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Our Itinerary – note: this is in the process of being edited to take into account our delayed start.

APRIL
Thu 08 Cars arrive Tianjin, China
Sun 18 We arrive in Beijing, transfer to Tianjin.
Mon 19 Start the paperwork process today.
Tue 20 Continue paperwork and drive to Beijing.
Wed 21 Great Wall (Simatai) and start the cameras and videos rolling.
Thu 22 Still trying to complete the paperwork.
Fri 23 Still trying to complete the paperwork.
Sat 24 Still trying to complete the paperwork..
Sun 25 Still trying to complete the paperwork.
Mon 26 Still trying to complete the paperwork.Depart Tianjin at 3pm Drive to Qufu 440kms
Tue 27 Visit Confucius Temple at Qufu en route to Bengbu 440kms
Wed 28 Bengbu to Huangshan – 400kms – Visit Yellow Mountain.
Thu 29 Huangshan to Hongchun
Fri 30 Hongchun to Jiujiang 400kms

Sat 1 Jiujiang to Yichang – 550kms
Sun 2 Yichang to Nanyang -450kms
Mon 3 Nanyang to Xian – Last day of May holiday – 440km.
Tue 4 Xian
Wed 5 Xian
Thu 6 Xian – Boaji – Tianshui – 400km – Part expressway, Part national road – some under repair – Visit Grotto.
Fri 7 Tianshui – Dingxi – Lanzhou – 330km – 1st bridge across Yellow River – Mostly good road.
Sat 8 Lanzhou to Xining – 220km – Express way – Visit the Tibetan Taer Monastery – 100km round trip.
Sun 9 Xining to Zhangye – 350km – Pretty drive.
Mon 10 Zhangye to Jiayuguan – 250km – Visit Zhangye Dafo Temple and Jiayuguan end of Great Wall.
Tue 11 Jiayuguan to Dunhuang Jia Yu Guan Pass -390km -good roads
Wed 12 Dunhuang – World heritage Magao Grotto, SoughingHill, Crescent Spring – Initiate Exit process!
Thu 13 Dunhuang to Hami – 430km – Good road – Northern edge of the Gobi Desert.
Fri 14 Hami to (Exotic) Turfan – 400km – Good roads – 154m below sea level!
Sat 15 Turfan to Urumqi – 190km – Visit Turfan Gaochang Ruins, Karez Well system – Good road.
Sun 16 Urumqi to Kuytun – 230km – Good road – Visit Erdaoqiao Bazaar first…
Mon 17 Kuytun to Horgas past Sailimu Lake – 420km – 90km under repair – otherwise expressway.
Tue 18 Horgas – Start border crossing paperwork and go sight seeing after.
Wed 19 Horgas to Shonji – across China/Kazakhstan border – 182km.
Thu 20 Shonji toAlmaty – cross Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan border – 280km. H
Fri 21 Almaty to Bishkek

Sat 22Bishkel to Issyk-Kul via high salt lake 1600m above sea level – 142km
Sun 23 Issyk-Kul to Bishkek – 284km
Mon 24 Bishkek – City tour and visit Ala-Archa Nat park.
Tue 25 Bishkek to Guest house - 400km – over the 3586m Tuyashu Pass.
Wed 26  Ferghana via Osh- across Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan border – 292km.
Thu 27 Ferghana to Tashkent – 283km.
Fri 28 Tashkent – Capital City tour
Sat 29 Tashkent to Samarkand – 300km.
Sun 30 Samarkand – City tour.
Mon 31 Samarkand to Buckhara – 280km.

JUNE
Tue 1 Buckhara – City tour
Wed 2 Buckhara to Mary – across Uzbekistan/Turkmenstan border – 300km
Thu 3 Mary to Ashgabat – 350km.
Fri 4 Ashgabat – City tour
Sat 5 Ashgabat to Bojnurd – across Turkmenstan/Iranian border – 253km
Sun 6 Bojnurd to Babulsar – 460km
Mon 7 Babulsar – Hotel Michka**
Tue 8 Babulsar to Anzaly – 364km
Wed 9 Anzaly
Thu 10 Anzaly to Tabriz

Fri 11 Tabraz to Dogubayazit – across Iranian/Turkey border – 324km
Sat 12 Dogubayazit to Erzurum – 277km
Sun 13 Erzurum to Sarp near  Hopa
Mon 14 Sarp
Tue 15 Sarp to  Samsun
Wed 16 Ordu
Thu 17 Ordu to Urgup
Fri 18 Urgup
Sat 19 Urgup to Bolu
Sun 20 Bolu to Istanbul

Mon 21 Istanbul. Service your MG and become a tourist!
Tue 22 Istanbul

Wed 23 Istanbul to Eceabat – Visit Gallipoli – 270km
Thu 24 Eceabat to Kavala – via Kesar, Komotini and Xanthi – across Greek border – 358km
Fri 25 Kavala to Bitola – across Greek/Macedonian border – Lunch with Elias MG Greece – 412km
Sat 26 Bitola to Shkoder via Ohrid and Tirane – across Macedonian/Albanian border – 292km
Sun 27 Shkoder to Dubrovnic – 2 border crossings – Montenegro and Croatia- 200km
Mon 28 Dubrovnic. City tour
Tue 29 Dubrovnic to Split – 215km. City tour
Wed 30 Split to Rijeka – 378km.

JULY
Thu 1 Rijeka to Brescia – 425km. Meet the Baron’s, Brett’s and Vin Rafter.
Fri 2 Brescia. Visit Milli Miglia Museum?
Sat 3 Brescia to Chur via Klosters and Stelvio Pass – Italian/Swiss border – 260km to Chur
Sun 4 Chur to Interlaken – Driving “Old” rally passes with Swiss chaps…Steinbock Gasthaus
Mon 5 Sightseeing in Interlaken. Steinbock Gasthaus
Tue 6 Interlaken to Lausanne – See Dani’s MG collection
Wed 7 Lausanne to Nevers via Macon and Loire Valley – Swiss/Franch border – 330km
Thu 8 Nevers to our Chateaux near Richelieu via the Loire Valley – 200km
Fri 9 Chateaux Artigny – Visit the area and prepare for our Party tonight at the Chateaux
Sat 10 Chateau Artigny – Visit Classic Le Mans or the local area and preparing for tomorrows photo shoot.
Sun 11 Paris – photo shoot – look around – on your own for 5 nights…
Mon 12  France
Tue 13 France
Wed 14 France Bastielle Day?
Thu 15 Chateaux to Caen
Fri 16 Caen to Portsmouth – 8.30am Brittany Ferry. UKP150 car with 2 people
Sat 17 Portsmouth to Abingdon – 140km – Escorted by a MG convoy
Sun 18 Abingdon – Display of cars and possible tour of the area
Mon 19 Longbridge – Display and photo shoot. We all go our separate ways! Well done!