T H E G R E A T R A C E S XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx 500-700 Europe->Persia->China (Nestorians migrate to middle-East, central-Asia and China/Mongolia, and become known/settled there as Ye-Li-Ko-Wen (proof of which was discovered in China in 1666, giving other Christian religions at that time an argument to succesfully plead historical roots/precedence to the Chinese emperor) (silk-worm egg's ending up in Italy in that same era are proof of the reverse contact/travels) 1330 Italy->Mongolia (Franciscan monk Odoric di Friuli, travelling to Indonesia, Ceylon & Mongolia) Book: "Mijn reis naar het verre oosten / een verslag uit het begin van de veertiende eeuw" (Dutch) / Odoric Van Friuli ISBN 9789025363680 (9025363687) / Athenaeum Polak Van Gennep 1387 Europe->China (Marco Polo) 1387 Peking->Napels (Rabban Bar Sauma and Mar Marcos, both member/priest of the Ye-Li-Ko-Wen, the Chinese branch/sect of the Nestorians) Book: "Sprong naar het westen" (Dutch) / re-enactment, modern travel by journalist/scientist/historicus, Tjalling Halbertsma ISBN 9789064104121 (9064104123) http://www.deslegte.com/boek/halbertsma-tj-/sprong-naar-het-westen-9789064104121/ 1774-1776 Book: 1) "Eine Reise durch Sibirien im achtzehnten Jahrhundert" / "Die Fahrt des Schweizer Doktors Jakob Fries" / "Veröffentlichungen des Osteuropa-Institutes München"; Walter Kirchner, 1955, München, Hans Koch / Isar(?), 126 pages. 2) "A Siberian Journey, the Journal of Hans Jakob Fries", Hans Jakob Fries (Swiss), translated into English by Prof. Walther Kirchner, London, Frank Cass Publishers, 1975 (1974?), First English Edition, 183 pages, 6 b/w illustrations, 3 maps, originally published in Germany in 1955. ISBN: 0714629642 1804 Travels in China Book: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28729 1829 Germany->Balticum-Russia-Siberia (Alexander von Humboldt, 12/5/1829 - 15/12/1829, 14.900km, 658 post stations, 12.244 horses(!)) Balticum, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ural, Tobolsk, Altai, Kirgisian-Steppe, Astrachan, Wolga-Germany, St. Petersburg. He had to wait 30(!) years before this journey became possible (initially he wanted to travel Kaukasus & China too). Unlike his Americanas journeys, this time he was subject to the Prussian King, who had close & good (blood) ties to the Tsar clan at that time, so he could never write freely in his travel report....therefore, unlike his Americanas reports, he choose to not to write any official report/book at that time, instead of being cursed by partial censorship....but his travel companion Gustav Rose did write some, and his later autobiography also added to the research work of Prof. Hanno Beck in modern times. Book: 1) "Alexander von Humboldts Reise durchs Baltikum nach Rußland und Sibrien 1829", 279 pages ISBN-10: 3522601904 ISBN-13: 978-3522602900 2) "Reise durchs Baltikum nach Russland und Siberien 1829", Alexander von Humboldt (letters/autobiography) & Gustav Rose (mineralogist, diary) / Prof. Hanno Beck (editor/publisher), Edition Ermann, 1st Edition 20/2/2009, 256 pages ISBN-10: 3865398073 ISBN-13: 978-3865398079 1859-1862 Shanghai->Moscow->Paris (Catherine Fanny MacLeaod (later Madame de Bourboulon) & Phillipe de Bourboulon, by horse http://www.horsetravelbooks.com/asia4.htm : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Even though she lived and rode in the adventure-soaked nineteenth century, there were few women who could match the amazing life and exploits of Catherine de Bourboulon. Born in Scotland in the 1820s, Catherine Fanny MacLeod was taken by her mother to live in the United States at an early age. Later the young traveler journeyed on to Mexico. There MacLeod discovered Phillipe de Bourboulon, a Frenchman who not only became the love of her life but harbored a spirit as wild as her own. Soon after they married the newlyweds left Mexico, arriving in China in 1849. They lived among the splendors and intrigues of the Chinese imperial court for ten years before deciding it was time to return to Europe. Then Catherine made an amazing suggestion. Rather than embarking on the first ship bound for France, she and Phillipe would instead ride 12,000 miles through some of the most desolate and dangerous portions of Asia! Book: "Shanghai à Moscou", Madame de Bourboulon, ISBN 1590480538 “Shang-Haï à Moscou” is thus the account of this amazing journey undertaken by the young lovers on horseback from 1859 to 1862. Written in French from diaries Fanny kept during the journey through Mongolia, Siberia and Russia, the book is compiled from a series of magazine articles published in Paris during the mid-nineteenth century. Alas, Catherine MacLeod de Bourboulon died soon after her return to Europe. She was only 38 years old. Much of her exciting story was later plagiarized by Jules Verne for his famed Cossack novel, “Michael Strogoff.” Illustrated with dozens of pen and ink sketches from Catherine’s historic trip, this is the first time the fantastic travel account has been offered for sale in the English speaking world. The rediscovered classic remains fascinating reading for students of the horse or history. Note - because these stories appeared in magazine form, the pages are not numerically sequential. http://www.thelongridersguild.com/central-asia.htm xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Scottish noble-woman, Catherine de Bourboulon, married a French diplomat and set up house in Peking. When the time came for them to return to Europe, in 1859, Catherine suggested that they ride from Shanghai, China to Moscow, Russia. This remarkable journey was so noteworthy that famed French author, Jules Verne, later used it as the basis of his book, "Michael Strogonoff." Sadly, Catherine died soon after reaching Russia and her trip was largely forgotten, except for a rare French account which was published after her death in a Paris magazine. This account, entitled Shanghaï à Moscou; has been republished by The Guild as part of The Long Riders Literary Project. [note WJ: book only covers the route between Shanghai & Moscow, while she traveled further until reaching home, Paris/France] http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/blocteur/cat_.php 1863 Peking->St.Petersburg (Alexander Michie, businessman in Shanghai; 'In 1863 Michie returned temporarily to England by the unusual route of Siberia.' Books: 1) "The Siberian overland route from Peking to Petersburg, through the deserts and steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, etc.", Alexander Mitchie, 1964, Murray, London, First edition, 402 pages 2a) "The Siberian overland route from Peking to Petersburg, through the deserts and steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, etc.", Alexander Mitchie, January 31, 2001, Adamant Media Corporation, ISBN-10: 140217988X, ISBN-13: 978-1402179884 2b) (online version (facsimile copy) at Amazon!: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/140217988X/ref=sib_fs_top/102-4383228-1451358?ie=UTF8&p=S00M&checkSum=HCffe4os0MKOfnD6IYEI69s7FEfbLphmeT3W9nLxh90%3D#reader-link or http://xrl.us/ba7ww (short link to www.amazon.com) 1865-? Russian-Far-East -> Siberia -> Russia Book: 1a) "Tent Life in Siberia", George Kennan, 1b) Online eBook: http://www.fullbooks.com/Tent-Life-in-Siberia1.html 1875 Wladiwostock->Poland (Polish soldier, escaping from the Russian army, force-drafted in 1863) http://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-True-Story-Freedom/dp/1558216847 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx How can you tell it is fake?, October 19, 2003 By A Customer This review is from: The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom (Paperback) Well, I do not know if this particular story is true or not, but my own great grandfather made a trip from Vladyvostok to Poland in app. 1875. He was forced into Russian army after January Uprising of 1863-1865. He was 16 at that time. He spent 12 years in Russian army and tried to escape many times. Finally he succeded. Similarly millions of Poles were deported to Siberia from eighteen to twenieth century. Most of them perished. Some of them survived and returned to civilization, sometimes in extraordinary circumstances, via Japan, China, Persia etc. Their lives were absolutly amazing. History of Poland may seem stranger than fiction. Most Americans have no clue about it. Their vision has been shaped by Polish jokes and Hollywood movies about WWII which are not that faithful in depiction of historical truth (The Pianist is an exeption). Just study the subject a little more before you judge something to be false (or true), as your knowledge of the outside world is surprizingly limited! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ?<1876 Paris->Pekin (in winter, non-motorized, by sled) Books: 1) "De Paris a Pékin par terre [Sibérie Mongolie]", Victor Meignan, Paris, Plon, 1876, 394 pages, 2nd edition. 2) "From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows", Victor Meignan, English translation by William Conn, with supplementary notes, 1885 London, W. Swan Sonnenschein, 428 pages (second edition in 1889) 1884 USA->Europe->Asia (Thomas Stevens on a bicycle(!) (and an old-fashioned high-wheel model at that!); 8 o'clock on 22/04/1884 - 17/12/1886, 13.500 miles by bike San Francisco to Boston, then through Europe, Persia, Afghanistan, India, China and Japan, before sailing home) http://www.beijingtoparis.com/history.html (also in German/Japanese/Chinese language!) http://www.google.com/webhp?tab=gw&q=#hl=en&safe=off&q=Thomas+Stephens+bicycle&fp=56b6e3d6c06c3c5d http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stevens_(cyclist) http://www.jimlangley.net/spin/spin.html Ebook: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5136 (Volume 1, till Teheran) http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13749 (Volume 2, Teheran till Yokohama) ?<1889 Book: 1a) "Five Thousand Miles in a Sledge, A Mid-Winter Journey Across Siberia", Lionel Francis Gowing (born 1859), first edition, Chatto and Windus, 1889, 257 pages (second edition?: New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1890, 257 pages) 1b) (snip from article in NewYork Times archive: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9402E6D8133BE533A25753C1A96E9C94619ED7CF&oref=slogin 1891 Bulgaria->Yakutsk (Kate Marsden, by horse, a nurse in search for a special leper-curing herb in Yakutsk) http://www.horsetravelbooks.com/asia4.htm : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Kate was a nurse in Bulgaria during 1878, caring for the wounded of the war between Russia and Turkey. While there, she saw for herself the plight of lepers, and decided to make a 2000-mile journey to the leper colonies of Yakutsk in the depths of Siberia. She hoped to find a herb which was said to grow there and which was allegedly a cure for leprosy. Although originally she set out to improve the lot of the lepers of India, she ended up trying to help the Yakutsk lepers, and attempted to raise funds to build a hospital for them. Even though she had the support of Queen Victoria, the Empress of Russia and her Lady in Waiting, the Countess Tolstoy, not to mention a pastoral letter from Bishop Meletie of Yakutsk, nobody believed that anyone could make such a journey, least of all a woman! This immensely readable book is a mixture of adventure, extreme hardship and compassion as the author travels the Great Siberian Post Road. “More struggling and floundering through marshes and bogs, more pitch-dark forests, bear-alarms, and frightened horses, and then a terrific thunderstorm,” she writes casually. Kate Marsden became one of the first women to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1892. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Book: "Riding through Siberia / A Mounted Medical Mission in 1891", Kate Marsden 1892 Peking->Paris (Charles Vapereau, 112 days, 150 film negatives taken, first publication in 1894 in "Tour de Monde" http://www.ekaterinburg.com/events/week/page_1/005/157/article_5157.html#3 Books: Van Peking naar Parijs / Charles Vaperau / Haarlem, Kruseman & Tjeenk Willink, 1895 / Taken from: De Aarde en haar Volken, Jrg. 31. 1893-1897 Stockholm->Kaschgar->Peking (Sven Hedin (February 19, 1865 - November 26, 1952)) Books: "Durch Asiens Wüsten / Drei Jahre auf neuen Wegen in Pamir, Lop-nor, Tibet und China", Sven Hedin, publisher Brockhaus, Leipzig 1899, first edition, 466 pages, 107 monochrome images, 2 multicolor tabels and 5 maps "Durch Asiens Wüsten / Drei Jahre auf neuen Wegen in Pamir, Lop-nor, Tibet und China", Sven Hedin, publisher Brockhaus, Leipzig 1910, second edition, 466 pages, 107 monochrome images, 2 multicolor tabels and 5 maps "Durch Asiens Wüsten / Drei Jahre auf neuen Wegen in Pamir, Lop-nor, Tibet und China", Sven Hedin, publisher Brockhaus, Leipzig 1911, third edition, 466 pages, 107 monochrome images, 2 multicolor tabels and 5 maps "Durch Asiens Wüsten / Reisen & Abenteuer 7"(?), Sven Hedin, publisher F.A. Brockhaus, Leibzig, 1920, 158(!) pages (apparently there were brief/condensed series, plus extensive, from the same publisher!). "Durch Asiens Wüsten (1) / Von Stockholm nach Kaschgar, 1893-1895", Sven Hedin, editor Detlef Brennecke, publisher Erdmann, January 2001, 319 Seiten, ISBN: 3865032494, EAN: 9783865032492, Libri: 9986855 "Durch Asiens Wüsten (2) / Von Kaschgar nach Peking, 1895-1897", Sven Hedin, editor Detlef Brennecke, publisher Erdmann, January 2001, 319 Seiten, ISBN: 3865032540, EAN: 9783865032546, Libri: 9961763 ?<1896 China->Russia Book: 1) "Across Siberia on the Great Post Road" (He went from China westwards) - London, 1896. 2) "Across Siberia on the great post-road", Charles Wenyon, New York, Arno Press, 1971, 240 pages, ISBN: 0405031386 (Reprint of the 1896 edition) 1907 Beijing->Paris (5 cars started, 4 finished http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Peking_to_Paris_1907.PNG ) http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/motorsports/1269066.html?page=1 http://auto.qianlong.com/29751/2007/04/08/2081@3770729.htm (French postcard-like pictures) http://scheong.wordpress.com/2010/02/ http://www.unmuseum.org/autorace.htm http://www.beijingtoparis.com Books: 1) La Meta del Mondo vista da un Automobile / Luigi Barzini / Milan / 1908 2) Peking to Paris / Luigi Barzini / translated by Mitchell Kennerley / New York / 1908 3) Le Raid Pekin-Paris / Georges Cormier / Paris / 1907 4) Da Pechino a Parigi / Edgardo Longoni / Milan / 1908 5) Pekin-Paris Automobile en 80 jours / Jean du Taillis / Parijs / 1907 (journalist for organizer/sponsor newspaper Le Martin & co-driver) 6) The Mad Motorists / Allen Andrews 1964 7) The Mad Motorists / J. B. Lippincott / Philadelphia and New York / 1965 8) The Mad Motorists / MBC edition / 1966 9) The Mad Motorists / Allen Andrews / Harrap / 1980 (reprint) 10) De Razende Race / Peking-Parijs 1907 / Dutch translation of The Mad Motorists by G.P. Berk / 1964 11) Das verrückteste Autorennen der Welt - Peking-Paris German translation of The Mad Motorists, by Rolf Lohberg / 238 pages / Delius, Klasing & Co. / 1965 / ISBN-10: 376880965X 12) The Great Peking To Paris Expedition, by Warren Brown and Lang Kidby; Harper Collins Publishers / 2005 (re-enactment with all 4 of the 5 original vehicles, sponsored by ABC-Television/Australia) ISBN: 9780732282530; ISBN10: 0732282535; 10/10/2005; Pages: 352; $55.00; 13) Peking to Paris / 100th Anniversary Edition, Luigi Barzini, Demontreville Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-9789563-1-8, 402 pages, B&W photographs, $24.95 http://www.demontrevillepress.com/demon3-_special_prices_005.htm (translation of the original English version from 1908 (back then by Mitchell Kennerley of New York)) 14) Peking Paris im Automobil / Luigi Barzini / German translation / 531 pages / M + V Verlagsgesellschaft / 2008/03 ISBN: 3938568569 ISBN13: 9783938568569 15) Evasione in Mongolia / Luigi Giorgio Barzini Jr.(!) / Italian / 1939 16) Evasione in Mongolia / Luigi Giorgio Barzini Jr.(!) / Italian / 1997 17) Mongolische Reise / Luigi Giorgio Barzini Jr.(!) / translated into German by Horst Wolf Payne - Leipzig / 1940 / 175p / 48 images / 1-4000 prints / ISBN 0032167334(?) More bibliographic references: http://www.pekingparisraid.co.uk/Links/index.asp eBook: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17432 Creator: Barzini, Luigi, 1874-1947 Creator: Borghese, Scipione, 1871-1927 Title: Van Peking naar Parijs per auto / De Aarde en haar Volken, 1908 eBook release date: December 31, 2005 [EBook #17432] Direct link to the HTML-version, including pictures(!): http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17432/17432-h/17432-h.htm http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19891 Creator: Brocherel, Jules, 1871-1954 Title: De Reis van Prins Scipio Borghese naar de Hemelsche Bergen / De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907 Release Date: 2006-11-21 [EBook #17432] Direct link to the HTML-version: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19891/19891-h/19891-h.htm 1908 New-York->Paris ('The Great Race', 169 days, February(!) 12 (11:15h) till July 30, east-bound, Alaska->Siberia, planning first to cross the Bering-Street, then settling on shipping to Yokohama/Wladiwostock http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/naples/greatrace.htm http://www.thegreatautorace.com http://becpldigital.cdm.oclc.org/site-templates/nyparis-bib.html (extensive bibliography) http://www.thegreatestautorace.com http://www.thegreatestautorace.com/story.html (rediscovery of vehicle #3, the Zust) http://www.atariarchives.org/bca/Chapter03_TheLongestAutomobileRace.php (re-enact the race yourself, as a computer-game....:)) http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=new+york+paris+1907&btnG=Search+Archives&scoring=t (New York -> Paris newspaper reports from 1907) http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=new+york+paris+1908&sa=N&lnav=m&scoring=t (New York -> Paris newspaper reports from 1908) http://www.uk-classic-cars.com/adverts/45_0.pdf (first signs of a 100-year anniversary rallye in 2008!) http://www.greatrace.com (organisation of this 2008 rallye) http://www.deutsches-museum.de/sammlungen/ausgewaehlte-objekte/meisterwerke-iv/protos-wagen/ (German text about the Protos vehicle & rallye) http://www.leftrightonline.com/newsarticlesearch_detail.cfm?ID=26 (article about the Thomas Flyer) http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/naples/greatrace.htm (article about the Antonio Scarfoglio and the Zust) http://mn-guenther.de/content/view/175/281/ (list of vehicles/drivers; note Mr. Godard, who drove the Spyker in the 1907 rally Beijing-Paris(!!!!), plus Mr. Ponds, the driver of the failed 3-wheeler in the same race!) http://www.ekspedycjastulecia.pl/etapII/pl/galeria.php ('gallery 1908') Books: "Im Auto um die Welt" ('Around the world by car'), Hans Koeppen, 1909, Verlag von Ullstein und Co., Berlin, 355 pages. "Abenteuerliche Weltfahrt / Deutschen Sieg im ersten Autorennen um die Welt", Hans Koeppen, edited by Josef Viera, 1935, Braunschweig, 268 pages. ('Adventurous World Crossing / German victory in world's first global car rally') "Il giro del mondo in automobile" ('Around the World by Automobile'), Scarfoglio, 1910 "The Longest Auto Race", George Schuster & Tom Mahoney, 1966(!) "Das längste Autorennen der Welt: New York - Seattle - Wladiwostok - Petersburg - Berlin - Paris - N.Y." 1960 (first edition), 1976 (second edition), 144 pages, 1 B&W drawing-map, hardcover, 14,5 cm L x 21 B. Publisher: W. Fischer Verlag, Göttingen. First edition 1960, second edition 1976. "Das längste Autorennen aller Zeiten. / New York, Moskau, Paris ( 1908) von George Schuster und Tom Mahoney", German translation, 1968, reprint 1997, 168 pages, Motorbuch Verlag. "Race of the Century: The Heroic True Story of the 1908 New York to Paris Auto Race", Julie Fenster, 2006 http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=2-0307339173-1 http://ebooks.palm.com/product/detail/19564?book=Race_of_the_Century:_The_Heroic_True_Story_of_the_1908_New_York_to_Paris_Auto_Race"> (same title, electronic document @eBooks.Palm.COM) Films: "The Great Race", Comedy version, 1965, with Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, and Vivian Vance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Race http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059243/ "Hat der Motor eine Seele? / 1908 - Im Auto um die Welt" ('Does the engine have a soul? / 1908 - Around the world by car') Wolfgang Ettlich und Andreas Dirr First release: TV-channel Arte, 14.12.2008, 22:30h / 16.12.2008, 5:00h http://tdb.berlinale-talentcampus.de/campus/talent/andreas-dirr/profile?pos=131 http://www.andreas-dirr.de/Website/Willkommen.html http://www.andreas-dirr.de/Filme/Motor_Seele.html (stating both a 45' and 90' version exist?) http://www.ettlich-film.de 1910-1912 Detroit -> Australia/Japan/China/Egypt/India/India/Germany/France/UK/Ireland -> New York (3 men, 1 car, 41k miles by road, 28k miles by ship; all this to prove the reliability of the Hupmobile, arriving at the 1912 Auto Show in New York) Book: Three Men in a Hupp: Around the World by Automobile, by James A. Ward, 2003, Stanford University Press, 256 pages, ISBN-10: 0804734607 ISBN-13: 978-0804734608 Online/eBook(!): http://books.google.com/books?id=5gKmsSVKpiUC&dq=Three+Men+in+a+Hupp&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=d0vfTUdODN&sig=mjC4U9lOCJAoXe3Wji9ab1a-RCg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result 1914-1920 (Elisabeth Brändström, almost as an later equivalent of Kate Marsden/1891, aka The Angel of Siberia, daughter of Swedish diplomat in Petrograd (later Leningrad/St.Petersburg), traveling deep into Siberia & Russian Far East, to care for German & Austria-Hungerian POW's) Books: - De Engel van Siberië - Google online book: http://books.google.com/books?id=KY25pwh5jaIC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=%22the+Angel+of+siberia%22&source=bl&ots=vD-JG0-xeP&sig=YB2SxoWjCq4hrtZcYDz4iNVJxXw&hl=en&ei=8NjiS8X_DoKZOJr22dsN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22the%20Angel%20of%20siberia%22&f=false 1915-1917 Siberia->China->India Book: "Von Siberien durch China nach Indien. Eine ungewöhnliche Reise in den Jahren 1915-1917", B. Waurick, Leipzig, 1973, 105 pages 1917-1920 Siberia->Ulanow/Poland (Moritz/Moshe Daniecki, 3 years, 7000km, by foot, fleeing from a Siberian POW-camp, desperately wanting to return to the love of his live, Lotte Steinberg, in his hometown. (he was drafted into the Austrian-Hungarian army, where he fought from 1914 till 1917 against the Russians, and was then captured, and sent to Siberia) (Moshe's grandson, Danny Scheinmann, wrote the below book about this ordeal, interwoven with a modern love tragedy: Books: "Random Acts of Heroic Love", Danny Scheinmann, Transworld Publishers Ltd, 432 pages, Paperback, first edition 01 Jan 2008 ISBN13: 9780552774222 ISBN10: 0552774227 "Zähl nicht die Stunden bis zur Ewigkeit", Danny Scheinmann, 460 pages, Hardcover, Pendo Verlag, first edition 22 April 2008 ISBN-10: 3866121571 ISBN-13: 978-3866121577 "Gemiste tijd", Danny Scheinmann, translation Paul van der Lecq, 398 pages, Nieuw Amsterdam ISBN: 90-468-0279-3 1922 Sahara crossing by Citroen 1923 Peking->Moscow (Sven Hedin, famous Swedish explorer (February 19, 1865 - November 26, 1952)); by Dodge automobile through Mongolia, November & December(!), (including Urga--the present-day Ulan Baatar) to Verkhne-Udinsk on the Trans-Siberian RR, and then by train to Moscow (and eventually through St. Petersburg and back home to Sweden). http://www.silk-road.com/bibliography/hedinb3.html Books: 1) "Från Peking till Moskva", Stockholm, Bonniers, 1924 2) "Von Peking nach Moskau", German translation, publisher Brockhaus, Leipzig 1924 Algiers->Madagaskar (Croisiere Noire, expedition with Citroen halftracks through Africa, 28/10/1924 - 26/6/1925)) 1927-1928 Gobi desert crossing (Sven Hedin, famous Swedish explorer (February 19, 1865 - November 26, 1952)) (part of a larger ongoing series of smaller expeditions in Mongolia/Tarim-Basin, 1927-1935. Partly Sponsored by Lufthansa, for the purpose of marketing a new air route Berlin-Peking, other inspiration was to re-open the Silk Road, by determining the best routes for motor traffic. Explored by motor vehicle the routes through the mountains west from Dunhuang, showing that one branch of the historic Silk Road undoubtedly had run in that direction and to Lop Nor in its northern location until the rivers shifted course. Books: (based on info from http://www.silk-road.com/bibliography/hedinb3.html) (according to http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Hedin, all German book-versions were translated from Swedish, by Brockhaus/Leipzig (no translator known?)) 1) "Åter till Asien. Min expedition 1927-1928 med svenskar, tyskar och kineser genom öknen Gobi", Stockholm, Bonniers, 1928 2) "Auf grosser Fahrt: meine Expedition mit Schweden, Deutschen und Chinesen durch die Wüste Gobi 1927-1928", Leipzig, Brockhaus, first edition 1929, 6th edition 1930 3) "Across the Gobi Desert", London, Routledge, 1931; New York, E. P. Dutton, 1933 (translated by H. J. Cant from German edition) 4) "Gobiöknens gåtor", Stockholm: Bonniers, 1930; 2nd ed., 1931 5) "Rätsel der Gobi: die Fortsetzung der grossen Fahrt durch Innerasien in den Jahren 1928-1930", Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1931) 6) "Riddles of the Gobi Desert", New York, E. P. Dutton, 1933 (translated by Elizabeth Sprigge & Claude Napier from Swedish edition, with added chapter "The Discovery of New Lop Nor," by Nils G. Hörner, pages 341-376) 7) "Jehol, kejsarstaden. Skildringar från de stora mandschukejsarnas hov", Stockholm: Hökerbergs, 1931 8) "Jehol, die Kaiserstadt", Leipzig, Brockhaus, 7th edition, 1942 9) "Jehol, City of Emperors. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1933 (translated by E. G. Nash from Swedish) (a copy of the main Buddhist temple in Jehol (Chengde) was built as an exhibition for the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago; Hedin was involved in the project) 10) "Sidenvägen. En bilfärd genom Centralasien", Stockholm, Bonniers, 1936 11) "Die Seidenstrasse", Leipzig, Brockhaus, 10th edition 1942 12) "The Silk Road", New York, E. P. Dutton, 1938. (translated from Swedish) (Covers events from departing Beijing, October 1933, through return to Xian in February 1935; only the Swedish title hints to the automotive explorative context ('bil' = car)) 13) "Den vandrande sjön", Stockholm, Bonniers, 1937 14) "Der wandernde See", Leipzig, Brockhaus, 10th edition, 1942 15) "The Wandering Lake", New York, E. P. Dutton, 1940 (translated. by F. H. Lyon from Swedish) 16) Chinese translation, title unknown, pub. in Taipei, 1955. 17) "Mot Lop-Nor. En flodfärd på Tarim", Stockholm, Bonniers, 1954 One of the more interesting volumes in this series on the 1927-35 expedition: observations on the changing ecology with the movement of the rivers and the lake and a discussion of what previous geographers and mappers had written. Hedin rather repitiously proclaims his solving of the riddle of Lop Nor as one of his most important achievements. The shift in the river flow which led to the re-establishment of the lake in its former (northern) location occurred in 1921. 18) "Stora hästens flykt", Stockholm, Bonniers, 1935 19) "Die Flucht des Grossen Pferdes", Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1935; 6th edition 1939 20) "The Flight of 'Big Horse', The Trail of War in Central Asia", New York, E.P. Dutton, 1936 (translated by F. H. Lyon from Swedish) Hedin was caught up in the Dungan rebellion led by Ma Chung-ying, the "Big Horse" of the title. Those events also figure in the well-known account by Peter Fleming, News from Tartary. 21) "History of the Expedition in Asia 1927-1935", 4 v. Stockholm, 1943; parts 1-3 written in collaboration with Folke Bergman: I. 1927-1928 II. 1928-1933 III. 1933-1935 IV. General Reports of Travels and Fieldwork, by Folke Bergman, Gerhard Bexell, Birger Bohlin, Gösta Montell ("Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the North-Western Provinces of China under the Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin / The Sino-Swedish Expedition", Publications 23-26) This is the descriptive summary of the expedition, part of a projected 55 volumes of scientific reports authored by the various specialists on the expedition and published in various subseries. 22) "Central Asia Atlas", 5 v. Stockholm, Statens etnografiska museum, 1966-1982. (Reports..., Publications 47, 48, 49, 50, 54). 23) "Mit Sven Hedin durch Asiens Wüsten", diary from the filmoperator during the tour, Paul Lieberenz, edited by Dr. Arthur Berger, publisher Berlin Wegweiser Verlag, 1932, 383 pages; 16 tabels in copper-print, half-leather band with gold-imprint (Paul Lieberenz was also the cameraman of the later movie 'Triumpf des Willens' from Leni Riefenstahl!) Films: "Mit Sven Hedin durch Asiens Wüsten", 1929 (note that it predates the book above) (German origin/title, but no sound, film-version of the diary of Paul Lieberenz (see above)) Apparently Lufthansa sponsored both expedition & this film, in the context of a flight-route Berlin-Peking....:)) http://www.taz.de/index.php?id=archivseite&dig=2006/07/06/a0256 Biography: http://www.oikrach.com/buch3.php (German) 1927-1929 Germany->Asia->North-America->South-America->North-America (Clärenore Stinnes and Carl Axle Söderström, 25/05/1927 - 24/06/1929, 25 months, 46298km, 23 countries, first-ever global automotive expedition, first-ever by female driver, Germany->Balkan->Moscow->Siberia->Mongolia->Beijng->Japan->Hawaii->North-America->Buenos-Aires->Vancouver->New-York->Le-Havre->Berlin in regular/stock Adler Standard 6 limousine, plus support-truck and 2 mechanics, sponsored by industry, 100.000 Reichsmark total; - Stinnes: age 26-28, born 1901 (Mülheim-am-Ruhr/Germany), died 1990 (Sweden), daughter of industrial Hugo Stinnes (died 1924), claimed to be worlds richest man at that time (first-ever large-scale vertical company structure (coalmines + steel production, 4500 companies, 600.000(!) employees)) - Söderström: age 34-36, born 24/12/1893, Korsnäs, Kopparbergs-län, Sweden; died 1976 http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A4renore_Stinnes (with 17 sieges, she was and still is Europe's most successful female race driver!) Note that like Sven Hedin (1923 expedition, see further above), they crossed the Gobi desert in winter (February), experiencing temperatures there of down to -30C (earlier, near Lake-Baikal, -53C, on a *hunting* trip by horse, no less!), while facing (and being chased by!) loothing Manchurian gangs and deserted soldiers, with several other foreign travelers, before and after them, being robbed and killed....one can only wonder how many travel-reports in history never made it to the outside world....for every book written, 2 or 3 others never made it to print or even paper.... Historic articles in the Newyork-Times newspaper of that time: http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=fraulein+stinnes&more=date_all Off Road Magazin (German): 6/1986: Clärenore Stinnes – die erste Frau, die mit dem Auto um die Welt fuhr (mit einem Adler) – Teil 1 - 4 Seiten, 3 Fotos, 1 Illustration 7/1986: Clärenore Stinnes – die erste Frau, die mit dem Auto um die Welt fuhr (mit einem Adler) – Teil 2 – 3 Seiten, 4 Fotos Author/Editor ('Text/Photo's (also) from his archive') is Werner Nöther. http://www.motorradonline.de/de/reise/reportagen/pioniere-der-wueste/87298 Books (keep in mind that Clärenore spoke fluently German, English, Swedish and Spanish!): 1) "Im Auto durch zwei Welten.", Clärenore Stinnes & Carl-Axel Söderström, 1929, Verlag von Reimar Hobbing, Berlin, 265 pages, ISBN 3-85371-105-7, Film-release in 1931) 2) "5000 Mil I Bil. Tvä är ratten pä färd jorden runt" (Två år vid ratten på färd jorden runt?), Clärenore Stinnes, 1929, Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm, cloth, 288 pages. (fotografier av Carl-Axel Söderström. Översätting frän tyskan. Med 95 bilder och 2 kartor.) (same book, translated from German into Swedish) http://runeberg.org/biblblad/1930/0261.html 3) "En auto a través de los continentes ", Clara(!) Stinnes & Carl-Axle Söderström, 1930, 262 pages 4) "Die erste Autofahrt einer Frau um die Welt / 1927-1929 / Söderströms Photo-Tagebuch", Michael Kuball and Clärenore Stinnes-Söderström, Krüger Verlag, Frankfurt/Main, 1981, 247 pages, ISBN 3810517089 (Carl-Axle died in 1976, after which Clärenore discovered 4 of his (postal) diaries in the legacy of his parents, and decided to publish another book) Second(?) edition: 1982, 247 pages, totally different cover (darker brown, 2x Adler, 1x stuck in mud) [NOTE WJM: I have several dozens books of the abovementioned title for sale, first edition 1981, NOS/NewOldStock, never touched/read, original seal/wrap, as new as they left the factory/publisher in 1981! Send me a note on w.j.markerink@A1.NL if you are interested!] 5) "En auto a través de los continentes", Clara(!) Stinnes & Carl-Axle Söderström, 1994 (reprint from Spanish edition in 1930), paperback, 295 pages, Rustica, ISBN 8426128084 (also 9789879223703?) 6) "Im Auto durch zwei Welten", 1996 & 2007, Reprint of German first edition (1929), SBN-10: 3853711057, ISBN-13: 9783853711057 7) "Pferdestärken / Die Lebensliebe der Clärenore Stinnes" (history/novel/biography) Michael Winter, 2001, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, ISBN 3499235366 2004, Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag (note WJM: this is one of the most fascinating books I have ever read, but it should only be read *after* one of the previous titles!) (it is also recommended to first read 'Abenteuerliche Weltrundfahrt' from Hans Koeppen, since he too plays a role in this book!) Film/video: Moviefilm 1931: "Im Auto durch zwei Welten." (35mm/1705m/sound, archived in Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv Berlin, 35mm/sound/1639m) http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/amia-l/2007/01/msg00328.html Short YouTube trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbq-kcZ-rKk TV-film/docu +/- 1979: "Die Frau, die um die Welt fuhr" (Michael Kuball (Hamburg/Germany), according to the cover-text in Söderströms Photo-Tagebuch) TV-film/docu 1986: http://www.filmevona-z.de/filmsuche.cfm?wert=3576&sucheNach=titel&CT=1 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Production: Melophon Length: (TV) 70 minutes First broadcast: 24.3.1986 ARD Music: Wolfgang Zeller, Producer: Michael Kuball, Clärenore Söderström, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx TV-docu: German channel ZDF, 04.11.2001 ?-22.35 Videocopy of TV-film, given to Bernd Tesch in 1993 by Werner Cooper/Werner K. Kupper) (employee of Tri-Star movie company, having known Clärenore Stinnes personally) (current whereabouts of this videocopy unknown, sadly) Hurray, found it!!!!!!!!.....BitTorrent payware, 5 euro (PayPal) http://www.onlinefilm.org/-/film/26647 Fräulein Stinnes : Mit dem Auto um die Welt 1927-29 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Deutschland 1986 | 42 Min Camera: Klaus Brix Cutter: Michael Kuball Director: Gabriele Röthemeyer Idea: Michael Kuball Producer: Michael Kuball Sound: Barbara Metzlaff World Sales by: LA CAMERA STYLO de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cläreno... Die Frau, die als erste mit dem Auto die Welt umkreiste, erzählt aus ihrem Leben. Die älteste Tochter des deutschen Großindustriellen Hugo Stinnes, begann nach dem Tod ihres Vaters 1924 eine Rennfahrer-Karriere. Sie wurde die erfolgreichste Rennfahrerin Europas und gewann eine Rallye quer durch Rußland. Das brachte sie auf die Idee einer Autofahrt rund um den Erdball - eine Expedition, die bis dahin noch niemand gewagt hatte. Einen schwedischen Kameramann nahm sie mit: Carl-Axel Söderström, den sie nach der langen Reise heiratete. Eine einzige Kopie ihres Films "Im Auto durch zwei Welten" blieb erhalten. 1979 hörte ich von der nahezu vergessenen Expedition und traf Clärenore in Hamburg. Die Kopie brachte sie in einer Reisetasche mit, wir retteten den alten Nitrofilm. Sie kommentierte ihn noch einmal neu für unsere gemeinsame Dokumentation "Die Frau, die um die Welt fuhr". Daraus zeige ich Ausschnitte - zusammen mit einem langen Kamera-Interview, das Clärenore wenige Jahre vor ihrem Tod uns gab. Michael Kuball xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx New Movie & TV-film, announced 13/02/2008, planned broadcast for movie-theatres: spring-2009; for TV: fall-2008 (2 parts) http://www.ksta.de/html/artikel/1202761009596.shtml http://www.fraeulein-stinnes.de/hintergrundinfos/statements-zum-film http://www.fraeulein-stinnes.de/inhalt (excerpt from 1931!) http://michisoldtimer.blog.de/2008/07/17/ein-film-ueber-claerenore-stinnes-soeder-4461817?trackbacks=1 http://www.stinnes.com/history.php http://www.michaelstinnes.de/ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Clärenore Stinnes 28.10.2008 von michael. Foto: www.fraeulein-stinnes.de Der Dokumentarspielfilm "Fräulein Stinnes fährt um die Welt" erzählt die Geschichte von Clärenore Stinnes, die Schwester meines Vaters Otto Stinnes, welche 1927 als erste Frau die Erde mit einem Auto umrundete. Ich bin meiner Tante zu letzt begegnet, als sie im Abaton Kino in Hamburg vor Weihnachten 1983 ihren selbstgedrehten Film und das dazu herausgegebene "Söderströms Photo - Tagebuch" vorgestellt hatte. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMonxvhg4LA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lzg_4Fy_cI http://www.fraeulein-stinnes.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/fe16_stinnes.pdf Exhibition during movie-launch, at several German locations: http://www.fraeulein-stinnes-ausstellung.de Permanent exhibition in Freudenberg: http://www.technikmuseum-freudenberg.de/ Where to find cinema's in Germany: http://www.cineman.de/kinoprogramm/process.php?day=0&city=&movie=id17237 (note that you can look beyond the clickeable 7-day period ('day=6'), by manually changing this number) Last regular cinema dates in Germany.... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx läuft am Sonntag 29.11.2009 in ... Pforzheim Kommunales Kino 11:00 Solingen Kino im Cobra 20:00 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Hurray! Even the original black&white movie from 1931 has been relaunched on DVD, available in the museum-shops (20 euro, 57 minutes): http://www.technik-museum-shop.de/dvd-im-auto-durch-zwei-welten.htm Adler Forum: http://163262.homepagemodules.de/t54f47-claerenore-stinnes-soederstroem.html Interesting picture of spare-wheel-cover: http://www.stockcreatorblog.de/?tag=tuning Anecdote that Hugo Stinnes was already involved in car-manufacturering, since 1922, with the Aga Wagen (Aga Mobil): http://www.agamobil.de/index2.html First public broadcast of the 2009 movie: ARD/NDR, 18/04/2012, 00:00-01:30 http://programm.ard.de/TV/ndrfernsehen/fraeulein-stinnes-faehrt-um-die-welt/eid_282267803300271?list=now Phoenix, 28/04/2012, 20:15-21:45 1929 London->NewYork (by Graf Zeppelin, 21 days, NewYork(Lakehurst)/LandsEnd/London/Friedrichshafen/Berlin/Siberia/Tokio/SanFrancisco/LosAngeles/NewYork(Lakehurst) Original route was Friedrichshafen->Friedrichshafen, but the German government of that time was broke, so Hearst Press Empire funded the trip, and the route became Lakehurst->Lakehurst Also planned until the very last moment was Moscow, but due to strong eastern winds that section would have become a 10 hour detour/delay, and the total fuel supply for 11.000km Siberia was only good 150 hours. Between Japan and USA they also faced & suffered a hurricane, and barely escaped, with damage & lightly wounded people. Film-Docu: "Vaarwel", by Ditteke Mensink & Pieter van Huystee Films; Story about young yournalist Lady Grace Drummond-Hay for Hearst Press Empire, first trip around the world, falling in love with married fellow-yournalist Karl von Wiegand won 'Gouden Kalf' Award at Dutch Film-Festival for best long-docu; Cinema premiere: 15/04/2010 Broadcast premiere: NL Net2 23-11-2010/23:00 http://www.hollanddoc.nl/gids/vaarwel.html Trailer at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIdnXhEE6U0 English summary: http://eventful.com/amsterdam/events/vaarwel-farewell-/E0-001-026117250-5 1931 Beirut->SinKiang<-Beijing (Croisiere Jaune, dual/split expedition with Citroen halftracks from Beirut and Beijing to Sin Kiang, central route, through the Himalaya, 6+14/4/1931 - 12/2/1932) 1931 London->CapeTown (Riley(?) & Captain Malin, by Riley car(s?), using side-pontons to cross rivers http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/Q_R.html http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/R/riley.jpeg http://www.jamd.com/image/g/3134574?partner=Google&epmid=1 <1933 Book: "A voyage to the North Pacific and a journey through Siberia more than half a century ago", John D'Wolf, Bristol, R.I., Rulon-Miller Books, 1983, ISBN: 0961252006 [the companion piece and commentary are by Harold M. Turner; the illustrations are by Anne Hughes] Colophon: "Two hundred and twenty-five copies of this edition have been printed on Mohawk superfine softwhite paper" 1933 Moscow->Kara-Kum-Desert->Moscow (factory demo-expedition, 17 trucks and 6 cars, first time by car/truck through Karakum-desert) Book: "Im Auto durch die Wüste. Moskau - Kara-Kum - Moskau.", R. Karmen, 1957, Der Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 204 pages) 1934 Chicago->Alaska (Croisiere Blanche) 1934 Paris->Moscow->Paris (Citroën Traction Avant's) 50 year anniversary in 1984: http://www.motormeisje.be/Rudyhadee/routeboek.htm 1935-1936 Austria->India->China->Birma->Thailand->Laos->Vietnam->China->USA->Europe Max Reisch (Austria, - 01/1985) and Helmuth Hahmann (Austria, ca. 1915 - 07/1987), 're-enactment' of Sven Hedin's tour, with Steyr Puch, 40.000 km; car is located in the Zeughaus-Museum/Innsbruck. Book: „Im Auto um die Erde", Max Reisch, 1936, Anniversary Edition 1935-1985, 10 maps/scetches, 4 letters, 207 BW pictures, Verlag Wilhelm Ennsthaler, Steyr/Österreich, ISBN 3-85068-1769. 1937 Shaanxi->Gansu (Silkroute, 700 miles inside China, west-bound, escape of 60 Chinese orphans, by foot, in winter, fleeing for the Japanese occupation; organized by George Hogg, a British adventurer & war reporter, Lee Pearson, an American nurse, and partisan Jack Chen Movie: "Children of the Silkroad", 2008 http://www.childrenofthesilkroad.com.au/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0889588/ http://michelleyeoh.info/Movie/childrenofhuangshi.html (about the only site showing extensive data about releases & regions/countries) "Die Kinder der Seidenstrasse" (German version/translation, cinema-start 8/10/2009) http://www.seidenstrasse.3rosen.com/ Books: “Ocean Devil: The Life and Legend of George Hogg” by James MacManus “Fruition: The Life of George Alwin Hogg“, by George's friend Rewi Alley http://www.btmbeijing.com/contents/en/btm/2008-05/books/oceandevil (2008/05/01, text by Li Q In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hogg_(adventurer) 1939(?) Peking-> (Luigi Barzini (Jr.), son of Luigi Bargini Sr., who drove Peking-Paris in 1907) Books: 1) Evasione in Mongolia / Luigi Giorgio Barzini Jr.(!) / Italian / 1939 2) Evasione in Mongolia / Luigi Giorgio Barzini Jr.(!) / Italian / 1997 3) Mongolische Reise / Luigi Giorgio Barzini Jr.(!) / translated into German by Horst Wolf Payne - Leipzig / 1940 / 175p / 48 images / 1-4000 prints / ISBN 0032167334(?) 1941 (escape from Camp 303 in arctic Siberia, Polish prisoner Slavomir Rawicz with 5 other escapers, 6500km, all the way south to India, escape assisted by the wife of the camp-commander(!) (possibly the events did not happen to Slavomir Rawicz (claimed to be officially released & transported to Iran in 1942), but to Witold Glinski, another Polish WWII prisoner, who stepped forward in 2009 (Slavomir died in 2004)) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%82awomir_Rawicz In the Himalaya, he also claims an encounter with two 'big-foots': http://www.bigfootencounters.com/sbs/rawicz.htm Books: The long walk / author-ghostwriter Ronald Downing / 1955 / ISBN 1558216847 De barre vlucht / Movie: The Way Back / Peter Weir / 2010 http://www.moviesense.nl/2011/01/the-way-back-recensie/ Background info regarding the truth of the story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11900920 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6098218.stm 1941-1942 Norway->India->Canada (Wilfred Skrede, by horse) Wilfred Skrede was nineteen in 1941 when the Nazis occupied his homeland of Norway. Determined to reach a training camp of the free Norwegian Air Force located in Toronto, Canada, the daring young man set off across Russia, Siberia, China, Turkestan and India before finally reaching his destination in far away North America, more than one year later. After the war Skrede wrote about this amazing journey describing in “Across the Roof of the World “ how he made his way along the tracks of Genghis Khan’s hordes, followed the silk caravans from China, crossed the high mountains of Central Asia, and miraculously made his way to freedom. Yet the liberty he sought demanded a high price. Being a Norwegian refugee, he was frequently arrested by various police forces who threatened him with deportation back to his Nazi-occupied homeland, and in communist controlled Sinkiang the young adventurer had his back cracked by a wild truck driver. His most perilous challenge however came when he was forced to ride horseback over the infamous 16,000 foot high Mintaka Pass, a hideous bit of trail known for killing horses and riders alike. The resultant story, told with fortitude, humor and resilience, is thus populated by a host of colorful characters, including famed English mountaineer Eric Shipton, and Tenzing, the Sherpa who went on to conquer Mount Everest. Amply illustrated, “Across the Roof of the World” is an epic equestrian travel tale laced with unforgettable excitement. Book: "Across the Roof of the World", Wilfred Skrede, ISBN 1590480406 1947-1950 Prague->Africa->South-America (Jiri Hanzelka und Miroslav Zikmund, 3.5 years, in a Tatra car "Afrika - Traum und Wirklichkeit", Miroslav Zikmund / Jiri Hanzelka, 3rd Volume, 1954 (first edition), Verlag Volk und Welt - Berlin, 292 pages "Südamerika - Zwischen Parana und Rio de la Plata" "Südamerika - Über die Kordilleren" 1949-1952 Cape Desjnow/Kap Deschnjow -> Täbris/Iran (German prisoner of war[*], fleeing from the Gulag in the far far north-east, by foot, to Iran; 3 years, 3 Siberian winters, 14.000km; http://www.soweitdiefuessetragen.de/ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_weit_die_F%C3%BC%C3%9Fe_tragen Book: "So weit mir die Fuesse tragen", Josef Martin Bauer, 1955 "So weit die Füsse tragen / As far as my Feet will carry me", translation by Lawrence Patrick Roy Wilson, 1957, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1975, 2003, 2008 Film: "So weit mir die Fuesse tragen" (1959) "So weit mir die Fuesse tragen" (2001) [*] official name in book/film was Clemens Forell, real name was Cornelius Horst, 1922-1983 (the book-author signed a contract not to reveal his real name, as Cornelius feared the KGB until the day he died....) (this fact was discovered only in 2002(!), after new research....) 1950 Halifax->? (Ben & Elinore Carlin; around the world in an amphibious vehicle, 'Half-Safe', after many failed attempts & near-catastrophes) http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/H/halfsafespecial/halfsafe.html 1951 Amsterdam->Akkra (promotion tour by truck, organized by Van Houten Cacao, Dutch chocolate manufacturer, to show the roots of the cacao beans, in Ghana) Film: 1956 Geneva->Bombay(+ ->South-Africa->East-Africa-Geneva; organized by international Touring-Club, 12 vehicles, "Meine schönste Autoreise. / Mit dem Auto dürch 12 Länder nach Indien", Dr. Fritz Schindler, 1958, Hermes Druck- und Verlagsanstant - Vienna, 248 pages with 46 pictures from Fridl Schindler and drawings from G. Bardasch ) 1956–1957 Germany->Middle-East->Indonesia->Australia->North-America (Wolfram Block, salesman, Bremen/Germany, in factory sponsored 19HP Lloyd 600) Books: 1) "Weltreise mit 19 PS - Ein Kleinwagen rollt um den Erdball", 1958, illustrations by Otto Bussek 96 pages, Neuer Jugendschriften-Vlg. Hannover 2) "Weltreise mit 19 PS – Im Lloyd auf großer Fahrt", 2006(!), EDITION GARAGE 2CV, ISBN: 3980908232, 159 pages 1957 Cape->Cape (claimed to be a first ever, by Richard Pape, age 39, in a British Austin; book: "Cape Cold to Cape Hot", Richard Pape, 1957, The Popular Book Club - London, 280 pages with 25 pictures) 1957 Attempt by Luigi Barzine to reenact the 1907 Beijing->Paris, as 50-years anniversary, failed (probably due to political reasons, in both Russia and China) 1963 Alaska->Tierra del Fuego (German expedition in a Mercedes Benz 180 diesel, inspired by a previous film about a newly completed road from north to south America, resulting in the book "Rollbahn Amerika. Mit dem Auto von Alaska nach Feuerland", Ernst Wiese, 1963, Verlag Herta Leigsnering - Wien, 230 pages with 24 pictures) 1963? Murmansk->Elbrus (in Wartburg stationwagon, book "Von Murmansk zum Elbrus. Eine Reise in die Sowjetunion.", Erwin Bekier, 2nd edition 1963, Verlag Neues Leben - Berlin, 224 pages and 54 pictures/illustrations from Wladimir Bogatin, Lexikon from Herbert Heinze) 1966/1967 Austria->Asia / Australia / (South?)Africa (Dr. August Jentsch, travel-book author, 35000km at 32km/h(!) in a Steyr Bulldog tractor(!), 3 books, 1. Quer durch Asien, 2. Rund um Australien, 3. Umweg über Südafrika ) 1968 London->Sydney (http://marathon68.homestead.com/) 1968-1972 Germany-> 5 continents -> Germany (Dieter Krause, 120.211km Buch: "Mit dem Auto einmal um die ganze Welt", Text & Photo's: Krauss, Dieter, Publisher: Bernhard A Greiner, ISBN: 978-3-935383-99-8, 198 pages, 2nd edition 07.02.2007 <1970 Book: "Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey Through Russia and Siberian Tartary, from the Frontiers of China to the Frozen Sea and Kantchatka", John D. Cochrane, Ayer Co Pub - 1970-06, ISBN-10: 0405030169, ISBN-13: 9780405030161 1977 London->Sydney ('Singapore Airlines London to Sydney Marathon') http://www.londonsydney77.com/ 1980 Through China by motorcycle / Jim Rogers http://www.jimrogers.com http://jimrogers-investments.blogspot.com/ (Jim founded the Quantum Fund together with George Soros) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rogers (see also 1990-1992 & 1999-2002) 1982 Being->Paris (more expedition than rallye, report in German OffRoad magazine 1982, with Unimog) 1984 Paris->Moscow->Paris (132 Citroëns Traction Avant's, 6000km (10.000?) 26(28?) days, 17 July - 11 August; Organized by CAAR Netherlands, Peter Wilders & Will de Hek in cooperation with Erik Verhaest of Citroën Netherlands Hamburg-Kopenhagen-Linkoping-Stockholm-Turku-Helsinki-Leningrad-Novgorod-Kalinin-Moscow/ /Moscow-Smolensk-Minsk/Minsk-Terespol-Warschau-Wcroclaw-Karl-Marx-Stadt-Mainz-Verdun-Paris-Chantilly-Mons-Hengelo-Assen (see also 1997, Paris->Pekin) http://www.caar.nl/ http://www.caar.nl/geschiedenis-caar.html http://www.caar.nl/PMP/PMP1984.html http://www.caar.nl/fotos/PMP1984/deelnemers-1984.html http://www.motormeisje.be/Rudyhadee/nav2.htm Among them was a Citroën Traction Commerciale, with Wim Zeelenberg/Holland participating in a journalist crew; later, this Citroen was bought & converted by Wim into a hearse, and in summer 2009, it was used for Wim's own funeral, just as he had planned: Tubantia/Twentsche-Courant: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Laatste rit in zijn geliefde Traction dinsdag 07 juli 2009 | 16:00 | ENSCHEDE - In de auto die hem altijd zo dierbaar was, een Citroen Traction (type Commerciale), maakte Wim Zeelenberg dinsdagmiddag de laatste gang naar het crematorium in Usselo. De rouwauto met daarin het lichaam van de psycholoog, die afgelopen vrijdag (‘na de grote wolkbreuk’) op 63-jarige leeftijd overleed, werd vanaf het huisadres aan de Lasondersingel gevolgd door een hele stoet van Tractions. De Commerciale, een verlengde Traction, werd jarenlang door de familie Zeelenberg gebruikt voor de zomervakanties. De liefde voor deze karakteristieke Franse oldtimer ontstond toen de Enschedeër in 1984 met een journalistenteam mocht meerijden in de ralley Parijs-Moskou-Parijs. Nadat de auto was verkocht, werd deze verbouwd tot lijkwagen. Het was Zeelenbergs specifieke wens dat-ie in zijn geliefde Traction naar het crematorium zou worden gebracht. Kort voor zijn overlijden bevestigde hij nog eens de afspraken over deze laatste tocht. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1984- (?) (yes, you read that right, still not finished!) Switzerland->Around-the-globe-and-again-and-again-and-again (FJ60 Land Cruiser, 4 tonnes, husband & wife, born 1942/43(!)), tour started October 16 1984; entrance in Guinnees World Record Book, 'longest driven journey' (highest number of countries, kilometers & time, with 1 single vehicle). http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search/Details/Longest-driven-journey/43578.htm Data, counted on februari 1st 2012: 9680 days 169 countries 27 equator-crossings 18,132 hours driving (12,069 LHD-countries, 6,063 RHD-countries) 656,045 kilometer 162,206 liter petrol (24.7L/100km) 166 flat tires (1 each 109 hours) 19,260 picture slides 18.666 picture prints 42,740 digital pictures (totalling to 1 picture every 8km or 13min) http://www.spiegel.de/reise/fernweh/0,1518,811744,00.html http://forum.spiegel.de/f22/27-jahre-auf-weltreise-die-unumkehrbaren-53376.html http://www.weltrekordreise.ch/a_textd.html http://forum.buschtaxi.org/viewtopic.php?t=3374 (first discussion 2002) http://forum.buschtaxi.org/eine-fast-25-jahrige-weltreise-mit-dem-fj60-t22172.html (discussion 2009) Similar, by boat, for 20 years, with family, all children born aboard: http://www.spiegel.de/reise/fernweh/0,1518,793695,00.html 1987 Paris->Peking (roman/fiction(!), worlds 5 best drivers, including 1 woman, challenged by a reward of 1.000.000 dollars, 25k km) Book: Paris-Peking, Gordon Travis, Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach, 1987, 288 pages, ISBN: 3404109988 1989 Great Silk Route Expedition (Central-Asia & Kasachstan, organized by Travellers Club & Unesco) 1989 Peking->Paris (Itala Raid Paris Peking, apparently with the same Itala as in 1907, sponsored by FIAT, in cooperation with RAI-television, organized by Beppe Tenti, total budget 1.000.000 dollar (0,1% of FIAT's total 1 billion annual marketing budget), 22.000km, 70 days, 300km/day, 6280km through China http://www.overland.org/index.php?sezione=Overland&numOv=11 Book: "?" / Guy Mandery Photograpy: Enrico Bossan (shooting 700 films, averaging 1 image pro kilometer) 1990 London->Beijing (southern route, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_To_Peking_Motor_Challenge) 1990 Camel Trophy Siberia 1990-1992 Jim Rogers, 160.000km, all continents http://www.jimrogers.com http://jimrogers-investments.blogspot.com/ (Jim founded the Quantum Fund together with George Soros) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rogers Books: "Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers", 1995, ISBN 1-55850-529-6 "Investment Biker. Rund um die Welt mit Jim Rogers", German, bound, Börsenmedien, 1st print 31/3/1998, 497pp, ISBN-10: 3922669263, ISBN-13: 978-3922669265 "Around the World with Jim Rogers - Investment Biker", John Wiley & Sons, 2000, 416pp, ISBN 9780471495529 (paperback?) (see also 1980 & 1999-2002) 1991 Amsterdam->Moscow (150 vehicles, 1914-1960, 15 July - 13 August, 28 days, organized by CAAR Netherlands) http://www.caar.nl/internat-projectlijst.html 1992 London->Moscow->Beijing (Kamaz & Nissan Patrol participating) 1992 Paris->Moscow->Beijing ((same as above?) 16.000km, René Metge, start 1 september, 93 cars, 20 vans, 15 motorbikes; Russia, Kazachstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgistan, Taklamakan-desert, Mongolia/Gobi-desert, China Bruno Saby, Pierre Latique, Shinozuka, Hubert Auriol, Jean Fontenay, Stehpane Peterhansel, Thierry Magnaldi and many others Organized by Pierre Lartigue, parterned with Michael Perrin, for Citroen, and Stephane Peterhansel for Yamaha) http://www.transorientale.com/includes/i18n/en/images/presskit.pdf Or Rene Metge?: http://www.oranjetrophy.com/team_profiel.php?equipe_id=38 (John Inden & Andre, in press-car) Price 200k Dutch Guilders Media article: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/parismoscowpeking-rally-metges-vision-becomes-a-rally--jeremy-hart-reports-from-paris-on-the-daunting-task-facing-drivers-in-a-race-inspired-by-an-italian-aristocrat-1548712.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fp3xU2Vl04 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPojlSKxlUM Paris Moscow Beijing 1992 / video-intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqOiREWz9xU 1993 London->Sydney (http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/lon_syd.shtml) 1993 Siberia->Alaska (Beringstreet crossing, Gordon Thomas, Canadian adventurer and Dr. Dmitry Shparo, Russian Arctic explorer, attempt by snowmobile, did not succeed beyond the Diomedes Islands (airlifted to Alaska) http://www.maxadventure.co.uk/exped_lrge1.htm 1993 London->Newyork (through Siberia & Alaska, attempted Beringstreet crossing, Richard Creasey, 27th December 1993 Ford Maverick and Mondeos, supported by Russian Ural 6x6 trucks and prototype tracked vehicle 'Arktos' for the Beringstreet crossing, articulated/twin track, as used in Alaskan oil-industry, 10-tons (serious damage within 7 hours of being waterborn (one of the 2-ton tracks fell off), taking a whole day to refit 2 hull punctions, first by rock, second by ice, forcing them to abandon the vehicle, airlifted out by helicopter http://www.maxadventure.co.uk/exped_lrge1.htm 1994 Germany->China (offroad expedition by OffRoad Magazin, mostly 4x4, one Unimog) 1994 Amsterdam->Beijing->Amsterdam overland tour (central/southern route first, northern route back, 6 months total; 3x Land Rover ex-NL-army, 1x Chevrolet ex-ambulance, all family, 2 very young kids) (at the western border claimed to be in competition with a German vehicle, 'first-ever border crossing') http://www.tribeonline.eu/ & http://www.tribeonline.eu/html/ON05.html (old/defunct?) Book: "Onder Nomaden / Holland - China over land / Tribe Track Unlimited", Elmar, 1995, 256blz, ISBN 9038902344 1994 Zürich->Newyork (through Siberia, first-ever Beringstreet-crossing by car/ship; Romuald Koperski (organisator of multiple TransSyberia rally's) http://www.osterlitz.de/ural/dokumente/Transsibiria_2006_Dokumente_gesamt.pdf (bottom references) 1995 Paris->Moscow->Ulan-Bator->Beijing (MasterRally, MasterGroup, taken over from 1992/René Metge, 55 vehicles) http://www.transorientale.com/includes/i18n/en/images/presskit.pdf 1995-1996 Rome->NewYork (through Siberia and crossing the Bering-Street to Alaska, possibly an re-enactment with the Italian car that participated in 1906 or 1908? (have seen pictures of these orange container-style support trucks somewhere before!) http://youtube.com/watch?v=LxoRpEsjM_o&feature=related http://www.overland.org/index.php?sezione=Overland&numOv=1 Or was that Milan->Newyork, sponsored by Fiat? http://www.maxadventure.co.uk/exped_lrge1.htm 1995-1996 Mondo Enduro (7 motor bikes, spring 1995, 44k miles, 400/405 days, attempt to cross Siberia overland, but excluding the Zilov-Gap) (See also the 'follow-up' Terra Circa in 2000, by the brother of one of the participants of 1995) Books: Mondo Enduro: The Ultimate Adventure on Two Wheels - 44,000 Miles in 400 Days (Paperback), by Austin E. Vince (Author), Louis R. Bloom (Author), Mark Friend (Author), Clive R. Greenhough (Author), Bill Plenty (Author), Charles Penty (Author), Nicholas A. Stubley (Author) 500 pages, Rockbuy Limited, 2006, ISBN-10: 1904466281, ISBN-13: 978-1904466284 Mondo Enduro: Around the World Adventure on Two Wheels 40 Countries in 405 Days (Hardcover), by Louis R. Bloom (Contributor), Mark Friend (Contributor), Austin Vince (Editor) 500 pages, Whitehorse Press, 2008, ISBN-10: 1884313647, ISBN-13: 978-1884313646 Film: Mondo Enduro, 1x DVD, Austin Vince, Aimimage Productions, 2003, PAL/Region2, 145 minutes, ASIN B000KNC0ZU 1997 Beijing->Paris (Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, UK-organisation, southern route, Tibet->Nepal (first-ever), Iran (book 'Peking Eend') 19300km, Peking->Gobi->Tibet->Nepal->Katmandu->Northern-India->Pakistan->Iran, European part includes sections of Acropolis-rally & Mille Miglia entry fee, according to Dutch advertising-text in Autovisie 2/1995: 40.000 guilders, plus 10.000 guilders 'for fuel and beer', and limited to max 50 vehicles (Chinese goverment restriction!), build 1968 or earlier) http://www.buickclub.org/BMD_PR/route.jpg & http://www.buickclub.org/BMD_PR/bmdpress.htm & http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/motorsports/1269066.html?page=2 http://citcity.citroen1.info/2CV/peking-paris.htm Dutch/English book Peking-Eend http://www.citroenz.biz/book-2cv.htm ) http://www.theorientalcaravan.com/pages/peking_to_paris_1997_vintage_car.htm http://www.matthewkeeler.co.uk/rally.asp?SECTION=4 (painter's impressions for each car) Films: The Mad Motorists / The Peking to Paris rallye, Part 1, Starring Prince Idris Shah & John Surtees, 2005, Quantum Leap, 235min http://odeondirect.co.uk/visitor/product/12177-Mad-Motorists-The-Peking-To-Paris-Part-1.html The Mad Motorists / The Peking to Paris rallye, Part 2, Starring Prince Idris Shah & John Surtees, 2005, Quantum Leap, 235min http://odeondirect.co.uk/visitor/product/12178-Mad-Motorists-The-Peking-To-Paris-Part-2.html Books: "Border Crossing: On the Road from Peking to Paris" / Rosie Thomas, one of the 110 teams, Virgino Press / 1998 * Paperback: 448 pages * Publisher: Firebird Distributing (September 2, 1999) * ISBN-10: 0751529532 * ISBN-13: 978-0751529531 * Paperback: 312 pages * Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (December 1, 2001) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 1860498116 * ISBN-13: 978-1860498114 Promotional video from Rosie Thomas: http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/rosie-thomas-border-crossing/Ofl_-1DA1vqT_AuQuuA6gw "Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge" / Genevieve Obert / 664(?) pages / Council Oak Books/USA / Illustrated edition / 01-10-1999, ISBN10: 1571780858, ISBN-13: 978-1571780850 1997 Paris->Beijing (BRD, club-concept, original northern route, military Horch 4x4 from Heinrich Jahn participating, Jan Kowalewski (Poland) as service-mechanic in Unimog) 1997 Paris->Beijing (CH, original northern route, http://www.classiccarevent.com/photoalbum/Paris_To_Peking_1997/index.html ) 1997 Peking->Paris (German?Dutch?; Bus (PTT-origin & KPN-sponsorship!), 2x Unimog, Magirus & military MAN in Paris-Peking 1997? (Borghese route!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OKVYXkm74s 1997 Paris->Peking (NL, CAAR, Rally Club of Ancient Automobiles (or Club of Antique Automobiles and Rallies), 15 May - 31 July, 77 days, Theo van Blerck & "Stichting Paris to Peking 1907-1997 organized by CAAR Clubs" One Russian ZIS limousine travelled from Moscow to Paris before the start, then escorted the rally back to Moscow, http://www.caar.nl/ http://www.caar.nl/ParisPekin/ParisPekin1997.html See also 2009 / Paris->Moscow->Paris 1997 Panama->Alaska 1997 Moscow-Magadan-Moscow (winter trip, single vehicle/van, Russian low-budget/low-profile, lovely story at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/3735/chal1.html (old/defunct) http://web.archive.org/web/20091022162543/http://geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/3735/chal1.html (copy 2009 @Archive.ORG) http://web.archive.org/web/20050321105625/http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/3735/chal1.html (original format, copy 2005, part 1 @Archive.ORG) http://web.archive.org/web/20021107114051/www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/3735/chal2.html (part2) http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/3735/chal1.html (other copies, 2004/2003/2002) (no passable route between Magadan and Jakutsk in summer?) 1999 Wladiwostock->Istanbul (Mark & Michelle, husband & wife, april-november, 33.000km, Toyota Hilux 4wd crewcab) http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.markandmichelle.com/ (not all versions have all pages completely, and some mainpages are hard to read because of a lacking background picture (use your mouse & 'select text' to have the text stand out much better) http://web.archive.org/web/20021205094111/markandmichelle.com/russia.htm (and don't forget to read the trip through their dog's eyes, GoGo....;)) http://web.archive.org/web/20030722110850/markandmichelle.com/gogo.htm 1999 Moscow->Beijing (Tim Cope & Chris Hatherly, by bicycle, 14 months, 10,000km) (See also 2004-2007 / Kharakorum-Opusztazser by horse!) Book: "Off The Rails: Moscow to Beijing By Bike" http://www.timcopejourneys.com/page/books---films/book---off-the-rails/ Film: "Off The Rails" http://www.timcopejourneys.com/page/books---films/dvd---off-the-rails/ 1999-2001 (by bicycle, southern route to India, bypass/flight up to Mongolia, down to Singapore, bypass/flight to Brasil, return to Europe, http://www.paris-pekin.org/) 1999-2002 NewYork->Iceland->Europa->Southern-Asia->Japan->Siberia->Europe (245.000 kilometers, 116 countries, yellow Mercedes SLK-cabrio on a Gelaendewagen-core, with yellow trailer) http://www.jimrogers.com http://jimrogers-investments.blogspot.com/ (Jim founded the Quantum Fund together with George Soros) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rogers Books: "Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip", Hardcover, Random House, 1st edition 13/5/2003, 368pp ISBN-10: 0375509127, ISBN-13: 978-0375509124 "Adventure Capitalist - The Ultimate Road Trip", John Wiley & Sons, 2003, 368pp, isbn 9780470863206, paperback? "Adventure Capitalist - The Ultimate Road Trip", Random House, 2004, 357pp, isbn 9780812967265 "De wereld volgens Jim Rogers. Ontdekkingsreizen van een superkapitalist", Ed Lof, Het Spectrum Utrecht, 2003, paperback, 408pp ISBN10: 9027490570, ISBN13: 9789027490575 "Die Abenteuer eines Kapitalisten: Die Entdeckung der Märkte auf einem Trip um die Welt", ISBN 9783898791359, Finanzbuch Verlag GmbH, bound, 1st print 21/10/2007, 317pp "Die Abenteuer eines Kapitalisten. 12 CDs + 2 MP3-CDs: Die Entdeckung der Märkte auf einem Trip um die Welt", [Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD], Jim Rogers (Autor), Claudia Wohlrab (Sprecher), RADIOROPA Hörbuch, 1st edition 1/1/2007) ISBN-10: 3866676158, ISBN-13: 978-3866676152 (see also 1980 & 1990-1992) 2000 London->Beijing (Italy/Greece/Istanbul/southern Asia/Gobi/China) 2000 London->Sydney 2000 Rome->NewYork, westbound (Italian World Truck Expedition, organized by female Italian Stefania Zini ('Russian Kitchen Queen'), at age 34, 3x Zil Truck, 6 people, start from Moscow in february 2000, to Chukotka and Uelen, then later trucks shipped to Seattle, crossing USA to New York, shipping back to Europe and overland to Moscow, http://www.passportmagazine.ru/article/102/ 2000 Terra Circa (London->Siberia->Wladiwostock->Japan->USA->Europe) (follow up of the Mondo Enduro, this time also including the Zilov-Gap) http://www.mondoenduro.com/terracirca.html 2001 Beijing->Paris (CH, central route, Kirgizistan, http://www.ClassicCarEvents.com/photoalbum/Peking_to_Paris_2001/index.html ) 2001 Alaska->Siberia (first attempt to cross the Beringstreet with a land vehicle(!); failed/postponed because of hydraulic problems with their Snowbird 5 snowcat; the crossing was a test for the larger expedition Newyork->London in 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1253733.stm 2001 Rio-Lima-Ushuaia-Rio (The Inca Trail, 6/10/2001-29/11/2001, 8 weeks, 56 days, oldtimers & 4x4's, 97 teams) http://www.4x4xplore.com/ http://www.hero.org.uk/inca UKP11,500 for the vehicle, plus UKP5,525 for each crew member, UKP22525 total for a team of 2 ( http://www.hero.org.uk/inca/ctcrregs.html ) 2002 Germany -> Ust-Kut (Thomas Junker, with motorbike KTM 950 ADVENTURE S, 7 weeks, summer trip) (no passable summer road beyond Ust-Kut(? see also 2006, reaching Yakutsk from the south instead of from the west), neither north of Jakutsk (reaching Polar Sea impossible) http://www.thomasjunker.de (see also 2005-2006 for their succesful attempt in winter, by car) 2002 Germany->China->Germany (Reinhart Mazur, HZJ75, april-august, 30.000km, southern route to China, southern route return, http://www.tlc-exped.net/R23Bericht.html 2002 Germany->China->Germany (Silkroad2002, Andreas Blaese und Ute Vogel, HZJ75, http://www.cruising-silkroad2002.de ) 2002 Newyork->London (attempt through Alaska & Siberia, 'Just a drop', crossing the Beringstreet with a land-vehicle(!) the scout tour of the crossing itself initially failed/postponed because of hydraulic problems with their Snowbird 5 snowcat in 2001, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1253733.stm ....so 2002 apparently became the new date for this scout tour: http://www.icechallenger.com/icechallenger/ 2002-2004 UK->Australia (Land Rover FC101 + rooftent-trailer, 69362km, 16/07/2002 - 10/1/2004; Europe->Middle-East->India->South-East-Asia) http://www.landyman.co.uk/ 2003 Transsyberia / First International Car Race Atlantic-Pacific / World's longest car rally (organized by Romuald Koperski; 13500km, Jakutia/Sayan-Mountains/Burjatia/Chukotka(?)/Magadan(?), return to Gdansk/Danzig by ship 24(25?) teams starting, 18 arriving; 30 days, September 1-30, US$5000 per team (not a winter tour, but no 100% land-tour either: 4 days per riverbarge, limiting the rally to 15 teams)) http://www.warsawvoice.pl/view/2277/ http://www.warsawvoice.pl/view/3293/ http://www.warsawvoice.pl/view/3775/ http://www.transsyberia.pl/ 2004 London->Sydney 2004 Bordeaux->Shanghai (central route, west-Mongolian border, http://www.bordeaux-shanghai.net) 2004 London->Mongolia (Mongol Rally, cars less than 1000cc, motorbikes less than 125cc, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Rally) 2004 TransSyberia / Danzig->Magadan->Danzig (organized by Romuald Koperski; 30000km, 43 days, 4 August - 16 September; 24 teams enlisted, 12 starting, south of Baikal to Magadan, north of Baikal on return trip http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2004/08/10/55388_.html ) 2004 The Long Way Round (by 2x motorbike & support/film-crew, Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman) http://www.longwayround.com http://current.com/shows/long-way-round/ Films: 7 TV-episodes, DVD (3x, NTSC/Subtitled in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese) DVD (3x, PAL/Subtitled in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch) Books: Long Way Round, Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman, Long Way Round, CD, 2006, Time Warner Audio, ISBN 9781405500708 Long Way Round - Op de motor de wereld rond, 2006, 271 pages, VIP, translation by Studio Imago/Robert Uhlig, ISBN: 9789022989333 Long Way Round - Der wilde Ritt um die Welt, 2006, 293 pages, Malik Verlag, ISBN 9783890297316 Long Way Round - Der wilde Ritt um die Welt, 2008, 371 pages, Piper Verlag GmbH, ISBN 9783492403443 2004 Germany->Russia->Mongolia->China->Germany (Reinhart Mazur, HZJ75, april-august, 33.000km, northern route to China, southern route return, http://www.tlc-exped.net/R25Ber.html ) 2004 Polar Ring Expedition (above polar circle, http://www.ec-arctic.ru/eng/expeditions/cross_country/pk.html (with interesting historical overview of previous arctic explorations) 2004 China->Holland (12 teams, with LR-Defender/Discovery (8 permanent teams, 4 changing/estafette), 35.000km[*], 180 days Shipped to China->Tibet->Nepal->India->shipped->UAE->Oman->Jemen->Saudi-Arabia->Jordan->Syria->Turkey-> ->Bulgaria->Romenia->Hungary->Czechia->Germany->Holland [*] according to a for-sale advertisement of one of the Land Rovers on Marktplaats in May 2009 http://www.roundtabletour.nl/ (Dutch & English) Books: 'China-Nederland in 180 dagen', http://www.roundtabletour.nl/p3.php?RubriekID=1480 2004 Wladiwostock->Mongolia->Kasachstan->North-Cape (1x Toyota Land Cruiser, 14/4/2004 - 16-8-2004, 17000km until the Russian/Norwegian North-Cape crossing) "The Kingsmill's Trans-Russia-Mongolian overland trip" http://overland.dreamers1.com/ http://dreamers1.com/russia/Practicalities/Russia_Mongolia_Practicalities.htm 2004-2007: Kharakorum->Opusztazser (Tim Cope, by horse, 10.000km, June 2004 - September 2007, 3y4m, starting in Kharakorum/Mongolia, ending at Opusztazser in Hungaria, at the river Danubia, where Ghenghis http://www.timcopejourneys.com/ TV-doku:"On the Trail of Genghis Khan" (ABC Australia, 6 parts (6x 30 minutes?)) "Auf den Spuren der Nomaden" (Arte/ZDF France/Germany, 4x 44 minutes) http://www.fernsehserien.de/index.php?serie=15263 http://www.fernsehserien.de/index.php?serie=15263&seite=9&sender=61 (broadcasting agenda) http://fragen.focus.de/wissen/warum-hoert-tim-cope-auf-den-spuren-der-nomaden-in-ungarn-auf-frage_4292.html DVD: http://www.timcopejourneys.com/page/news-blog/trail-of-genghis-khan-dvd-released-/ (9/9/2010) Book: To be published by Allen & Unwin in Australia and Bloomsbury publishing worldwide some time in 2011 http://www.timcopejourneys.com/page/books---films/dvd---on-the-trail-of-genghis-khan/ 2005 Beijing->Paris (revival/original vehicles of 1907, organized/sponsored by TV-company) http://www.pekingparis2005.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20060528031404/http://www.pekingparis2005.com/ http://www.abc.net.au/tv/pekingtoparis/ http://www.baikalcomplex.com/ralley.html http://www.coffsharbour4wd.com.au/peking.html (homepage/story from the official rally mechanic) Book: "The Great Peking To Paris Expedition", by Warren Brown and Lang Kidby; Harper Collins Publishers / 2005 ISBN: 9780732282530; ISBN10: 0732282535; 10/10/2005; Pages: 352; $55.00; http://www.harpercollins.com.au/book/index.aspx?isbn=9780732282530 2005 London->Mongolia (Mongol Rally, cars less than 1000cc, motorbikes less than 125cc, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Rally) 2005 Sachalin-> St.Petersburg (summer tour, start in Juschno-Sachalinsk, Ibrahim Sharaf (UAE), brother Anwar Sharaf, Vitali Kurotschkin; 3x offroad cars, 24 days, 12595km) http://de.rian.ru/society/20070216/60869860.html ('Scharaf' is German spelling) http://www.the-emirates.com/docs/UAE_globetrotter_drives_from_Eastern_Russia_to_West/17557.htm (in 2007 he also did Magadan-Oimjakon-Jakutsk, in winter, 2 weeks (1500+1000km), claimed to be the first Arab ever....:)) (http://de.rian.ru/society/20070220/60988405.html) (http://www.sharafs.ae/news.php?id=16) (http://russlandonline.ru/rurei0010/morenews.php?iditem=338) [note WJ: a bit too small/short/regular for a main entry in this overview] 2005 Poland->Chukotka (5 motorbikes, http://www.x-treme.cz/html/05-cuk.htm) 2005 Wladiwostock->Magadan (Shintop Throphy 2005: By Kolyma Road of Bones; summer expedition) http://www.yakutiatoday.com/gallery/photo_kolyma_road_shintop.shtml http://www.shatoon.ru/shintop2005/ 2005 Moscow->Shanghai (scout tour for Rallye Hamburg-Shanghai 2006, 13.500km, 13 days (12 September - 24 September; possible world record?)) (8 September - 24 September = 17 days (8 September starting in Hamburg, 12 September starting in Moscow, Moscow-Shanghai 9762,5km) http://www.rallye-hamburg-shanghai.com/index.php?page=scouttour&lang=ger http://web.archive.org/web/20060501124508/http://www.rallye-hamburg-shanghai.com/index.php?page=scouttour&lang=ger 2005 Alaska->Siberia (Beringstreet-crossing, by sled/canoe, Dixie Dansercoer en Troy Henkels) Book: "Op drift tussen Alaska en Siberie / Mijn Beringstraat - Odyssee", D. Dansercoer 208 pages, Terra - Lannoo , ISBN10: 9020964445, ISBN13: 9789020964448 2005-2006 Germany->Oimjakon (19000km, Mercedes G500, 27/12/2005 - 06/03/2006, first-ever foreign vehicle reaching Oimjakon(?)) http://www.thomasjunker.de, film+book 'Jenseits der Wärme' ) (road between Ust-Kut and Lensk is impassable in summer, transport only per river-barge, road from Lensk to Jakutsk road is passable in summer) http://www.inrussland.net/index-jdw.html http://www.burning-out.de/news/news.shtml?-Jenseits-der-Waerme-der-neue-Film-von-Thomas-Junker-20060102123937 http://www.offroad-freunde.de/offroad2/showthread.php?t=562 2005 Lyon->Beijing (8 Renault trucks (6x Kerax & 2x Sherpa), following in Marco Polo's footsteps, ancient Silk Route; promotion tour for Renault in China, cooperation with Dong Feng Motors, plus 2005 being 'The year of France' in China http://english.people.com.cn/200506/10/eng20050610_189526.html) http://j46pays.renault-trucks.com/2005_108_0.html?lang=en&codeWebSite=corpo 2005 Paris->Beijing (Citroen 2CV http://auto.qianlong.com/29751/2007/04/08/Zt2081@3770661.htm http://auto.qianlong.com/29751/2007/04/08/2081@3770750.htm 2005 Germany->Kasachstan (Reinhart Mazur, HZJ75) UKRAINE - RUSSLAND - KASACHSTAN - KIRGISIEN - UZBEKISTAN - TADJIKISTAN - UZBEKISTAN - KASACHSTAN http://www.tlc-exped.net/R26Ber.html 2005 Japan->Wladiwostok (last leg of global tour, BMW motorbike, Helmut Kunkel http://www.inrussland.net/index-int.html (meets fellow motorbiker Günter Schaaf from Köln, at age 77(!), on a Honda NTV in Siberia) 2005-2008/2009 Europe->South-pole (artist girl, on a tractor(!), collecting dreams from people along the route; to plant them on the south-pole; 3.4 years and 38k km's later she arrives in Capetown (she likes taking detours....:)) http://www.tractortractor.org 2006 Bordeaux-Shanghai (central route?, http://www.bordeaux-shanghai.net) 2006 Hamburg->Shanghai (northern route, conform 1997 & 1907, , 14.500 euro/team + hotels/flight) http://www.rallye-hamburg-shanghai.com (old/defunct, linking to http://www.motorevival.de (main/mother site), as per 2010/03/16 http://web.archive.org/web/20071228233957/http://www.rallye-hamburg-shanghai.com/ (archive copy @Archive.ORG) http://www.chinatours.de/eventreisen/autoreisen/hamburg-shanghai-rallye/ http://www.chinatours.de/eventreisen/autoreisen/hamburg-shanghai-rallye/fotogalerie/?tx_vipogallery[id]=75 http://www.baikalcomplex.com/ralley.html Book: "Hamburg Shanghai 2006" Film: "Hamburg Shanghai 2006" (Media Direkt) "Hamburg Shanghai 2006" / Directors Cut (Rolf Jacobsen) 10 DVD's with raw footage from Mongolian tour-filmer White A-Ford: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5RgG7S29Wc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmnLeNolORk (Offsho(p)re Agency Hamburg - Shanghai ?) 2006 Berlin->Shanghai (northern route, attemp to cross North-Korea(!), stranded at Chinese border in Wladiwostock (no cars allowed to pass!), scout-tour with HZJ75 and HDJ100 in 2005) 2006 Amsterdam->Beijing (southern route, 29 days, 15/07/2006 (400th year anniversary of Rembrandt!) - 11(13?)/08/2006 , high media exposure, 40.000 euro/team (35.000? + additional 25.000 after bankruptcy, 2 weeks before the start(!) originally 100 teams, 89 teams after bankruptcy, apparently only 84 teams started) Oldest car: 1934 Bentley Speed Six http://www.abr2006.com/ [old/defunct?] http://www.abr2006.nl/ [Dutch domain/version, English, Newyork/Manhattan, only about limousines?] http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/08/silkroad/index_01.htm http://www.classicrallygame.com/about_the_rally/ (from one of the Dutch participants, in a 1973 Porsche) http://www.classicrallygame.com/live_verslag/ http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-10-2006/0004413910&EDATE= (apparently, he created the cardgame because he couldn't join the rally afterall, due to a fracturered vertebra) http://www.iwriteiam.nl/D0607.html (5 July) http://www.iwriteiam.nl/D0608.html (brief report of a 'stranger being passed by' the rallye, section Urumqi-Hami, 2/3/7 August) http://www.coolness.nl/abr/abr.htm (site from one of the lady-team sponsors, including many other rally-member sites!) http://www.wirap.nl/index.htm http://www.bentley2beijing.com/ http://www.rallyteamladiesfirst.nl/ http://www.zijderoute.com/ http://www.frankenhuis.com/ http://www.droom.org/ http://www.toronado.nl/ http://www.amsterdambeijing.nl/home.php http://www.shbk-actie.nl/ http://www.vanderende-rijnhout.nl/home.htm http://www.team61.nl/ http://oppiedejongh.blogspot.com/ http://www.rotimrallyteam.com/ http://www.team74.nl/ http://www.letsgochina.nl/ http://www.daf2china.nl/ http://www.teamdelden.nl/ http://bergerabr2006.cabspace.com/ http://www.stok-niebuur.nl/ http://www.17650km.nl/ http://www.builttobuildteam.nl/ http://www.dezilverenpijl.eu/ http://www.uzbekistan.be/press-releases/221-222.html (report from Uzbekistan press) http://www.steelstaal.nl/html/engelsabr2006.html (site with book presentation) http://www.dezilverenpijl.eu/ (team 94, Jaap-Hein Stolk & Ad Schoenmakers) http://www.steelstaal.nl/html/engelsinfo.html http://www.dntours.com/amsterdam_beijing.html (section Turmenistan, local tour operator) http://www.sairamtour.com/uzbekistan/amsterdam-beijing-uzbekistan.html (secton Uzbekistan, local tour operator) (all part of http://www.silkroad.travel/ ) See also Rotterdam-Shanghai 2010, initial/early involvement from Jan Vermeer. http://www.quotenet.nl/biz/organisator-blaast-shanghai-rally-af.php Early suggestion of Rotterdam-Shanghai ('2008'): http://www.autokopen.nl/columns/2006/juli/Van_A_(Amsterdam)_naar_B_(Beijing).html?pn=1 Trigger for Himalay-Trail 2008: http://www.dekrant-info.nl/nieuws.php?nieuws_id=2636®io=&nieuws=3 Background info from the TV/video services along the route, by IdtV Cumulus for RTL7, assisted by United Satellite Services (USS): http://frankbiermans.waarbenjij.nu/ http://frankbiermans.waarbenjij.nu/?page=messages&intTravelId=53213 A less than friendly commentary on the rally & the polished daily TV-reports (RTL7): http://www.tvrecensies.nl/week30.htm (bottom) http://www.tvrecensies.nl/week32.htm (2nd & 3rd entry) About Reijtenbagh, the guy who organized the 2nd-phase/rescue, after initial organisator Jan Vermeer went bankrupt: http://www.pluspost.nl/het-pauw-en-wittemanprincipe/7785 http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0525/030-jpmorgan-abn-reijtenbagh-dr-debt.html http://www.quotenet.nl/tag_page.php?tag=7996&tagname=louis%20reijtenbagh Books: "De rally Amsterdam Beijing in woord en beeld" (12 authors, editor Willemine van Laarhoven, photographer Willem de Zeeuw, publisher Next Editions/ADC) http://www.bastion-oranje.nl/fotonieuwsjuli2007.htm (published Friday 27/07/2007, first book handed to wethouder Bert Pauli from Den Bosch) http://www.steelstaal.nl/html/engelsabr2006.html http://www.dezilverenpijl.eu/ (team 94, Jaap-Hein Stolk & Ad Schoenmakers) http://www.steelstaal.nl/html/engelsinfo.html (no price given, ordering only by email) 2006 Paris->Peking (Poland/Baltic/Russia/Kasachstan/Kirgistan/China, start 21 October, 26(!) days, 5x estafette (changing teams, 360 total, 35 nations) 36x modern Mercedes Benz E320CDi bluetec diesels, 18 of which 4wd (4-Matic), winter-package (stronger battery + alternator, underbody-protection, and raised 4cm, plus 24(!) support vehicles (several MB-G's and MB Sprinter's)) (and one 'hitchhiking' Italian team, also in an MB-G; apparently the official Chinese maximum convoy is 60 vehicles(!?!)) http://www.paris-peking.de/ http://www.e-class-experience.com/start.html?lang=en http://www.worldcarfans.com/10610205922/mercedes-e-class-experience-paris-beijing-2006 Book: "Rallye Paris-Peking", Yörn Pugmeister, Verlag Auto Motor Sport, 2006. ISBN: 978-3-613-02766-4 (contains interesting data about diesel fuel quality & traffic regulations) DVD: "Rallye Paris-Peking" (some with hard-plastic DVD-cartridge-holder, some only in a paper envelope) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYPnmrxNV68&feature=channel (first/paris, 16 more video's) 2006 Smolensk->Chukotka->Smolensk (25.040km, GAZ-66 diesel, 09/01/07 - 26/04/07, 106 days, arctic circle in Russian Far East, Cape Schmidt, first time ever with wheel-vehicle, 7500L diesel, coldest temperature -58C ) (http://www.sever66.ru/) (http://gelaendewagen.at/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=101027) (http://buschtaxi.org/forum/die-einzigartige-off-road-expedition-durch-russland-t12839.html) (http://www.denttabs.nl/66/start.htm) (http://web.archive.org/web/20070507013609/http://www.denttabs.nl/66/start.htm) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=8Mf3O5Znw5Q) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=PUg2cjY5s1s) 2006 London->Mongolia (Mongol Rally, cars less than 1000cc, motorbikes less than 125cc, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Rally) 2006 Berlin->Lake-Baikal (organized by Romuald Koperski; 13500km, 1 August - 18 August, including parts of Mongolia & Gobi-desert (first presence of Porsche Cayenne's) 1000 euro entry fee pro person, 1000 euro return flight pro person, 4000 euro return train for 2 vehicles) Berlin - Vilnius - Moscow - Siberia - Mongolia - Gobi Desert - Ulan Bator - Irkutsk to the Baikal http://www.nomad.gr/news/?p=1147 http://www.osterlitz.de/ural/dokumente/Transsibiria_2006_Dokumente_gesamt.pdf (6000 euro total?) 2006 Alaska->Russia (Goliath Expedition, Bering-street crossing by sled, Karl Bushby, http://goliath.mail2web.com/ ) 2006 Paris->Kamchatka->Paris (single French team, in a Toyota Land Cruiser BJ75, 6 months, 50.000km, eastwards southern route (Turkey/Iran), westwards northern route, around Lake Baikal, Magadan->Kamchatka->Wladiwostock by ferry) http://www.maxxis-bycopadex.com/images/actionmarcmellet.pdf http://buschtaxi.org/forum/paris-kamtchatka-2006-50000km-en-toyota-bj75-t17783.html 2006 Bochum->Magadan->Bochum (*summer* trip, MAN camper truck, joined by Magirus camper truck, 101 days (19/5 - 26/8), route south of Lake Baikal, northbound at Chita, via Yakutsk, turnaround at Magadan http://www.ziemann-gmbh.de/reisen/Reiseberichte/2006/FG_2006/fg_2006_0.html) (although they got stranded 120km east of Tomtor, in a waterbog that ended with a 1m vertical wall....8-)) (including pictures of the notorious mud-bog M56/Lena, with hundreds of vehicles stranded, 10 days before the media reported about it, in dry condition) 2006 France->Siberia (2 guys, by foot, 1 year) http://www.taklamakan.net/ 2006 Yekaterinenburg->Tomtor (true Pole of Cold (the inofficial recorded -71.2C); 5 vehicles, Newyear's winter trip, 22 days, 15.000km http://www.yakutiatoday.com/news/sports_0015.shtml http://www.4x4typ.ru/board/viewtopic.php?t=5213 2006 Tijuana->Panama (La Aventura Panamericana, 7/11/2006-7/12/2006, 11.000km, 31 days, 26 teams) http://www.4x4xplore.com/ http://www.4x4xplore.com/aa/index.html Entry fee UKP20500 pro team, 6500 for additional crew members http://www.4x4xplore.com/aa/pdf/Panamentryform.pdf http://www.4x4xplore.com/aa/pdf/PANAMREGSv3.pdf 2006 Germany->India (campertruck-convoy, 6 months) http://www.maggie-deutz.com/iv/index.php?showtopic=8225 http://www.overlandtours.de http://www.steffenkunze.de/overlandtours/Allgemeines.html http://www.steffenkunze.de/overlandtours/Archiv.html http://overlandtours.blogspot.com/ 2006 Amsterdam->Beijng (bio-fuel, 1x Land Rover discovery, 3/1/2006 - 9/5/2006 ) Sander Ansems, Johan Roos (see also 2010/Amsterdam-Kaapstad) http://www.owneyesexperience.nl/ 2006 Oslo->Singapore (The King Croesus Contempt for Death trip 2006, on two 70 year old Nimbus side-car motorcycles, magnificently written travel report!) Oslo->Finland->Russia->Belarus->Ukraine->CHERNOBYL(!)-> http://www.kccd.no/chronicles_2006_en_part1.html "The roads consisted of small stripes of tarmac, just enough to keep all the potholes tied together." (from Finland into Russia) "Because of persistent problems with the bikes' electrics, we decided to make the Nimbus glow in the dark, by riding them through the still radioactive surroundings of the Chernobyl power plant. Didn't work, though." 2006 Cologne->Shanghai (2 bikes, 17.000km, 11 weeks, Austrai/Hungary/Ukrain/Russia/Kasachstan/Kirgistan/Mongolia/China) http://www.cologne-shanghai.de/ Book: Cologne - Shanghai: Eine Abenteuerreise http://www.amazon.de/Cologne-Shanghai-Abenteuerreise-Erik-Peters/dp/3898413829/ref=pd_sim_b_3 2006 Germany->Mongolia->Germany (Mercedes Vario 4x4 camper) http://www.birkert-reisen.de/index.php?id=reiseberichte&lang=de (see also http://www.ziemann-gmbh.de/reisen/ ) 2006-2007 Germany->China->Germany (Andreas Blaese und Ute Vogel, HZJ75, 55.862km, southern route to China, northern route return, http://www.cruising-silkroad.de/) 2006 Paris->Moscow->Paris http://www.motormeisje.be/Rudyhadee/rudydag11.htm 2007 Amsterdam -> Singapore (EurAsia Cabrio Challenge, start 2007-03-28, 33 days(!), 13 countries, 17.000km) (northern route, Russia/Mongolia/China/Vietnam/Laos/Thailand/Malaysia, 6000 euro/team) http://www.cabriochallenge.nl http://www.arcoluchttechniek.nl/cabrio-challenge?navId=24 Book + DVD: "Flarden van Verder" 2007 Riga->Wladiwostock->Antalya (German, camper-tour, northern route east-bound, central route west-bound) (avoiding Mongolia, border-crossing in Wladiwostock) (very difficult for cars, officially only possible for truck/bus/pedestrian!) (http://www.faszination-russland.de/2007/01/17/grosse-asienreise/) (http://www.faszination-russland.de/die-reisemobiltour-180-tage) 2007 Beijing->Paris (Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, from Endurance Rally Association, UK-organiation, May 27th - June 30th 2007) (north/central route, crossing west-border of Mongolia into Russia, http://www.pekingparis.com/ http://www.pekingparis.nl http://www.beijingtoparis.com/ http://www.geledraak.nl/html/showarticle.asp?id=1231 http://pqc03.proqc.info/blog/index.php/page Book: "Peking to Paris 2007 / The ultimate driving adventure" , Phillip Young, November 2007, 224 pages, 450 mainly colour photos ISBN: 9781845841201 http://www.veloce.co.uk http://www.veloce.co.uk/shop/products/productDetail.php?prod_id=v4120&prod_group=Cars%20Vans%20&%20Trucks& £ 29.99 + Postage Peking to Paris 100th Anniversary Edition, Luigi Barzini ISBN10: 0978956311 / ISBN13: 0-9789563-1-1 Movie/DVD: http://www.travelchannel.co.uk/travelshop/products.asp?ProductID=114 (compilation of 10 broadcast sequences a 30 minutes, 25 euro) http://www.travelchanneltv.eu/series-info.asp?series=Peking+To+Paris&ID=1140 http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/peking-to-paris-rally-blancpain/vvVc1PwEt5kxNSLAkxhxhw (19:34) http://www.viddler.com/explore/travelindex/videos/11/ http://www.blancpain.ch/e/news/news_2007/peking_to_paris http://www.blancpain.com/e/movies/peking_to_paris_2007 (4:30) Hongkong Beijing Paris Endurance Rallye?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gonFDhZiCyQ ("The clip shows the buddist blessing of the Beastie for good luck and the departure from the Hong Kong Habour Plaza Hotel to Beijing on 27th March 2007.") 2007 Beijing->Paris (Peking to Paris Raid, June-July 2007, http://www.pekingparisraid.co.uk/ (private tour?)) 2007 Beijing->Paris (Prins Borghese Memorial Rallye, 6/6-10/8, (66 days!), original northern route, Swiss organisation, http://www.classiccarevent.com/) (30.000-33.000-35.000CHF, cars 1967 or older) Book: "Hundert Jahre danach" Film: "Heisse Fahrt ins Ungewisse", by Helen Stehli, 55 minutes, available on DVD/Ebay, 16.90-19,90 euro. 2007 Amsterdam->Beijing (Peking Challenge (derivate of Amsterdam-Dakar/Barrelrace), northern route, 33 days, 26/8 - 29/9, http://www.pekingchallenge.com/ http://www.amsterdam-peking.com/ http://www.eigenlijk.nu http://www.2peking.com (photo + movies! (with lovely sections in rural west-Russia, offroad in town center....'as time stood still'!)) 2007 Dusseldorf/Hamburg->Shanghai (northern route, 9000 euro/team + 6000 hotels/excursions/flight, same organisation as Hamburg->Shanghai 2006, sponsored by Thyssen-Krupp) http://rallye-duesseldorf-shanghai.com) http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Rekord-Team/ http://www.automobilsport.com/duesseldorf-shanghai-sibirien-martin-westerhoff-krasnojarsk-bmw-kowalewski-jan-przemyslaw-schweizer-porsche-team-schotter-photos---27545.html http://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article1108574/Jetzt_knattern_die_Oldtimer_wieder_nach_Shanghai.html http://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/rallye-duesseldorf-shanghai-pest-und-stoeckelschuh/5183782.html http://www.bz-berlin.de/archiv/russen-bremsen-heidis-hetz-jagd-nach-shanghai-article324118.html (see also 2015, for the re-enactment of the 1927-1929 around-the-world-tour) 2007 London->Mongolia (Mongol Rally, cars less than 1000cc, motorbikes less than 125cc, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Rally) 2007 Transsyberia (organized by Romuald Koperski; 7000km, Moscow->Ulan-Bator, with several factory prepared Porsche Cayenne 'TransSyberian Edition') http://www.viermalvier.de/ubb_portal/ubbthreads.php/topics/205715/1 2007 Moscow-Wladiwostock / (Skoda) Scout Experience Tour, factory demo tour 2007 Berlin->Shanghai (natural-gas powered 'Ecofuel VW Caddy', through East-Europe and Turkey, first attempt over land through Israel and Egypt (failed), alternative air-transport to Delhi/India, Tibet, China) 2007 Beijing->Paris (alternative bike expedition, starting on 2 dates, 10 april and 10 june; http://www.beijingtoparis.com 2007? Bougy-Villars -> Wladiwostock -> Bougy-Villars (Swiss regular/commercial truck+trailer tour, 3 months, 20.500km total, northern route, start 01/03/2007, arrival Wladiwostock 09/04/2007, return around 01/06/2007, interesting route, dipping down into Mongolia, Irkutsk -> Ulan-Bator -> Chita, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kKJi48Stv0 2007 Peking->Paris ("Parigi Pechino 1907-2007", with the same Itala vehicle from 1907) http://www.overland.org/index.php?sezione=Overland&numOv=11 2007 Wuhan->Beijing->Paris ('Raid Eurasie', Chinese rally, modern SUV's) http://www.langmanwang.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=6150 http://auto.qianlong.com/29751/2007/04/08/2081@3770775.htm http://eviz.blog.sohu.com/53625918.html 2007 Paris->Moscow->St.Petersburg->Paris (Kozak 2007, 6 July - 28 July (23 days), southern route to Russia, northern route back (see also Paris->Moscow-Paris 1934/1984/2009) http://www.globe-driver.fr/index.php?id=77&L=1 2007 Neubrandenburg->Siberia->Mongolia (Nissan Patrol 2.8TD, 4 people, 1/5/2007-16/7/2007+30 days return, total 31+30+16+30 = 107 days http://www.simo2007.de Book: "SIMO Neubrandenburg - Sibirien - Mongolei - Ein Reisetagebuch" 2008 / ISBN: 978-3-940101-47-1 / Author: SIMO-Crew / 84 pages / 10 euro (http://www.verlag-steffen.de/buecher/bildband/simo-neubrandenburg-sibirien-mongolei-ein.html) 2007 Pechino-Parigi (Italian re-enactment with Itala? http://www.pechino-parigi.it/ 2007 Germany->Wladiwostok (by camper) http://www.de-russ.de/dieidee/index.php 2007 Hongkong->Beijing (China Classic Car Rally Hongkong Beijing 2007, 27/04 - 11/05, some in anticipation of the 27/05 start of Peking->Paris!) http://ticker.mercedes-benz-passion.com/page/95/ http://old.sportscarmarket.com/articles/archives/881 http://www.hongkong-beijing.com/ (old/defunct) http://pqc03.proqc.info/blog/index.php/category/hong-kong-to-beijing/ http://www.proqc.info/alf%20site/China%20Classic%20Car%20Tour%202007%20by%20James%20M.%20Rice.pdf Follow this link to James Rice pictures of the rally: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AbOWzlw2ZMmKc Follow this link to Jim Taylor’s journal about our rally: http://seamus.cc/journalentries.asp?ID=6 Follow this link to Jim Taylor’s photos: http://www.seamus.cc/viewgallery.asp?ID=11&galleryoffset=&refer=photos http://woodardphotos.net/china2_2007.htm (inside report, about a not uncommon sequence of bizarre events around a rallye, from cancelling & fraud implications/accusations to revival....:)) 2007 Europe-Vietnam (by Toyota Land Cruiser, 43k km, & around the world 2010-2012 http://www.toyota-adventure.com 2008 London->Sydney 2008 Riga->Wladiwostock->Antalya (German, camper-tour, 180 days, northern route east-bound, central route west-bound, http://www.faszination-russland.de) 2008 Bant->Beijing (Volvo V44 club, 4400 pro person, 6/6 - 30/6, 28 days (was 25!), 88 teams (was 96) + 4 support vehicles, http://www.banttobeijing.nl http://www.thedrivetobeijing.com http://johaningridgochina.blogspot.com/ http://www.picasaweb.google.com/verho252 http://picasaweb.google.com/timkapel/BantToBeijing02 http://picasaweb.google.nl/o.k.cleveringa http://picasaweb.google.com/timkapel http://home.planet.nl/~delis066/ http://www.nowthetimehas.com/homepage.html 2008 Bordeaux->Shanghai (central route, west-Mongolian border, http://www.bordeaux-shanghai.net) 2008 Jakutsk->Beringsea (Anadyr?; January, organized by Romuald Koperski, per Ural-truck, crossing 4 frozen rivers, claimed to be world's first, German offroad magazine writer Yörn Pugmeister (also present at TransSyberia 2007) was invited to join, according to an article from Yörn about the 2007 rallye in a German offroad magazin!)) I was wrong!: this is actually the complete re-enactment of 1908, Paris->Newyork, including the *only*(?) crossing of the Beringstreet thusfar (and a repeat of Romuald's 1994 expedition (see above)) Vehicle is a ex-military MAN 4x4, and a Volvo C303 http://www.thegreatrace2008.com.pl/ http://www.thegreatrace2008.com.pl/pl/realcja_z_ekspedycji.php (domain gone, per 7/2008, sadly; rudimenary (text-only) archive-copy at Archive.ORG: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.thegreatrace2008.com.pl/ http://web.archive.org/web/20080614224659/http://www.thegreatrace2008.com.pl/pl/realcja_z_ekspedycji.php http://www.baltic-press.com/new.php (bottom section; he actually drove from Paris to the far-most atlantic tip of Portugal, then to Moscow via Berlin) http://intermen.pl/new/content/view/352/59/ http://www.ekspedycja2008.pl/ http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/route-of-expedition-of-the-century-siberia/5757660/ http://youtube.com/watch?v=oPR-diuW-jc (what is written at MeFeedia about no vehicle before reaching the landward side of the Beringstreet is not correct, Cape Schmidt was reached in 2006, with a GAZ66) http://www.eastnews.net/biuletyn.php?id_pozycji=1079 http://www.ekspedycjastulecia.pl/pl/index.php 2008 NewYork->Paris (westbound, 100-year anniversary of 1908, alternative fuels) http://www.thegreatautorace.com/centennial.htm http://www.greatrace2008.com 2008 NewYork->Paris (westbound, 100-year anniversary of 1908, http://www.greatrace.com/greatrace/intro/ ) 2008 NewYork->Paris (westbound, 100-year anniversary of 1908, split into 3 sections, USA, Asia, Europe; http://greatracegarage.com/wpmu/2008news/ ) 2008 Paris->NewYork (eastbound, 6 dual teams/12 vehicles, German organisation, no support, Bering-Street Crossing, 1650 euro, http://www.paris-newyork-challenge.net/ & http://www.teamroadrunners.de/pages/pnyc.html ) 2008 NewYork->Paris ("The Learning Journey / 100 years ago", an educational journey by one car, a Thomas Flyer replica, http://www.newyorktoparisrace2008.com/ ) 2008 Netherlands->Bhutan (5-6 weeks, 6000 euro, 300-400km/driving-day, Land Cruiser event, escorting the transport of 2 concert piano's(!), coinciding with/inspired by Dutch royal visit to Bhutan) (Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal - India - Bhutan, retour either ship or by road via Darjeeling or Kalkota, possibly further to China via Kathmandu/Friendship Highway ) (this is (has) actually (become) the Himalaya-Trail 2008?: http://www.dekrant-info.nl/nieuws.php?nieuws_id=2636®io=&nieuws=3 http://roadtobhutan.com/ http://www.arnoldpilon.nl/arnoldpilon/Welkom.html 2008 St.Petersburg->Beijing (Transoriental, Gilles Martineau & René Metge (Dakar), 17 days, 12-28 June, high-profile/high-competition, 10.000km, Russia/Kasachstan/China, http://www.transorientale.com/ (http://www.transoriental.com/(?)) 2008 Amsterdam->Beijing (Peking Challenge (derivate of Amsterdam-Dakar/Barrelrace), 20 vehicles, 42 people, 49 days, 21/6/2008 - 8/8/2008, silk route) http://www.pekingchallenge.com) http://www.amsterdambeijing.com/w2/index.php http://www.lfcon.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=1&lang=nl 2008 Newyork->Paris (USA-China-Mongolia-Siberia (northern route), 80 days, camper tour with included rental camper, for only 15k pro team, hotels included http://www.kuga-tours.de/camp-challenge_web.pdf (15k km & 31 driving days can't be correct) 2008 Moscow->UlaanBatar (Transsyberia Rallye, 7000km, 2 weeks, 11-25/6, http://www.transsyberia-rallye.com ) 2008 Paris->NewYork (Aquatic, Beringstreet-crossing, Jeeps) http://pny2009.com/ http://forum.buschtaxi.org/jeep-auf-den-spuren-der-voelkerwanderung-t18641.html http://forum.buschtaxi.org/paris---new-york--muss-matthias-jeschke-aufgeben-t21178.html http://www.jeepbbs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=12474 Second attempt in fall/winter 2009: http://www.pny2009.com/cms/front_content.php?idcat=301&lang=1 http://www.ee-mj.com 2008 Cape-Town -> Cape-Horn (South-Africa to South-America, a trip stretched over time, having travelled in Africa in 1995, trying to reach the other cape through Europe/Russia/Bering-Street/Alaska, then down the Pan-America http://www.capetocape.org.uk/ http://www.ppcages.com 2008 Amsterdam->Beijing->Amsterdam (9 months, 1/1/2008(?)-13/10/2008, southern route to Beijing, northern route back to Amsterdam, mostly 4x4 trucks) http://www.overlandtours.de http://www.steffenkunze.de/overlandtours/Allgemeines.html 2008 Shanghai->Hamburg (honeymoon trip from a German/Chinese couple, 4 months, 26320km, by 125cc motorbike) (Chinese) http://www.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/travel/1/196983.shtml (English translation) http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://www.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/travel/1/196983.shtml (Chinese) http://jiajiathomas.blogspot.com/ (English translation) http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://jiajiathomas.blogspot.com/ (Chinese) http://tuo-ma-si.blogspot.com/ (English translation) http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://tuo-ma-si.blogspot.com/ 2008 Holland->Beijing (5x Harley-Davidson, visiting the opening of the Olympiade, 12/07/2009-24/08/2009 http://www.route888.org/main.php 2008 Amsterdam->Himalaya (Himalaya Trail, http://www.classicevents.nl/himalaya-trial/1503 http://www.mdh.nl/cnnty/himalaya/ Background info about the trigger for this tour: http://www.dekrant-info.nl/nieuws.php?nieuws_id=2636®io=&nieuws=3 2008 Amsterdam-China (southern route, 15590km, 7x 4x4's (mostly Land Cruiser), 9 weeks/57 days, 07/03/2008 - 05/05/2008 (group completed in Turkey 16-17/03/2008) (Germany/Austria/Hungary/Serbia-Rumenia/Bulgaria/Turkey/Iran/Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan/Kirgistan/China Iran 19 - 27 March Turkmenistan 27 - 29 March Oezbekistan 29 - 4 April Kirgizstan 4 – 11 April China 11 april – 5 May http://www.2chinafrom.nl/ 2008 Mongolia (Rally Mongolia 2008, 4x4/bikes/trucks (*not* the same as the London-Mongolia 'Mongol Rally'!)) http://www.hennovanbergeijk.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=153&Itemid=97 http://www.sser.org/ 2008 Paris->Peking (by bike, 1/6-2/8 2008 (including 2 dozen senior women!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCLROjfzLo8 2008 Berlin->Hongkong (3 4x4/6x4 vehicles, spin-off/participants from Hamburg-Shanghai 2006, http://www.berlin-hongkong.de 2008 London->Mongolia (Mongolia Rallye http://teamdesertaxi.com/news/ 2008 Cape-Town -> Namibia (oldtimers) http://www.namipenda.de 2008 Athen->Beijing (by bike, 18 February - 6 August, 175 days, 14.000km) (organized by 'Anders Reisen Forum', inspired by 'China by Bike' http://blog.athen-peking.de/ 2008 Athen->Beijing (modern touringcar, MB/Setra 415 HDH, 40 seats, 28 passengers, Silkroute, 70 days inspired by bike-tour Athen-Beijing through 'Anders Reisen Forum' http://www.freiburg-china.de/ http://busblog.athen-peking.de/ 2008 Switzerland->Malaysia (2 persons, Land Rover, 21/5/2008 - 8/6/2009, 384 days http://www.uf-dr-loitsch.ch/index.html 2009 Amsterdam->Siberia (http://www.siberiachallenge.com/ 2009 Hamburg->Shanghai (1/6/2009 - 20/7/2009 (50 days (2006 was 67 days, 2007 was 43 days)), 19.500 euro/team (car), 22.500 euro/team (truck), additional passengers 9.000 each) http://www.rallye-hamburg-shanghai.com (cancelled!, see 2010) 2009 Riga->Beijing->Antalya (16/5-28/10, 166 days (in contrast to the 180 days in 2007, including turning point & China-entry near Wladiwostock!)) http://www.faszination-russland.de/visa/SeaBridge_Asien.pdf 2009 Shanghai->Hamburg (Silk Route, 58(56?) days, 18.000km, 8/7/2009 - 4(2?)/9/2009 [20/7/2009 - 1/9/2009??], originally planned for a maximum of 30 teams, 60-90 members, finally submitted only 6 teams/cars, 17 people organized by ChinaTours (Germany), inspired by Hamburg->Shanghai 2006 (see further above)) Shanghai, China - Xian - Urumqi - Huoerguosi ports - Kazakhstan - Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan - Russia - Black Sea - Turkey - Greece - Italy - Austria - Hamburg, Germany http://www.chinatours.de http://www.self-drive-tours.com/zgzl/driving/driving%201/Cooperation.asp (58 days) http://tzzl.i.auto.sohu.com/zt-108560440.html http://tzzl.i.auto.sohu.com/zt-108560440.html#1 (56 days?) http://www.belocal.de/asien/events/rallye_shanghai_-_hamburg/seite_1,61732,17,147623.html http://www.reisenews-online.de/2009/07/17/mit-dem-auto-von-shanghai-nach-hamburg/ (note WJM: start-date-error (8 July instead of 20 July; cq minus the 3+9 days to reach Chinese border?, see below) http://www.chinatours.de/eventreisen/autoreisen/shanghai-hamburg-rallye/ http://eviz.blog.sohu.com/128633948.html (English translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://eviz.blog.sohu.com/128633948.html&prev=hp) http://q.sohu.com/forum/17/topic/21533446 (English translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://q.sohu.com/forum/17/topic/21533446&prev=hp) Announcement in political/commercial context: http://www.hamburgshanghai.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=200&Itemid=34 (English) http://www.hamburgshanghai.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=201&Itemid=34 (Chinese) Some preceeding/background events involving ChinaTours: http://www.chinaboard.de/viewtopic.php?t=12807 http://www.chinaboard.de/files/rundschrneueinladung26.mai.pdf 2009 Singapore->Macau (7/2/2009-8/3/2009, 30 days, 9000km) http://www.4x4xplore.com/sm/index.html UKP 33950/team 2009 Romania->Mongolia (4-8 vehicles, 5/7/2009-22/8/2009, 7 weeks, 12.000km, central route, west-entry Mongolia) (Moldovia/Ukraine/Russia/Kasachstan/Usbekistan/Kirgistan/Kasachstan/Russia) (14.600 euro/team, including vehicle return by train (4500 euro discount otherwise) http://www.offroad-kangaroo.com/js_1.htm 2009 Paris->Moscow->Paris (only Citroen Avant or HY, 18 July - 28 August (42 days), 750 euro pro team, +100 euro pro member) 25th anniversary of the 1984 re-enactment, 75th anniversary of the original Citroen tour in 1934 http://www.traction-owners.co.uk/diary/route%20okt08.pdf http://www.caar.nl/downloadbestanden/PMP2009-rules-English.pdf 2009 Germany->China (Silk Route, 2 persons in a Toyota Land Cruiser with pop-up rooftent) http://forum.buschtaxi.org/seidenstrasse-2009-t21657.html 2009 Erlangen->Beijing (5 VW Beetle oldtimers, 30/7/2009 - 30/8/2009 (32 days), northern route, Germany-Baltica-Poland-Russia-Mongolia-China) http://vintage-volkswagen-challenge-2009.net/wordpress/?page_id=3 http://www.vvc09.de http://superbeetle.kaeferpiloten.de/bilder/index.php?folder=/bilder/fahrten/2009/erlangen-peking/ http://www.bt.no/blogg/Bobler-til-Beijing-899458.html (Norwegian member & language) http://kiwa-hirsuta.livejournal.com/44487.html http://vwclub-rt.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=608&view=findpost&p=7168 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=369968 http://www.kaeferpiloten.de/content/mit-6-kaeferteams-nach-peking 2009 Munich->Mongolia->Munich (2x motorbike, German, 120 days, 28.000km, Germany->Mongolia southern route, Mongolia->Germany northern route) http://www.neverendingroads.de http://s262257517.online.de/Website_3/Meine_Alben/Meine_Alben.html 2009 France-Mongolia-France (1 couple, in a 2wd Mercedes van, 30/6/2009 - start of September/2009) http://www.aplccorp.com/mongolie2009/ 2009 Cambodia->Switzerland->Cambodia (1 vehicle, ex-Cambodian-Red-Cross HZJ75 Land Cruiser, 3 june 2009 - ???? ) http://www.kh-ch-kh.com/ 2009 Germany->Tibet (Reinhart Mazur, HZJ75) Silkroute - Pamir/Wakhan - China/Tibet - Takla Makan/Mazar Tagh http://www.tlc-exped.net/R29Info.html 2009 Portugal->Magadan (TransEurAsia, 1 Volkswagen Caddie 4Motion, 2/10/2009-9/10/2009, 8 days(!), 13 hours, 30 minutes, 16k kilometers) (new official worldrecord!) (Portugal->Spain->France->Germany->Poland->Balticum->Russia->Irkutsk->Jakutsk->Magadan (including 1 river crossing ferry)) http://www.volkswagen-nutzfahrzeuge.de/de/de/unternehmen/sponsoring/Transeurasia.html 2009 Norway->Siberia->Americanas->Africa (The King Croesus Contempt for Death trip 2009 / Around the world on two 70 year old side-car motorcycles, or 'The Dumb Way Around'....:)) (magnificently written travel report!) (See also Oslo->Singapore 2006) http://www.kccd.no/home_en.html 2009 Bad-Hindelang -> China -> Bad-Hindelang (1x Porsche Cayenne Transsiberia, Richard Schalber & Michael Zerwer, entering the China Mongolia International Rally Raid 2009, only 1700km by itself, from the Chinese bordertown Erenhot through the Altai mountains in west Mongolia to the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator, but the team was invited only 3 weeks in advance, too short to ship any car to China....so they decided to drive all the way by car, through Siberia, before arriving at the start line....adding another 9800km in 12(!) days....and then return home the same way, totalling 21.300km in only 30 days....:)) http://www.rallybuzz.com/china-mongolia-rally-raid-2009/ http://www.schalber-events.de/ 2009 Irkutsk->Zaamin Uud (husband & wife, by bike, with car-/luggage-assistance, 17/8/2009 - 2/9/2009) http://www.perkowitz.com/ee/ 2009 Namibia (oldtimers) http://www.namipenda.de http://blog.namipenda.de/ 2009 Germany->Singapore (husband+wife, Magirus 4x4 truck, 25 months, 76.000km, 3/2009 - 5/2011, 32.000km (1st section, 12 months, 3/2009 - 4/2010) + 18.000km (2nd section/America, 7 months 5/2010 - 11/2010) + 26.000km (3rd section/South-America, 6 months, 12/2010 - 5/2011) http://www.project-asia.com/ 2010 Beijing->Paris (Peking Paris Motor Challenge, 100 vehicles, 10/09 - 16/10, 37 days, 41119km) (same organisation as 2007 and 1997, but different route (hence not through West-Mongolia?)) http://www.endurorally.com/ http://www.pekingparis.com/ http://www.travcour.com/g_page.php?pageid=532808&Pagetitle=Peking+To+Paris+2010 http://www.pekingparis.co.za/ http://www.sitesetadmin.co.uk/pekingparis/people.html http://www.peking2paris.com/ http://www.2010pekingtoparis.com/ http://www.29buickphotos.com/Information/Benson-Preperation/10307123_ZnXs5 http://www.356registry.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=77487 Phil Young, radio-interview about 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M18brNA4CUE http://pqc03.proqc.info/blog/ 2010 Hamburg->Shanghai (49 days, 05/07/2010 - 23/08/2010, possibly inspired/sponsored because of World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, same German organisation as 2006 & 2007, 2009 cancelled early: http://www.rallye-hamburg-shanghai.com) [2010 cancelled as well, semi-officially per 2/12/2009, mentioned publicly on the info-meeting for Bremen->Shanghai 2010 (organized by ChinaTours, see further below)] 2010 Amsterdam->Beijing->Amsterdam (6 months, 1/1/2010-1/7/2010, southern route to Beijing, northern route back to Amsterdam (6500 euro plus 2000 for 4 weeks in China)) http://www.overlandtours.de http://www.steffenkunze.de/overlandtours/Allgemeines.html 2010 Amsterdam->Tokio (cabrio vehicles, see also 2007/cabrio-challenge Amsterdam->Singapore, 40 days, 11.900 euro/team (basic/minimal service, 15 teams minimum) or 17.500 euro/team (premium, 10 teams minimum), max 18 teams total(?) First attempt ever(?) to exit Mongolian towards Russia in the very east, at Erdeentsay (thusfar, border crossings were only possible in the west, the north and south) http://www.cabriochallenge.nl/tochten/tocht.php?id=32 http://www.cabriochallenge.nl/cabriochallengetokio/home/TokioCabrioChallenge%20Leaflet.pdf http://www.cabriochallenge.nl/cabriochallengetokio/nieuws/reisverslagen.php (according to this routing, and the updated roadmap, the initial plan to exit Mongolia on the very east failed, replaced by exit to the north; the usual route from Ulan Baator to Ulan Ude, crossing the border at Kachta (like it was done even in 1907!)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmq7BywcIFQ&feature=player_embedded (part 1, showing '1-7 from 13' on the end) http://www.telegraaf.nl/autovisie/autovisie_nieuws/7998256/__Video-terugblik_TokioChallenge___.html?cid=rss (Video 1-6) Roadbook: http://members.ziggo.nl/r.bul/roadbook%20Tokyo%20deel%20I.pdf http://members.ziggo.nl/r.bul/roadbook%20Tokyo%20deel%20II.pdf 2010 Beijng->Hongkong->Beijing (2 sections, 28 days each/one-way, rental 4x4, 4850 euro pro team (flight not included) (update 2009: 34 days, 5100/person, see also 'Utrecht-Siberia-Beijing 2010'; shipping-in & -out of own vehicle = same price) (first-trip 2009 was cancelled for lack of entries (10 minimum) and earthquacke/earthslide problems, affecting proper roadbook preparation) http://breslau.cap88.info/ (deep-link fails, top menu (blue) '4x4 in China') http://breslau.cap88.info/galerie/boeken/bestel_reis.asp http://www.footstepstravelevents.com/asia/default.asp?a=62 (actual travel company: Wereldcontact Reizen B.V. in Houten/NL) http://www.footstepstravel.nl/footsteps-4x4/voorbeeldreizen-4x4/34-daagse-4x4-reis-vanaf-china-of-nederland (combining 34 days in China (option1) with 60 days from Holland to China (option2)) http://www.you4x4.com/tab/default.asp?Tab=5&taal=nl 2010 Amsterdam-Shanghai ("Shanghai World Expo Ethanol Challenge 2010", E85/Ethanol vehicles) http://breslau.cap88.info/ 2010 Anywhere->Mongolia (route unknown/optional, Mongolia Charity Rallye) http://mongolia.charityrallies.org/ 2010 Anywhere->Himalaya (route unknown/optional, Roof of the World Rally http://www.charityrallies.org/news/advance-notice-2010-roof-world-rally 2010 Amsterdam->Johannesburg->Kaapstad (inspired by world soccer championship, derivate from Amsterdam->Dakar barrelrace & Amsterdam->Beijing 2008) (10k euro pro team, including accommodation, flight & return shipping) http://www.oranjetrophy.nl http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.490480889606.265703.613614606&type=3 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oranje-Trophy/149846561723025 2010 Amstenrade->Kaapstad (similar world soccer championship inspired tour, but with main sponsor-focus in Kenia) http://www.oranjeleeuwendoorafrika.nl/ 2010 Bremen->Shanghai ("Abenteuer auf 4 Räder", touristic rally, 20-30 oldtimer vehicles, 15k km, 54(56) days, 20(18)/08/2010 - 12/10/2010, 25k euro pro team, including hotels, excluding return flight) (Silkroute, excluding Iran & Turkmenistan (northern detour), Bremen-Poland-Ukraine-Russia-Kasachstan-Kirgistan-Uzbekistan-China) http://www.self-drive-tours.com/deutsch/CHINA_TOURS_Oldtimer2.html http://www.self-drive-tours.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/self-drive-tours/ http://www.bremen-shanghai-2010.blogspot.com/ http://blog.chinatours.de/2010/08/self-drive-tours-rallye-–-von-bremen-nach-shanghai/#more-2246 2010 Hamburg->Shanghai ("Abenteuer auf 4 Räder", touristic rally, 10-30 modern 4x4 vehicles, 15k km, 46 days, 16/09/2010 - 31/10/2010, 6049k euro pro person, 1690 euro for return shipping of vehicle, 13788 total, excluding flight) (Silkroute, excluding Iran & Turkmenistan (northern detour), Bremen-Poland-Ukraine-Russia-Kasachstan-Kirgistan-Uzbekistan-China) http://www.self-drive-tours.com/deutsch/CHINA_TOURS_Allrad_Rallyes2.html 2010 Rotterdam->Shanghai (Race To Unite, central route, 30 days, 31/07/2010-01/09/2010, 34.000 euro/person, 68.000/team, 8000 discount for 'early birds', cars 1977 or older, age restriction members 26-69(!?), Russia/Kasachstan/West-Mongolia/Ulan-Baator/China Optional: 2x single room +8000euro Switching drivers (max 4x locations), 10.000 euro each 'Race Hospitality Program' (flying in & out of VIP's, racing in hired vehicles, 4 days 3 nights) 25.000 euro/team (2x single room +4000 euro) 'Air Hospitality Program' (parallel air-hopping of family/friends, no driving) 32.000 euro/persons) (early bird discount: 3000/person, 2x single room +8000, switching guests (max 2x locations) 10.000/person)) Organisation: Chairman Yuan Ying (Jan) Yuen, Advising members: Rob Verspaghet (former #12 in Amsterdam-Beijing 2006), Has Yuen Piet Yuen Michael Sun (VP CCTV-IMG) Alan Ng Hob Ming Sing http://www.rtu2010.com/ (as per 30/3/2010: CANCELLED/POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE / MEMBERSHIP FEES REIMBURSED !!!!) http://www.asian-rally.com http://www.rotterdam-shanghai-rally.com (domain taken over by Asian-Rally from Holland Media/Jan Vermeer on 1/4/2009, according to AutoVisie) http://www.Rotterdam-Shanghai-rally.nl (not active, as per 29/12/2009, but registered by Hobming Sing, one of the founding members) http://www.rotterdamshanghairally.com http://www.rotterdamshanghairally.nl/ http://rtu2010.com/ ??? (Chinese personal homepage from 'Daniel'?) http://rotterdamshanghairally.com/admin/bloglsgmanage.aspx (same weird Chinese content/blog) More about the confusing link between this rally and Jan Vermeer, organisator of Amsterdam-Beijing 2006 http://www.automobielmanagement.nl/nieuws/algemeen/nid6978-jan-vermeer-is-terug-en-organiseert-weer-klassieke-rally-.html http://www.autovisie.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/archief/2009/09/jan_vermeer_organiseert_r/index.xml http://www.autovisie.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/archief/2009/09/asian_rally_animator_van_/index.xml http://www.quotenet.nl/quoto/graaiende-rallyorganisator-jan-vermeer-is-terug.php http://www.quotenet.nl/biz/organisator-blaast-shanghai-rally-af.php http://www.carros.nl/autonieuws/rally-rotterdamshanghai/ (earliest announcement, 14/08/2008?) 2010 Buenos Aires - Copacobana (50 teams, pre-1974 2wd & all 4x4, 30 days, Chili/Andes/Peru/Macchu-Pichu/Iquazu/Bolivia) http://www.passion4wheels.nl/nieuws/2741-Carrera-Copacabana-avontuur-in-ZuidAmerika http://www.classicevents.nl/carrera-copacabana/1519 2010 Waalre-Utrecht-Siberia-Beijing (central route, west-Mongolia, 26 days, 2500 euro/person + 1500/2 return shipping (add 5100/person for subsequent joining of Beijing-Tibet/Tibet-Beijing, or 8000/person total) Narva 140km Sankt-petersburg 107km Tchudovo 70km Novgorod 224km Vyshniy Volochek 130km Tver 82km Klin 39km Bersenevka 48km Moscow 55km Noginsk 130km Vladimir 235km Nizhniy Novgorod 227km Cheboksary 38km Tsivilsk 128km Kasan 215km Naberezhnye Chelny 318km Ufa 445km Chelyabinsk 243km Kurgan 125km Isetskoe 68km Yalutorovsk 216km Ishim 327 km Omsk 375 km Kuybyshev 321km Novosibirsk 220km Barnaul 166km Biysk 99km Gorno-Altaysk 198km Onguday 319km Tashanta - Mongolian border pass - Tsagaannuur. http://www.you4x4.com/tab/default.asp?Tab=4 2010 Milan->Shanghai (2 electric unmanned/autonomous vehicles, 4 support vehicles, 2 media vehicles, 10 July - 10 October, 3 months, 13.000km) (central route, Milan->Austria->Slowakia->Poland->Belarus->Moscow->Samara->Kasachstan->China) http://vislab.it/Projects/view/32/VisLab http://vislab.it/media/press/15-VisLab%20-%20BRAiVE%20a%20Roma%20-%20annuncio%20viaggio%20a%20Shanghai.pdf http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128639246&ft=1&f=1004 2010 Beijing->Lhasa ("Ride on the roof of the world", on rented Royal Enfield motorcycles, 13/5-1/6, 19 days) http://www.traveldirectors.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=262:ride-on-the-roof-of-the-world-13-may-2010&catid=68:motorcycletours&Itemid=136 2010 Himalayan Odyssey (Royal Enfield motorcycles, 16 days (similar to 2007/2008/2009)) http://www.royalenfield.com/company/events/himalayanodyssey/2010_.aspx 2010 Laos->China->Mongolia->Siberia->SilkRoute (TLC HZJ78 http://www.nicolumbus.ch/ 2010 Europe-Africa-Americanas-Russia-Europe (by Toyota Land Cruiser) http://www.toyota-adventure.com 2010 Freiburg->Shanghai (modern touringcar, MB/Setra 415 HDH, 40 seats, 25 passengers, Silkroute, 15 April - 23 July, 74 days, 18.000km, Italy/Greece/Turkey/Iran/Turkmenistan/Usbekistan/Kasachstan/Kirgistan/Kasachstan/China Organized by touringcar-operator Hans-Peter Christoph / Avanti Reisen http://www.avantireisen.de/ http://www.avantireisen.de/reisen.cfm?ds=ava&maincat_id=40&subcat_id=145&ot_id=8&o_id=1440&container_mode=detail http://www.freiburg-china.de/ http://www.freiburg-shanghai.de/ TV-Doku: Nächster Ausfahrt Shanghai - Mit dem Reisebus nach China (SWR-Videojournalist Jürgen Rose was one of the passengers) 2010 Petropavlovsk/Kamchatka->Magadan->Wladiwostok (first-ever from Kamchatka on wheels, 3 teams, TLC-HDJ80, Nissan Terrano, Mitsubishi Pajero SWB) (2008-2009?) http://forum.gt-kamchatka.ru/index.php?showtopic=1512 http://news.drom.ru/12566.html (see also 2011 for the return-trip, Magadan->Petropavlovsk) 2010 Panamericana (TLC HJ60, 18/03/2010 - 23/09/2010) http://thisroadhq.blogspot.com/ 2011 Anywhere->North-Korea (route unknown/optional, http://www.charityrallies.org/rallies/north-korea 2011 Gdanks -> Cape-Cheluskin (most northern piece of continent?, successor of Gdanks-Beringstreet-NewYork 2008) http://www.ekspedycjastulecia.pl/ http://www.ekspedycjastulecia.pl/etapII/pl/trasa.php 2011 London -> Cape Town (1-27 January) http://www.endurorally.com/ http://www.londoncapetownrally.com/ 2011 Buenos-Aires -> Ushuaia -> Carthagena/Colombia (Volvo Panamericana, 9-12/12 - 11-14/1, 31-37 days, 14650km) http://www.volvoclassics-panamericana.nl 2011 Shanghai->Beijing (21 days, up to 30 (european) oldtimers, car-transport by ship both ways) http://www.self-drive-tours.com http://www.chinatours.de/reisen/gruppenreisen/rallye-2011/ 2011 Europe->Tibet->Europe (offroad-campers, Start in July, Mongolia in 4 weeks, 1200 euro/month support cost, +2000 euro for China permit/guide/convoy) Russia->Baikal->Mongolia->China->Tibet, optional return along Silkroute, 4 months total optional route Nepal/India/Pakistan/Iran, 7 months total http://www.overlandtours.de http://www.steffenkunze.de/overlandtours/Allgemeines.html http://forum.buschtaxi.org/mitfahrer-fuer-tibet-2011-gesucht-t25630.html 2011 Sölden->Khartago (Austria->Tunesia, 15-30 oldtimers, 15-30 April, 15 days, 3457 kilometers, 17500 euro pro team) http://www.hannibal-classic.com(?) http://www.hannibal-classic-rallye.at/ http://www.soelden.com/main/EN/SD/WI/Events/top_events/hannibal_rallye/index.html 2011 India (Maharadja Rally, 20 local 'Ambassador' rental oldtimers, including driver, 12 March - 3 April) (New Delhi – Agra – Gwalior – Kota – Udaipur – Mount Abu – Deogarh – Jodhpur – Jaisalmer – Bikaner – Mandawa – Jaipur – New Delhi) 2011 Shanghai->Hamburg (Seidenstrasse Rallye, 20 offroad vehicles 'from 1990' (older/younger?), 6 weeks, October/November, 15.000km, (China (Shanghai) – Central-China – Kirgistan – Usbekistan – Kasachstan – Russia – Ukrain – Poland – Germany) organized by Namipenda, Hamburger Motorsport-Club (HMC)/ADAC & China-Tours; only hotels, no camping http://www.namipenda.de 2011 Amsterdam->Murmansk->Amsterdam (Mini Cabrio Always Open Challenge, 10-25 Mini Cabrio's, 7500km, 12 days, 12-23 April, 2750 euro pro person) http://www.mini.nl/webspecials/cabriochallenge/index.html 2011 Nieuw-Amsterdam(Paramaribo)->Lima (AmAndesChallenge, 4x4 or cabrio, October, 28 days, 9950 euro pro person) http://www.cabriochallenge.nl/tochten/tocht.php?id=33 2011 Oberstaufen->Amman (Allgaeu(Austria)-Orient, first weekend in May, 10 days, +/- 100 teams, 250 cars/motorbikes, 500 participants (annual youngtimer/oldtimer rally since 2007, vehicle must have value less than 1111,11 euro, and will be donated for auction) (no navigation-equipment, no highway, no ferry, max cost for lodging is 11,11 euro, max 666km/day, first price is a camel) http://www.wedel.de/artikel.do?ok=13739&teaserId=1595368&cid=6705262 http://www.allgaeu-orient.de/ http://amman-express.blogspot.com/ http://lets-allgaeu.de/ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rallye_Allg%C3%A4u-Orient http://www.stern.de/auto/autowelt/:Motorsport-Billig-Rallye-Allg%E4u-Orient/536495.html http://www.wfp.org/node/554 http://one.wfp.org/arabic/?m=129&k=467 http://www.stern.de/auto/service/:Allg%E4u-Orient-Rallye-Wenn-Syrer/701049.html?cp=53 http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,1518,483567,00.html 2011 Plymouth->Banjul (Plymouth->Banjul Challenge, 2011 Freiburg->Peking (modern touringcar, MB/Setra 415 HDH, 40 seats, 20-25 passengers, Silkroute, 74 days, 18.000km, Italy/Greece/Turkey/Iran/Turkmenistan/Usbekistan/Kasachstan/Kirgistan/Kasachstan/China Organized by touringcar-operator Hans-Peter Christoph / Avanti Reisen http://www.avantireisen.de/ http://www.avantireisen.de/reisen.cfm?ds=ava&maincat_id=40&subcat_id=145&ot_id=8&o_id=1440&container_mode=detail http://www.freiburg-china.de/ http://www.freiburg-peking.info/ See also 2010/Shanghai (including TV-docu!) & 2008/Peking 28.04.11 - 05.07.11 Freiburg - Peking 18.550.- (early bookers/30-10-2010 = 16.800,- / Single room = +3.150,-) 28.04.11 - 29.05.11 Freiburg - Taschkent 8.640.- 28.05.11 - 05.07.11 Taschkent - Peking 10.530.- 07.07.11 - 30.07.11 Peking - Freiburg 6.380.- 2011 Magadan->Petropavlovsk http://www.nord-trophy.ru/forum/index.php?board=15.0 (see also 2010, Petropavlovsk->Magadan->Wladiwostok, first-ever by car) 2011 Amsterdam->Mongolia ('barrel-race', 4/6/2011 - ?) http://www.amsterdamdakar.com/Article.aspx?aid=656 http://www.mongolchallenge.com/ 2012 Newyork->Alaska (9/5-12/6 http://www.endurorally.com/transam/index.html 2012 Hamburg->Shanghai (oldtimers, 20-60 persons, 56 days, 19 August - 13 October, Silkroute, 15.000km, 24.888 euro/team/2-persons (30.786 for team/3-persons)) http://www.chinatours.de/reisen/gruppenreisen/new-silk-road/ 2012 Amsterdam->Wladiwostok (2 persons, HJ60 Land Cruiser, 15.000km, start 14/05/2012) http://www.thtdeboer.com/Vladimokum/ 2012 Poland->Kirgistan (multiple teams & various 4x4's & trucks, 19500km, 44 days, 15/07-13/8 Central-Asia / Roundtrip(!) Lake Baikal, 2300 euro for car/team, 1500 for motorbike http://forum.buschtaxi.org/zentralasien-und-sibirien-expedition-2012-t34398.html http://www.facebook.com/OffroadExpedition PDF-presenation: http://up.picr.de/10199313gc.pdf Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiYDTX5FnPw 2013 Amsterdam->Singapore (6 weeks Russia, Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia http://www.cabriochallenge.nl/nieuws/index.php?news_id=193 http://www.petrol-and-wine.nl/Nieuwe_Reizen/99/Een%20avontuur:%20Amsterdam%20Singapore.html See also Amsterdam->Singapore 2007 (cabrio-only). 2015 Germany->Asia->North-America->South-America->North-America (1921 Hispano Suiza / Heidi Hetzer, Opel-dealer in Berlin, famous rallye, racing & oldtimer-driver, also participant in the Rallye Düsseldorf->Shanghai 2007. NB: born 20/06/1937(!), so she will be almost 80 during this tour! (re-enactment of the first-ever around-the-world tour from Clärenore Stinnes & Axle Söderström, see 1927-1929: 46298km, 23 countries, first-ever global automotive expedition, first-ever by female driver, Germany->Balkan->Moscow->Siberia->Mongolia->Beijng->Japan->Hawaii->North-America->Buenos-Aires->Vancouver->New-York->Le-Havre->Berlin http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Hetzer http://www.auto-hetzer.de/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/real_cities/9016869.stm http://www.visitberlin.de/en/article/heidi-hetzer http://www.bz-berlin.de/kultur/mit-heidi-hetzer-durch-125-jahre-auto-article1192109.html (28/05/2011, announcement of world-tour, 'but only in 4 years, when I become 78') http://fineartreisen.de/html/veranstaltung_53622.php http://www.berlin1.de/freizeit/spaziergang/article75379/Die-rasende-Lady.html XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_to_Paris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London-Sydney_Marathon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_To_Peking_Motor_Challenge http://www.endurorally.com/ http://www.twerally.co.uk/ http://www.twmrally.co.uk/ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weltumrundung http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/siberian-road-adventures.html http://www.4x4typ.ru/ http://www.transorientale.com/ http://www.zaniroli.com/ (TransAfricaine) http://www.thelongridersguild.com/central-asia.htm http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/sympo/Proceed97/Kotkin4.html (first descriptions of east-Russia) http://web.mac.com/msetty/iWeb/Publictransit.us/The%20Publictransit.us%20Blog/970CE271-15C6-42F8-B71D-47BE38D91D50.html (Great Siberian Post Road / Trans Siberian Railway) (starting in Perm, ending east of Stryetensk, further travel(heavy transport?) to the Pacific only possibly on the Amur river, for over a thousand miles (and only 6 months each year in summer, in winter only light mails by horse) http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9904E5D61E3AE533A25751C2A9609C94669ED7CF Tunnel between Siberia/Russian-Far-East & Alaska: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1099304.stm http://www.marathonrally.com Bering street crossing annex shipping out of Wladiwostock: http://forum.buschtaxi.org/viewtopic.php?t=8227&highlight=wladiwostok http://www.4x4xplore.com/ http://www.hero.org.uk/ http://overland.dreamers1.com/ (overland traveling to 4 of the most remote corners on earth: Ushuaia, Zilov-Gap, Wladiwostock and Russian/Norwegian North-Cape) http://dreamers1.com/russia/Practicalities/Russia_Mongolia_Practicalities.htm http://www.classicevents.nl http://www.self-drive-tours.com/ http://www.tiaratours.nl/reizen/rondreizen-azie/mongolie/mongolie-challenge/reis http://www.4wdtravel.nl/mongolie 'Nederlanders en Siberië / 1665-1750', Dutch doctoral thesis from 1997: http://www.nrac.nl/pdf/scripties/zandt.pdf (did you know that Siberia was governed by a Dutch Russian, between 1693 and 1704?....:)) (German translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrac.nl%2Fpdf%2Fscripties%2Fzandt.pdf&sl=nl&tl=de (only first 14 pages) (English translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrac.nl%2Fpdf%2Fscripties%2Fzandt.pdf&sl=nl&tl=en (only first 14 pages) German Asia/Silkroad information: http://www.wuestenschiff.de/phpbb http://www.wuestenschiff.de/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=41&sid=162932b6a87a1571a07a080b361edeca http://www.faszination-russland.de/die-reisemobiltour-180-tage/aug-08/ (originally a specific note about the interesting option of travelling through China without much official/strict convoy-control by Chinese authorities) (but now (page gone), a nice 404-error page with a full comprehensive list of alternative pages & tours/expeditions/rallyes, also by other folks!) (in particular using Wladiwostock as port-of-exit!) (update/superceding-page?: http://www.faszination-russland.de/asien-2007/aug-07/mit-viel-power/ ('free camping' on the end, 'free/individual driving' in the beginning) Even better: http://www.faszination-russland.de/asien-2007/aug-07/nach-wuestenfahrt/ ('convoy driving is the worst that could happen now(here) / but we are driving individually') (then, at the end, the leader again demands convoy driving, but only for group-psychological reasons, not Chinese politics/police/government!) (all pages also starting from here: http://www.faszination-russland.de/asien-2007/aug-07/ ) Another German-based camper-touroperator, organizing trips down to Singapore (but Mongolia/Gobi only by train, not by road): http://www.mir-tours.de/sites/fernreisen.htm Dutch literature overview: http://www.hansrossel.com/reisvoorbereiding/literatuur.html http://www.hansrossel.com/reisvoorbereiding/cenazielijst.html "How to build a low cost rally car": http://www.veloce.co.uk/shop/products/productDetail.php?prod_id=V4208&prod_group=Build%20Your%20Own%20Car What happens if you get killed in one of these events....;)) http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/query.php?db=ct&q=event&n=cross-country%20rally German TV-docu about camper tour through Mongolia from http://www.faszination-russland.de, "Die Rentner-Karwane" http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3945300 http://mediathek.daserste.de/daserste/servlet/content/3945300?pageId=487910&moduleId=487904&categoryId=&goto=&show= Transsib 'Fuehrerstandsmitfahrt', from Moscow to Wladiwostok! http://www.google.ru/intl/ru/landing/transsib/en.html (to get in the right mood, first listen to the last minute of this German radio-announcement....:)) http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=3865844 More cynics....;)) http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,678281,00.html http://forum.spiegel.de/showthread.php?t=12227 (note the psychotic element 'larches' (Birken)....;)) Road to Yakutsk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPyDUljwdLo&feature=fvw http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ad4_1253475226 http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=1688350 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Alexei Tschirikow, Sibirien, Kamtaschtka, Bering - 13.12.2007 Information 13.12.1703 Alexei Tschirikow geboren: Er war der erste Europäer, der seinen Fuß auf den Boden Alaskas setzte – im Juli 1741. Natürlich war der Wurmfortsatz im äußersten Nordwesten Amerikas damals nicht unbewohnt. Aber die Indianer und Inuits, die dort herumstreiften, zählten aus europäischer Sicht nicht. Alexeij Iljitsch Tschirikow ist so gesehen also der Entdecker Alaskas... xxxxxxxxxxx Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, inspires Czar Peter the Great in Bad Pyrmont/Germany to launch Bering's Great Nordic Expedition[*], after asking him whether there is a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska (the Czar admits he doesn't know anything about that border of his territory....) [*] 1st/exploration 1728-1732, landing on the south coast of Kamchatka, and travelling up the Kamchatka river for 700km, after building the ship St. Gabriel; second expedition in 1733-1743, after engaging & hiring 3500(!) men, ship crews + various scientists (including famous German explorer Gmelin) The Enemy: The Road to Paris Lies through Peking. Mao Tse-Tung PC-game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Rally Paris Peking Videos: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=paris+peking+rally+video&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= http://www.google.com/search?q=paris+peking+rally+video&hl=en&prmd=v&source=univ&tbs=vid:1&tbo=u&ei=np30S5n9G6CfOIDsvJIJ&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQqwQwAA http://www.antarcticachallenge.com/blogg http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/northern-asia/magdan-to-yakutsk-road-quality-20877 http://www.nord-trophy.ru/forum/index.php http://www.sibirskyextreme.com/ http://www.ride-onmotortours.com/common/pages_english/index_eng.htm http://www.russian-in-russia.com/english/learn_russian/russia/vladivostok/getting_there.asp xxxxxxxxxxxxx Getting to Vladivostok Boat The Far Eastern Shipping Company operates ferries between Vladivostok and the Japanese ports of Fushiki and Niigata during the summer months. xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.fesco.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_East_Shipping_Company Book: Frau + Motorrad = eine Liebesgeschichte / Renate Dietzelt http://www.amazon.de/Frau-Motorrad-Liebesgeschichte-Renate-Dietzelt/dp/3833444703/ref=pd_cp_b_2 http://www.amazon.de/Reisen-den-Sowjets-ausl%C3%A4ndische-bio-bibliographischen/dp/3825856925 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reisen zu den Sowjets. Der ausländische Tourismus in Rußland 1921-1941 Mit einem bio-bibliographischen Anhang zu 96 deutschen Reiseautoren Matthias Heeke Produktinformation * Broschiert: 696 Seiten * Verlag: Lit-Verlag; Auflage: 1., Aufl. (Juli 2003) * Sprache: Deutsch * ISBN-10: 3825856925 * ISBN-13: 978-3825856922 * Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,2 x 16,2 x 3,8 cm xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://books.google.com/books?id=5poxM50p110C&pg=PA315&lpg=PA315 (spare yourself the delusion of buying a sample somewhere: as an academic book (dissertation), only 250 copies were made, a 61,25 euro; most ended up in German libraries.... http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3ASowjetunion+Reisen+Geschichte+1917-1945.&qt=hot_subject http://www.zeitenblicke.de/2007/2/schenk xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Frithjof Benjamin Schenk Das Paradigma des Raumes in der Osteuropäischen Geschichte urn:nbn:de:0009-9-12362 Zusammenfassung In diesem Beitrag werden Forschungsfelder bzw. neuere Debatten innerhalb der Osteuropäischen Geschichte vorgestellt, die im weitesten Sinne als Indikatoren für ein wachsendes Interesse an räumlichen Zusammenhängen in historischer Perspektive gewertet werden können. Es finden sowohl Arbeiten Berücksichtigung, die sich für die Geschichte von Raumdiskursen und für die Verortung von Osteuropa und seiner Teilräume auf entsprechenden kognitiven Landkarten ('mental maps') interessieren, als auch Forschungsprojekte, die sich im Kontext der Stadt-, Verkehrs-, Technik-, Kommunikations- oder Tourismusgeschichte mit Praktiken befassen, die zur Gestaltung und Ausgestaltung und Veränderung sozialer Räume beitragen. Ein besonderes Augenmerk wird dabei auf neuere Arbeiten zur russischen und sowjetischen Geschichte gelegt. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.uni-muenster.de/PeaCon/arcdoce/texts/kryssib.html XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX H. J. Krysmanski Amerika, Europas östlicher Nachbar - oder: wie Walter Russell Mead Sibirien kaufen wollte Bericht über eine geopolitische Filmexpedition x x x Die SPIEGEL TV Reportage.... 'Der Amerikaner, der Sibirien kaufen will', ....wurde Ende November 1993 gesendet; eine Version dieses Artikels unter dem Titel.... 'Zur Logistik der Globalisierung. Bericht über eine geopolitische Filmexpedition' ....ist erschienen in: Hans Uske, Hermann Völling u.a. (Hg.), Soziologie als Krisenwissenschaft. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Dankwart Danckwerts, Lit-Verlag, Münster 1998 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX http://www.ural.at/events/moskau/index.htm xxxxxxxxxxxxx Fritz, Horst, Max, Günter und ich fahren mit dem Autobus nach Irbit, kaufen einige Urals und fahren wieder nach Österreich. Im folgenden Momentaufnahme aus einem Stop in Moskau xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.inst.at/trans/17Nr/7-8/7-8_belotsvetova17.htm xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sibirien im geschichtlichen Umbruch Ekaterina M. Belotsvetova (Moskau, Russland) [BIO] Email: M.Kate@relcom.ru xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.focus.de/panorama/reportage/reportage-nach-sibirien-gegen-die-uhr_aid_171029.html xxxxxxxxxxxx FOCUS Magazin | Nr. 16 (1998) Reportage Nach Sibirien gegen die Uhr Samstag 11.04.1998, 00:00 · von Zygmunt Dzieciolowski Mit über 500 PS, gut 20 Tonnen Ladung und Lust am Abenteuer von Hof nach Krasnojarsk. Für diese Sorte Fernfahrer sind Touren bis Moskau bloß „Nahverkehr" xxxxxxxxxxxx http://blogs.taz.de/hausmeisterblog/2007/11/23/sibirien/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_among_the_Mongols http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjalling_Halbertsma https://www.openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/1887/12444/3/Stellingen.pdf Throat-Singing, originating at Tuva/Siberia: xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=19464&postid=1317205 Siberia by camper 2002/2003/2005/2006/2010: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ziemann-gmbh.de/reisen/ xxxxxxxxxxxx HZJ78 around the world: http://www.bourlingueurs.com/ http://www.heart-of-silkroad.de/ (2002/southern-route & 2007/northern-route, TLC HZJ78) (highly recommended: http://www.heart-of-silkroad.de/content/pleiten_pp.php Book: "The Alcoholic Empire" xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://ebooklink.net/g/detail/0195134311/The%20Alcoholic%20Empire:%20Vodka%20&%20Politics%20in%20Late%20Imperial%20Russia/ http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0195134311?tag=ebooklinknet-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=am1&creativeASIN=0195134311&adid=03WDWZPWWCVK82XPR7M4& http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The%20Alcoholic%20Empire:%20Vodka%20%26amp;%20Politics%20in%20Late%20Imperial%20Russia&tag=shoonlshopric-21&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=6738 http://www.amazon.com/Alcoholic-Empire-Politics-Imperial-Russia/dp/B000ALQ1YI (review journal) http://www.ebookee.com/The-Alcoholic-Empire-Vodka-amp-Politics-in-Late-Imperial-Russia_380287.html http://depositfiles.com/en/files/vrw7e3h7p (10MB PDF) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Barber of Siberia (1885-1905, Era of the last Tzar, Russia's most expensive movie-film ever, US$45 million, with modern political implications): xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barber_of_Siberia http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5307/year/1999.html http://www.atimes.com/c-asia/AD17Ag02.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Historic Movie-Film Trilogy about Temuijin, Genghis Khan: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.mongolmovie.com/ #1: Mongol/2005-2007: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_(film) #2: The Great Khan/2008-2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Khan #3? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.youtube.com/show/deadliestjourneys Siberia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s10Hd48ijZ4 China: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsj-jd7iEuQ Pay attention at 05:50....:)) Never did the Darwin Award see so much contempt for life....:)) Source company/broadcast-channel, Current.COM: http://current.com/search.htm?s=on&v=on&r=off&context=us-homepage&context_id=89860422&context_type=group&q=siberia Siberia in 1975 in the National Geographic Magazine http://current.com/16i2t4c xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Motorbike in Moscow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzcCq6FIXSU Let op de handschoen in beeld in de laatste seconden....:)))) Rohtang-Pass by motorbike, passing a queue of trucks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ncWo_NRz0 http://www.belleville-verlag.de/scripts/buch.php?ID=331 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Werner Nöther Die Erschließung der Sahara durch Motorfahrzeuge 1901-1936 Chronik einer Pionierepoche 832 Seiten, gebunden zahlreiche Fotos und Abb., ca. 40 Karten erschienen im Februar 2002 ISBN 978-3-933510-81-5 € 74,00 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.motorradonline.de/de/reise/reportagen/pioniere-der-wueste/87298 Car-ferry connection Venice/Italy -> Tartous/Syria -> Alexandria/Egypt -> Venice/Italy! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://forum.buschtaxi.org/neue-fahrverbindung-nach-agypten-und-syrien-t24712.html http://www.wuestenschiff.de/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=94376 http://www.wuestenschiff.de/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=41257 http://www.visemarline.com/en/homepage.php http://www.aferry.de/Visemar-Line-F%E4hrverbindungen.htm http://www.africaexpedition.de/2010/11/fahre-italien-agypten/ http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/sahara-travel-forum/egypt-sudan-etipia-erytrea-51088#post294667 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJENItq8R2U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DXAmV_zAtk xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 2003? Munich->Russia->Korea->Japan (by motorbike, 40.000km Doris Wiedemann http://www.doriswiedemann.de/dia-vortraege/taiga_tour_vortrag.html Book: Taiga Tour: 40.000 km allein mit dem Motorrad von München durch Russland nach Korea und Japan http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/asin/3896623826/nachrusslde-21 2008? China (by motorbike, Doris Wiedemann) http://www.doriswiedemann.de/dia-vortraege/taiga_tour_vortrag.html Book: Unterwegs zum roten Drachen http://www.amazon.de/Unterwegs-zum-roten-Drachen-Motorrad/dp/3768826066/ref=pd_sim_b_1 2006? Dusseldorf->Wladiwostok (by motorbike, Jochen Stather) Book: Eurasien Tour: Auf ein Bierchen zum Ende der Welt http://www.amazon.de/Eurasien-Tour-Bierchen-Ende-Welt/dp/3837006255/ref=pd_sim_b_4 2006? Panamericana (by motorbike, Lois Pryce) Book: Vollgas: Eine Frau, ein Motorrad, 20.000 Meilen Abenteuer http://www.amazon.de/Vollgas-Motorrad-20-000-Meilen-Abenteuer/dp/3548369189/ref=pd_cp_b_3 1981-1997 (by motorbike, von Claudia Metz & Klaus Schubert) Book: Abgefahren: In 16 Jahren um die Welt http://www.amazon.de/Abgefahren-16-Jahren-die-Welt/dp/3462030078/ref=pd_cp_b_1 2006? South-America (by motorbike, 25.000km, 6 months, Andreas Hülsmann) Book: Auszeit: 25.000 Kilometer durch Südamerika (Taschenbuch) http://www.amazon.de/Auszeit-25-000-Kilometer-durch-S%C3%BCdamerika/dp/3933385261/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b 2008? Around the world (by motorbike, Ted Simon, age 70(!)) Book: Jupiters Träume: Mit dem Motorrad um die Welt (sachbuch) (Taschenbuch) http://www.amazon.de/Jupiters-Tr%C3%A4ume-Motorrad-Welt-sachbuch/dp/3499623889/ref=pd_cp_b_3 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 2012 5-year jubileum car-travels China-Tours 25-year jubileum partnership Hamburg-Shanghai Winter Olympics Sochi 2013 friendships-year Netherlands-Russia 2014 Olympics Ukraine/Poland Reis naar Koenigsberg 1937: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwXlEm6pBNc 1/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iqecdegZbU 2/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8DB8Sm6_os 3/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG3ldhihEs4 4/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLDdvjPBmwM 5/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SRduUL8ea4 6/7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBlENYGWnCE 7/7 Chinese modern slang: http://www.chinasmack.com/glossary Route Europa -> Oost-Azie etc... Iran? http://www.wegenforum.nl/viewtopic.php?f=246&t=14023 http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=835746 (includes MercedesBenz 2006, & Poland-Baikal 2005!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Far_East http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_the_Russian_Far_East http://www.rolf-blenn.de/sibirien/13.htm http://www.rolf-blenn.de/mongolei/index.htm XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Unerkannt durch Freundesland Verbotene Reisen in das Sowjetreich Regie: Cornelia Klauß Kamera: Lars Lenski D 2006 45 min Produktion: CinePlus/RBB TRANSIT Illegal durch die Weiten der Sowjetunion Erlebnisse, Tagebuchaufzeichnungen, mit zahlreichen Fotos und Karten hrsg. von Jörg Kuhbandner und Jan Oelker 576 Seiten, Hardcover, 14,5x21 cm ISBN 978-3-940200-48-8 Notschriften-Verlag Radebeul 2010 Unerkannt durch Freundesland Illegale Reisen durch das Sowjetreich hrsg. von Cornelia Klauß und Frank Böttcher 444 Seiten, 291 Abb.; 15,8 x 23,5 cm 108 Farb- und 183 Schwarzweißabbildungen Klappenbroschur ISBN 978-3-86732-076-4 Lukas Verlag 2011 http://www.unerkanntdurchfreundesland.de/ http://udf-film.de/webdesign/udf-unerlaubt-durch-freundesland/index.html http://www.transitreisen.de/ http://www.mdr.de/barbarossa/meinegeschichte/index.html http://www.mdr.de/barbarossa/artikel116320.html http://www.jugendopposition.de/index.php?id=4759 http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/artikel.asp?id=2133981 http://www.thonhausen.de/berg/tb_pm1.htm http://www.thonhausen.de/berg.htm http://www.li.lu.free.fr/Asien/ASI/ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Der Osten auf vier Rädern Mobilsein in der DDR Film von Lutz Rentner und Otto Sperlich http://www.rbb-online.de/doku/titel_mit_der/der_osten_auf_vier.html Erstausstrahlung 28.12.2010/rbb http://www.phoenix.de/content/phoenix/die_sendungen/was_von_dschingis_khan_uebrig_blieb/241826?datum=2011-07-26 http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Was+von+Dschingis+Khan+%C3%BCbrig+blieb&aq=f (3 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Die+Mongolen+1+-+Teil&aq=f (4 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Die+Mongolen+2+-+Teil&aq=f (nochmals 4 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Dschingis+Khan+Teil&nfpr=1 (2 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Die+Mongolen+I+-+Im+Reich+des+Dschingis+Khan+PART&aq=f (6 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Unterwegs+durch+die+Mongolei+&aq=f (3 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Mongolia+Mongolei+1991,+Die+Erben+des+Dschingis+Khan+-+Part&aq=f http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Die+gemeinsame+Geschichte+der+T%C3%BCrken+und+Mongolen&aq=f (2 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Feuerspringer+in+Sibirien+Part&aq=f (3 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Durchgetreten+-+Auf+Fahrr%C3%A4dern+um+die+Welt&aq=f (3 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dgpXiSAbAs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8t-QwQ9YxA http://www.zweiradcenter-bernhardt.d...sienreise.html/ http://www.zweiradcenter-bernhardt.de/c,asien-express-2009,22_14.html http://www.zweiradcenter-bernhardt.de/c,offroad-in-russland,5_57.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Am 1. August 2009 haben wir uns aufgemacht um uns unseren Lebenstraum zu erfüllen, eine Reise durch Europa und Zentralasien bis in die Mongolei nach Ulan Bator. Insgesamt sollten bei dieser Mammuttour innerhalb von nur 8 Wochen 25.000 km zurückgelegt und 19 Länder durchquert werden. Soviel uns bekannt ist, hatte das bis dato in so kurzer Zeit noch niemand geschafft. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8ju0BI8Kxk&feature=related http://www.simo-expedition.de http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpM_NSmS23M&feature=related http://www.pny2009.com http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Extrem+Events+-+Paris/New+York+Transcontinental+Part (11 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcRzqy0DZBc http://www.zurich-shanghai2010.ch (per Fahrrad zum Expo http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Durch+Russland+und+die+Mongolei&aq=f Expedition off road Tien Shan Expedition 2007 (Kirgistan) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Tien+Shan+Off+road+Expedition&aq=f (10 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Road+Video+Expedition+%C2%ABMoscow+-+Vladivostok%C2%BB&aq=f (22 Tage, meist 2 Teile pro Tag) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=15+000+km+zur+Mongolei+-+Teil&aq=f (5 Teile / Rolf Blenn) Eine Motorradreise durch Russland - Alexander von Humboldt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkuaeK2nyOQ http://www.raketa.su http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Abenteuer-Tour+durch+Russland&aq=f (per Ural Krad, 2 Teile) Around The World By Bike Expedition 2006-2010. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SSBhsTCGzs&feature=related This is a video update from Florida, USA after 1.150 days and 47.800 km on the roads visiting 5 continents and 38 countries in Europe, Asia, Oceania, South and North America. Please visit my website for more... www.WORLDTRAVELLERS.dk - A Danish Solo Bicycle Expedition Around the World 2006-2010 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Abenteuer durch Wildes Russland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeSVXZIjmZ4 http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Unterwegs+durch+die+Mongolei&aq=f (3 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Sibirien+op+platt&aq=f (3 Teile, Russlanddeutsche in Sibirien) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=MoK+-+Die+Au%C3%9Fenpolitik+Russlands&aq=f (4 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Gro%C3%9Fe+Kulturen+-+Russland+-+Teil&aq=f (4 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Mit+offenen+Karten+-+Russland+-+Eine+Grossmacht%3F&aq=f (2 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Gro%C3%9Fe+Kulturen+China+NTV+Doku+Teil&aq=f (5 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Doku:+China+-+Kulinarische+Speisen+des+Himmels&aq=f (5 Teile) ARD Dokumentation - Curry - Ein kulinarisches Missverständnis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72al0-ZCUoI http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Doku:+Die+Ehre+der+Paten+-+Russlands+Mafia+&aq=f (9 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Gro%C3%9Fe+Kulturen+China+NTV+Doku+Teil&aq=f (5 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Blut+und+%C3%96l+-+Die+Kriege+um+das+schwarze+Gold&aq=f http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Russlands+Helden+der+Kaelte&aq=f (8 Teile) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Der+Arzt+und+das+Nomadenm%C3%A4dchen&aq=f (6 Teile) Ekranoplane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbecl88NsEQ&feature=related Hab schon einige LKW-Wasserballet-Auffuehrungen gesehen, aber dieser ist mir neu: "Russischer lkw fahrer der sich seinen weg sucht" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_T1kRsM-mY&feature=related Reifendemontage Russischer Art: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBff6YhtYtI&feature=related Der Weg nach Novosibirsk, im Winter, bei Nacht....:)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ihm_ABQBQ&feature=related Stoerrischer Blaulicht-resistenter Russe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu8XiuBwOfg&feature=related Riesenschlagloch Russische Strasse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmIaUhrccS0&feature=related Und so sieht das von innen aus, im Bus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYB06cNEEzY&feature=related Schwimmen bei -52C: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBAi44v7Cjo&feature=related Mongolei/Altai Offroad im Schnee, mitte August(!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EhRUYbbkyA&feature=related Russischer Polar-Zirkel: http://www.youtube.com/user/NorthPolarcirkel#g/u Und noch ein netter musikalischer Untermalung russischer Art: http://official.fm/tracks/52826 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Oi Da Ne Vecher Lena Selyanina xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Semi-trailer bulk-transporter, blue/orange; a new definition of drift-angle, and bumping over rocks almost half a meter tall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqI8QsAZAYQ&feature=related Russian river crossing per KAMAZ-truck....doesn't look challenging for that truck, only wheel deep....but wait, he is towing something....which turns out to *be* rather challenging....:)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB7ryflW55o&feature=related Hauling firewood from the forest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=gi2HtLo_ELg Firewood off-camber: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3INulotcI0U&feature=related Why an armoured 4x4 isn't always the best lead-vehicle....:)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNdFSnWt3Wg&feature=related Homebrew alternative, much lighter, yet same trackwidth!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pjWLy_LbEU&feature=related 4x4 Tub with Rec-Aro seat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUcIwIKnrUU&feature=related Nice paddle wheels on truck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juSwGjp56xs&feature=related Rubljovka - Strasse zur Glückseligkeit http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Rubljovka&btnG=Google+Search Youtube/small: http://sustainablerussia.blogspot.com/2011/07/rubljovka-strae-zur-gluckseligkeit.html Youtube/Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37oxACOC0hU&nofeather=True Download medium & big: http://thepiratebay.org/tag/Rubljovka http://www.t5-board.de/board/t5-california/34146-einmal-china-und-zurueck.html (Perestroika Tours 2008) http://www.ontheroad4real.com/ (China 2011) Europe->Siberia->Mongolia->Beijing (2011): http://norbertluebben.wordpress.com/ http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/article/driving-china-part-i-getting-drivers-license-shanghai-10795.html http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/phpbbforum/should-i-get-a-driver-s-license-t119169.html http://www.burgi-online.ch/pb/reiselinks/reiselinks.htm http://www.umdiewelt.de/Die-Amerikas/Suedamerika/Argentinien/Reisebericht-5001/Kapitel-1.html http://www.gerhardgreti.at/unserereisen/weltreise/1001suedamerika/suedamerika2011.html From The Great Race(s) to The Great Switch: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9200152/China-cuts-off-internet-access-in-bid-to-exert-control.html xxxxxxxxxxx "No one is quite sure what happened," said one senior employee at a Chinese internet company. "It seems that everyone's best guess is that they were upgrading the Great Firewall and something glitched during the process. My own theory is that they were testing the great switch to turn off the internet." xxxxxxxxxxx http://insideoutchina.blogspot.com/2011/04/lunch-with-chinese-friends-in- chongqing.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Later that day, at dinner, Bo Xilai again came up in conversation with another friend. Xujun’s sister asked if it was okay to talk about him and our host hushed her and said of course. I had to laugh at this, fortunately that went unnoticed. More good words, combined with significantly more reticence. He even g ave Bo Xilai credit for getting freight to run by rail from Chongqing to Europe. A cool accomplishment, but I am not sure whose credit that really would be. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://insideoutchina.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-kind-of-american-history-in.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Another Kind of American History in Chongqing 1-5 Did Americans run a concentration camp in Chongqing in the 1940s? My first post at James Fallows' Atlantic site went up yesterday - Another Kind of American History in Chongqing, 1: Prologue Update: the 2nd post is up - Another Kind of American History in Chongqing, 2: Evolution Update 2/2: the 3rd post is up - Another Kind of American History in Chongqing, 3: Puzzle Update 2/3: the 4th post is up - Another Kind of American History in Chongqing, 4: Explorers Update 2/4: the final post is up - Another Kind of American History in Chongqing, 5: Revision xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx German-language Russia-forum, chapter Siberia: http://forum.aktuell.ru/viewforum.php?f=18 Russian no-go military zones: http://forum.aktuell.ru/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6290 http://www.amazon.de/Russland-auf-eigene-Faust-Ratgeber/dp/3833498692