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Preparations
Car Preparations and Enhancements
Sterlin is our 2002 Land Rover Discovery II and our first expedition vehicle. The dream started in 1992 in a desert town
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Jǐníng (济宁)
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 We had a leisurely morning, since we were waiting to hear news about Ivor. All went well in
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Dàtóng (大同)
Sunday, May 11, 2014 After our visit to the Hanging Monastery we drove to Dàtóng were we arrived before noon
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Húnyuán (浑源)
Saturday, May 10, 2014 We woke up to find that it had been raining overnight. A little surprising, as we haven’t
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Píngyáo (平遥)
Thursday, May 8, 2014 Another longish day of driving most of which were on the express-way to save some time and ease
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Hánchéng (韩城)
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 After a wonderful three day break in Xi’an it was time to continue the journey north. We
Logisitics
Mike Murphy: Car mechanic in Vientiane, Laos
Meet Mike Murphy, who did everything in his power to help us trying to fix a potentially trip-ending issue with
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Xī’ān (西安)
Saturday, May 3, 2014 Another long drive on fast and free roads. First we had to back-track to Baoji along the same
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Màijīshān (麦积山石窟)
Friday, May 2, 2014 It was a long night. Stephen managed to get another tummy bug, and most of the night was
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Hànzhōng (汉中)
Thursday, May 1, 2014 Today was a big driving day for us and also the start of a three day holiday in
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Chéngdū (成都)
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 We set off from Xiaojin around 8am as we had a long day’s drive ahead of us…
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Xiǎojīn (小金)
Monday, April 28, 2014 It was a cold night as our hotel room did not have any central heating and the outside












