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Budapest to Bamako rally gets under way

(15 Jan 2012) 1. Wide of cars lined up for start of Budapest-Bamako rally 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Szabo, founder of Budapest-Bamako rally: "The Budapest-Bamako is something different for different teams. For some people it's an adventure, for some people it's a race, a tough competition that they'd like to win, and for some people it's a charity mission. It's their annual, big charity trip. You can see behind me there are some ambulances. People bring ambulances to our hospitals in Africa. Many of these trucks are full of school supplies and medicines that they bring to these villages." 3. Wide of participants and cars before race 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Szabo, founder of Budapest-Bamako rally: "Basically the message here is you don't need a lot of money, you don't need a fancy car to experience adventure, and to feel the strength, the power of the Sahara and the warmth of West Africa." 5. Mid of four wheel drive vehicles lined up 6. Close of exhaust pipe 7. Close of tyre 8. Various of people looking at engine 9. Pan of vehicle driving to start line 10. Man in car saying: (English) "Bye bye!" and waving 11. Various of vehicles lining up at start 12. Wide of Slovenian participants dressed as Teletubbies (characters from a British children's TV show) 13. Cutaway of man taking photo 14. Group posing for photo 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Gvardijancic, Budapest-Bamako rally participant from Slovenia: (dressed as Teletubbie) "The team is 'Zero Credibility' because we know nothing about cars and we know nothing about racing!" 16. Close of 'Zero Credibility' logo on car 17. Close of duck on front of car 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Gvardijancic, Budapest-Bamako rally participant from Slovenia: (dressed as Teletubbie) "We'll sit in the car and drive, and see how far we get." 19. Gvardijancic reading itinerary 20. Mid of participants in car wearing Barack and Michelle Obama masks 21. Modified VW Beetle driving to start 22. Various of zebra-print Land Rover at start, man holding zebra toy out of window and gesticulating STORYLINE: Over 400 participants from 35 countries lined up at the start of the 7th Budapest-Bamako rally on Sunday, a ride that will see them cover thousands of kilometres over the next two weeks. This year the rally will go from Budapest to Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau in west Africa, instead of Bamako in Mali, as organisers want to see the race travelling deeper into Africa. Competitors will drive down through Europe to Genoa in southern Italy. From there they will take a ferry across the Mediterranean to Morocco and then begin the African stage, travelling through Mauritania, Mali and Senegal to reach their destination. Drivers who reach the finish will have covered 8,100 kilometres (5,033 miles). One of the goals of the Budapest-Bamako rally is to give people from all walks of life and backgrounds the opportunity to take part. "Basically the message here is that you don't need a lot of money, you don't need a fancy car to experience adventure, to feel the strength, the power of the Sahara and the warmth of West Africa," said rally founder, Andrew Szabo. The race was created eight years ago when Guinea's only commercial jet crashed, forcing Hungarian born internet entrepreneur Szabo to take a 1,600 kilometre (994 miles) car journey in western Africa to reach his business destination. He says the trip changed his life, and he established the Budapest-Bamako race. There are various race categories. The touring category is more about adventure - connecting with other people and discovering Africa. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...