charity mission.
Find out more at our website at http://www.busnumber7.com.
Contact: Aravind@busnumber7.com


Web Site: http://www.busnumber7.com

Contact Details: No.1, T. V. Naidu road,
Chetpet
Chennai
600033