APRIL
| Thu | 08 | Cars arrive Tianjin, China |
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| Sun | 18 | We arrive in Beijing, transfer to Tianjin. |
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| Mon | 19 | Start the paperwork process today. |
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| Tue | 20 | Complete paperwork and drive to Beijing. |
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| Wed | 21 | Drive (or take a tour) to the Great Wall (Simatai) and start the cameras and videos rolling. |
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| Thu | 22 | Final preparation and/or tourism. Party tonight to officially start the tour. |
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| Fri | 23 | Depart Beijing for Jinan - 440km - Express way - Visit Baotu Spring in Jinan. |
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| Sat | 24 | Jinan to Huai'an - 440km - Expressway - Visit Confucius Temple at Qufu en route. |
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| Sun | 25 | Huai'an to Nanhui, Shanghai - 430km. EXPO will make things busy around Shanghai today. |
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| Mon | 26 | Morning in the MG factory and overnight at Hangzhou - 210km. |
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| Tue | 27 | Hangzhou to Huangshan - 280km - Visit Yellow Mountain. |
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| Wed | 28 | Huangshan to Hongchun - Ancient villages are heaven for photographers and painters. |
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| Thu | 29 | Hongchun to Jiujiang via Jingdezhen - Home of Chinaware! - 350km. |
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| Fri | 30 | Jiujiang to Yichang - 550km- Expressway - May holiday tomorrow - could be a big day! |
MAY
| Sat | 1 | Yichang - Tour 3 Gorges Dam wall or boat trip on the 3rd "Prettiest" Gorge. |
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| Sun | 2 | Yichang to Nanyang via Xiangfan - 390km. |
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| Mon | 3 | Nanyang to Xian - Last day of May holiday - 440km. |
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| Tue | 4 | Xian (Terracotta Warriors, City Tour, Shuyuan St etc). |
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| Wed | 5 | Xian (Museum, Old City Wall, Drum Tower, Bell Tower etc). |
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| Thu | 6 | Xian - Boaji - Tianshui - 400km - Part expressway, Part national road - some under repair - Visit Grotto. |
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| Fri | 7 | Tianshui - Dingxi - Lanzhou - 330km - 1st bridge across Yellow River - Mostly good road. |
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| Sat | 8 | Lanzhou to Xining - 220km - Express way - Visit the Tibetan Taer Monastery - 100km round trip. |
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| Sun | 9 | Xining to Zhangye - 350km - Pretty drive. |
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| Mon | 10 | Zhangye to Jiayuguan - 250km - Visit Zhangye Dafo Temple and Jiayuguan end of Great Wall. |
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| Tue | 11 | Jiayuguan to Dunhuang Jia Yu Guan Pass -390km -good roads |
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| Wed | 12 | Dunhuang - World heritage Magao Grotto, SoughingHill, Crescent Spring - Initiate Exit process! |
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| Thu | 13 | Dunhuang to Hami - 430km - Good road - Northern edge of the Gobi Desert. |
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| Fri | 14 | Hami to (Exotic) Turfan - 400km - Good roads - 154m below sea level! |
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| Sat | 15 | Turfan to Urumqi - 190km - Visit Turfan Gaochang Ruins, Karez Well system - Good road. |
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| Sun | 16 | Urumqi to Kuytun - 230km - Good road - Visit Erdaoqiao Bazaar first… |
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| Mon | 17 | Kuytun to Horgas past Sailimu Lake - 420km - 90km under repair - otherwise expressway. |
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| Tue | 18 | Horgas - Start border crossing paperwork and go sight seeing after. |
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| Wed | 19 | Horgas to Shonji - across China/Kazakhstan border - 182km. |
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| Thu | 20 | Shonji to Karakol - cross Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan border - 280km. H |
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| Fri | 21 | Karakol - very good sight seeing |
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| Sat | 22 | Karakol to Issyk-Kul via high salt lake 1600m above sea level - 142km |
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| Sun | 23 | Issyk-Kul to Bishkek - 284km |
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| Mon | 24 | Bishkek - City tour and visit Ala-Archa Nat park. |
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| Tue | 25 | Bishkek to Kakakul - 400km - over the 3586m Tuyashu Pass. |
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| Wed | 26 | Karakul to Ferghana via Osh- across Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan border - 292km. |
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| Thu | 27 | Ferghana to Tashkent - 283km. |
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| Fri | 28 | Tashkent - Capital City tour |
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| Sat | 29 | Tashkent to Samarkand - 300km. |
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| Sun | 30 | Samarkand - City tour. |
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| Mon | 31 | Samarkand to Buckhara - 280km. |
JUNE
| Tue | 1 | Buckhara - City tour |
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| Wed | 2 | Buckhara to Mary - across Uzbekistan/Turkmenstan border - 300km |
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| Thu | 3 | Mary to Ashgabat - 350km. |
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| Fri | 4 | Ashgabat - City tour |
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| Sat | 5 | Ashgabat to Bojnurd - across Turkmenstan/Iranian border - 253km |
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| Sun | 6 | Bojnurd to Babulsar - 460km |
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| Mon | 7 | Babulsar - Hotel Michka** |
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| Tue | 8 | Babulsar to Anzaly - 364km |
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| Wed | 9 | Anzaly |
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| Thu | 10 | Anzaly to Tabraz - km |
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| Fri | 11 | Tabraz to Dogubayazit - across Iranian/Turkey border - 324km |
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| Sat | 12 | Dogubayazit to Erzurum - 277km |
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| Sun | 13 | Erzurum to Hopa |
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| Mon | 14 | Hopa |
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| Tue | 15 | Hopa to Ordu |
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| Wed | 16 | Ordu |
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| Thu | 17 | Ordu to Urgup |
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| Fri | 18 | Urgup |
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| Sat | 19 | Urgup to Bolu |
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| Sun | 20 | Bolu to Istanbul - ….km motor way |
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| Mon | 21 | Istanbul. Service your MG and become a tourist! |
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| Tue | 22 | Istanbul. Look around more… |
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| Wed | 23 | Istanbul to Eceabat - Visit Gillipoli - 270km |
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| Thu | 24 | Eceabat to Kavala - via Kesar, Komotini and Xanthi - across Greek border - 358km |
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| Fri | 25 | Kavala to Bitola - across Greek/Macedonian border - Lunch with Elias MG Greece - 412km |
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| Sat | 26 | Bitola to Shkoder via Ohrid and Tirane - across Macedonian/Albanian border - 292km |
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| Sun | 27 | Shkoder to Dubrovnic - 2 border crossings - Montenegro and Croatia- 200km |
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| Mon | 28 | Dubrovnic. City tour |
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| Tue | 29 | Dubrovnic to Split - 215km. City tour |
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| Wed | 30 | Split to Rijeka - 378km. |
JULY
| Thu | 1 | Rijeka to Brescia - 425km. Meet the Baron's, Brett's and Vin Rafter. |
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| Fri | 2 | Brescia. Visit Milli Miglia Museum? |
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| Sat | 3 | Brescia to Chur via Klosters and Stelvio Pass - Italian/Swiss border - 260km to Chur |
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| Sun | 4 | Chur to Interlaken - Driving "Old" rally passes with Swiss chaps…Steinbock Gasthaus |
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| Mon | 5 | Sightseeing in Interlaken. Steinbock Gasthaus |
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| Tue | 6 | Interlaken to Lausanne - See Dani's MG collection |
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| Wed | 7 | Lausanne to Nevers via Macon and Loire Valley - Swiss/Franch border - 330km |
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| Thu | 8 | Nevers to our Chateaux near Richelieu via the Loire Valley - 200km |
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| Fri | 9 | Chateaux Artigny - Visit the area and prepare for our Party tonight at the Chateaux |
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| Sat | 10 | Chateau Artigny - Visit Classic Le Mans or the local area and preparing for tomorrows photo shoot. |
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| Sun | 11 | Paris - photo shoot - look around - on your own for 5 nights… |
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| Mon | 12 | Look around France, Spain, UK |
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| Tue | 13 | Look around France, Spain, UK |
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| Wed | 14 | Look around France, Spain, UK - Bastielle Day? |
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| Thu | 15 | Chateaux to Caen |
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| Fri | 16 | Caen to Portsmouth - 8.30am Brittany Ferry. UKP150 car with 2 people |
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| Sat | 17 | Portsmouth to Abingdon - 140km - Escorted by a MG convoy |
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| Sun | 18 | Abingdon - Display of cars and possible tour of the area |
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| Mon | 19 | Longbridge - Display and photo shoot. We all go our separate ways! Well done! |
There are a number of ways which you can follow the journey:
Keep up to date with Sue and all of the highs and lows of the journey on her own blog.
The Gold Coast MG Car Club plan to track ever mile of the journey via Google Earth from their dedicated site.
