Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2010

Our route for 2010 drives from China, through Mongolia, then briefly into Russia before turning south west into Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. This is the historic Silk Route where there are days off in such fabled cities as Almaty, and Samarkand.

The 2010 Peking to Paris Route Map
Click the link to open a map of the route >> 2010 Route Map
Click any of the red map markers or the side bar links then use the Zoom slider to take a closer look.

Route Outline (July 2010)
The proposed schedule shown below now incorporates the most recent changes.

Peking to Paris 2010
Proposed schedule as at 11th July 2010

Day and Date			Route	Country	Kms
Day 1	10th Sept	Fri	Peking to Daihai	China	398
Day 2	11th Sept	Sat	Daihai to Erenhot	China	508
Day 3	12th Sept	Sun	Erenhot to Sainshand	Mongolia	214
Day 4	13th Sept	Mon	Sainshand to Ulaan Baatar	Mongolia	432
Day 5	14th Sept	Tue	Ulaan Baatar - Rest Day
Day 6	15th Sept	Wed	Ulaan Baatar to Kharakorin	Mongolia	360
Day 7	16th Sept	Thu	Kharakorin to Tariat	Mongolia	327
Day 8	17th Sept	Fri	Tariat to Uliastay	Mongolia	336
Day 9	18th Sept	Sat	Uliastay to Teel River	Mongolia	253
Day 10	19th Sept	Sun	Teel River to Khovd	Mongolia	177
Day 11	20th Sept	Mon	Khovd - Rest Day
Day 12	21st Sept	Tue	Khovd to Border	Mongolia	311
Day 13	22nd Sept	Wed	Border to Belokurikha	Russia	581
Day 14	23rd Sept	Thu	Belokurikha to Semey	Kazakhstan	548
Day 15	24th Sept	Fri	Semey to Usharal	Kazakhstan	581
Day 16	25th Sept	Sat	Usharal to Almaty	Kazakhstan	552
Day 17	26th Sept	Sun	Almaty - Rest Day
Day 18	27th Sept	Mon	Almaty - Rest Day
Day 19	28th Sept	Tue	Almaty to Shymkent	Kazakhstan	734
Day 20	29th Sept	Wed	Shymkent to Tashkent	Uzbekhistan	260
Day 21	30th Sept	Thu	Tashkent to Samarkand	Uzbekhistan	315
Day 22	1st Oct	Fri	Samarkand - Rest Day
Day 23	2nd Oct	Sat	Samarkand to Turkmenabat	Turkmenistan	369
Day 24	3rd Oct	Sun	Turkmenabat to Ashgabad	Turkmenistan	631
Day 25	4th Oct	Mon	Ashgabad to Gorgan	Iran	560
Day 26	5th Oct	Tue	Gorgan to Rasht	Iran	585
Day 27	6th Oct	Wed	Rasht to Tabriz	Iran	444
Day 28	7th Oct	Thu	Tabriz to Erzurum	Turkey	606
Day 29	8th Oct	Fri	Erzurum to Kozakli	Turkey	728
Day 30	9th Oct	Sat	Kozakli to Abant Lake	Turkey	546
Day 31	10th Oct	Sun	Abant Lake to Istanbul - Rest Day + Transit		320
Day 32	11th Oct	Mon	Istanbul to Thessaloniki	Greece	595
Day 33	12th Oct	Tue	Thessaloniki to Igoumenitsa	Via ferry to Ancona	414
Day 34	13th Oct	Wed	Ancona to Viareggio	Italy	434
Day 35	14th Oct	Thu	Viareggio to Aix les Bains	France	607
Day 36	15th Oct	Fri	Aix les Bains to Troyes	France	431
Day 37	16th Oct	Sat	Troyes to Paris	France	203
Total = 14360 kms (8923 miles)