Africa Adventure

This is a guest post on behalf of Paul Erskine, man with a cause.

Local businessman, adventurer, and humanitarian, Paul Erskine, is nearing the end of his training to ride 1,000 km across the Mongolian desert on horseback for 11 days in August.

The Mongol Derby is the longest horse race in the world. Basically, Paul and 20 or so other riders will race semi-wild Mongolian horses through the remotest wilderness of Asia, stopping only to change horses and refuel. It’s the toughest horse race in history, and Paul’s doing it to raise funds for the orphaned and abandoned children of Indlela’s Fairhavens Babies Home in KwaZulu-Natal.

Paul’s always been an extreme adventure junkie. He’s crossed the Arctic Circle on a dog sled pulled by huskies, seen five of the seven wonders of the world, climbed to the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro, visited 72 countries, and scuba dived all over the world. And he still has a lot to tick off on his Bucket List!