looking for 50 globetrotters
GreatEscape2008 is an around-the-world travel competition scheduled for Spring 2008. The competition and international charity event will take place between April 11 and May 4, when 50 lucky globetrotting adventurers will race from Los Angeles to New York–the long way! The winning Team will be crowned The World’s Greatest Travelers in this remarkable one-of-a-kind travel event.
Outside magazine calls The Global Scavenger Hunt, “…one of the most amazing trips in the world.” A former participant said, “It is like Survivor, The Amazing Race and the Eco-Challenge all rolled into one except with MUCH more cultural interaction!”
A recent travel poll conducted by National Geographic Traveler/Yahoo!, found that for every 2 of 3 travelers, the circumnavigation of the globe is the greatest journey left and called it the “ultimate travel experience.” GreatEscape2008 offers real travelers that chance.
“GreatEscape is all about allowing real travelers to compete in a real travel adventure competition, for all the right reasons–the love of travel, trusting strangers in strange lands and giving something back to the planet,” says Event Director, William Chalmers, “Some have called our annual event the ‘Olympics of Travel’, some refer to it as A Blind Date with the World because our travelers won’t have any foreknowledge as to which countries they’re going to until they’re onboard a 747 bound for parts unknown, and some have even called it a ‘Magical Mystery Tour’. ”
For three magical weeks, 25 Teams of two will travel the globe visiting at least 10 countries scattered across 4 continents hot on the path of the Holy Grail. Teams earn points by completing a series of cultural-oriented scavenges (finding Buddha’s tooth in Sri Lanka; explaining Thai cooking flavors; visiting King Tut) and challenges (take a photo of a wild orangutan in Indonesia; enter a camel race in India; learn to belly dance in Turkey) in exotic destinations. A cultural immersion at its best, the event is designed to be a rally rather than a flat out race. The object is to test each Team’s ability to combat not only the inevitable jetlag, but language difficulties, cultural differences, their appetite for strange foods, logistical snafus and Team dynamics in the milieu of a well organized competition.
GreatEscape2008 is for those who crave authentic adventure, genuine exotic travel, real competition and world-class fun.
Teams and single travelers alike, looking to participate are asked to visit The Global Scavenger Hunt website and enter online or call 310.281.7809. Travelers will be interviewed for suitability and asked to help in the events fundraising goal of raising a million dollars for charities like: KIVA, CARE, Doctors Without Borders, UNICEF and Partners in Health, among others. The $9,900 entry fee includes all international airfare and hotels over the 23-day event. Winners of the event will defend their The World’s Greatest Travelers title in the next event for free.
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