Faced with the science of climate change, rapper Dizraeli (BBC UK National Poetry Slam Champion 2007-9) has vowed never to fly again*. All good, until he is offered a golden opportunity to perform in Egypt. After a brief struggle with the devil on his left shoulder, Dizraeli decides to stick to his principles, exchange quick convenience and aeroplane food for a continent-sized slice of chaos, and go overland. Accompanied by documentary photographer/filmmaker Billy Macrae, he has two weeks and less than 500 to get to Cairo. The pair will travel through Central and Eastern Europe, then on through Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel and Palestine. Crossing countless borders and barriers, and doing as many shows as they can, they will broadcast their journey to the world: as a daily blog, a weekly video diary and finally, a documentary film accompanied by a full-length album. Once this film/album project has grown up and flown the nest, UnPlaned.com will become a hub for others with advice, warnings and stories about overland travel, to ease other people who want to unplane themselves.

If Dizraeli doesn’t make it to Cairo in time for the show, he will lose his entire budget for the trip. The risk is very real: the Middle East is a notoriously sticky area for border crossings, and there is a distinct possibility that Diz and Billy will be refused entry at some point along the way. One thing is certain, though, whatever happens: an adventure awaits.

*Climate change is a real and urgent problem.

We want UnPlaned to be an inspiration for those who live solutions.*

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*Unless something really drastic happens.