Celia and Edward
VIP Member
VIP Member
Would anyone be interested in forming a convoy of California’s to travel to Shanghai in China. It would require at least four vans to make the journey. The idea is to travel across France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Krygyzstan and China on the following route:
London, Antwerp, Hanover, Berlin, Poznan, Lodz, Lublin, Kiev, Poltava, Volgograd. Atyrau, Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, Taraz, Bishkek, Almaty, Zharkent. Urumqi, Kumul, Wuwei, Lanzhou, Xian, Nanyang, Shanghai. There are lots of other places in between these cities and towns.
The distance is in the region of 7300 miles and at 500 miles a day, would take 15 days. The return journey would go North through Mongolia (Ulaannaatar) Russia (Novosibirsk, Omks, Kazan, Moscow) and back through Middle and Western Europe and may be a day or two shorter. In any event some 30 days in total on the road.
I estimate the cost in petrol would be in the region of £3300 and cost of living during the journey around another £3200 (per couple) plus a contingency for visas and travel incidentals, perhaps another £2000. In total around £8500.
It’s a long journey across some strange areas, and I would think for security a group of eight people, in four vans, would get by pretty well. The route is not set in stone, but could be interesting. Some exciting places to visit and perhaps some interesting campsites along the way. Some sponsorship could be sought to raise funds for charity (I’m thinking MacMillan Cancer Research) and a video diary made and published, all sorts of possibilities exist.
Please let me know -
London, Antwerp, Hanover, Berlin, Poznan, Lodz, Lublin, Kiev, Poltava, Volgograd. Atyrau, Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, Taraz, Bishkek, Almaty, Zharkent. Urumqi, Kumul, Wuwei, Lanzhou, Xian, Nanyang, Shanghai. There are lots of other places in between these cities and towns.
The distance is in the region of 7300 miles and at 500 miles a day, would take 15 days. The return journey would go North through Mongolia (Ulaannaatar) Russia (Novosibirsk, Omks, Kazan, Moscow) and back through Middle and Western Europe and may be a day or two shorter. In any event some 30 days in total on the road.
I estimate the cost in petrol would be in the region of £3300 and cost of living during the journey around another £3200 (per couple) plus a contingency for visas and travel incidentals, perhaps another £2000. In total around £8500.
It’s a long journey across some strange areas, and I would think for security a group of eight people, in four vans, would get by pretty well. The route is not set in stone, but could be interesting. Some exciting places to visit and perhaps some interesting campsites along the way. Some sponsorship could be sought to raise funds for charity (I’m thinking MacMillan Cancer Research) and a video diary made and published, all sorts of possibilities exist.
Please let me know -