Hi All. Well where to start! We left Beijing very early on the Friday the 10th heading for the great Wall of China for our official start (about 70km away). Traffic dreadful and chaotic with the car and its driver heating up a little in the jams! The wall looked amazing and a fabulous place to begin this epic journey. Already there have been cars that haven’t arrived or that have been having problems – so fingers crossed.
From the wall we drove 399 kms to Daihai. Once off the highway we travelled through numerous little villages with the police keeping a weary eye on us the whole way!. The towns were jammed, smelly, dirty and had cars, bikes, trucks, dogs and people going any which way. Slightly terrifying! The people all were all very interested in us all, smiling and waving.
Hi guys, fantastic to see your photos and read your updates so far. What an incredible adventure you’re having!! All looks and sounds amazing as well as dry and warm – yep, still pouring here in Auckland!! Looking forward to hearing you’ve arrived safe and sound in Paris. Take care, all our love, Kofoed whanau xx
Just had a five minute looksee but got stuck for ages. SO VERY interesting and ..unique ie Big job getting those dinosaurs out there. Looking at that photo with Craig and the locals I reckon they’d all be scurrying round saying “hey check out the funny giant man with the pretty girl in the brown car..wow how tall is that dude??!.”