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Itinerary – November & December, 2016
200 +
Days On Road
50 +
Countries
50000 +
Kilometres
MONTH 7
IRAN, TURKMENISTAN, UZBEKISTAN, KAZAKHSTAN, CHINA
November 2016
Day | Date | Weekday | From | To | Country | Kms | Approx Time (hr.min) |
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166 | November 01, 2016 | Tuesday | Tabas | Masshad | Iran | 554 | 6.20 |
167 | November 02, 2016 | Wednesday | Masshad | Ashgabat via Lotfābād/Artyk | Iran / Turkmenistan | 304 | 5 |
168 | November 03, 2016 | Thursday | Ashgabat | HALT | Turkmenistan | – | – |
169 | November 04, 2016 | Friday | Ashgabat | Mary | Turkmenistan | 371 | 4.41 |
170 | November 05, 2016 | Saturday | Mary | Turkmenabat | Turkmenistan | 247 | 3 |
171 | November 06, 2016 | Sunday | Turkmenabat | Bukhara via Farab | Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan | 156 | 2.36 |
172 | November 07, 2016 | Monday | Bukhara | Samarkhand | Uzbekistan | 279 | 4 |
173 | November 08, 2016 | Tuesday | Samarkhand | HALT | Uzbekistan | – | – |
174 | November 09, 2016 | Wednesday | Samarkhand | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 305 | 3.49 |
175 | November 10, 2016 | Thursday | Tashkent | HALT | Uzbekistan | – | – |
176 | November 11, 2016 | Friday | Tashkent | Taraz | Uzbekistan / Kazakhstan | 325 | 2.18 |
177 | November 12, 2016 | Saturday | Taraz | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 483 | 4.01 |
178 | November 13, 2016 | Sunday | Almaty | HALT | Kazakhstan | – | – |
179 | November 14, 2016 | Monday | Almaty | Horgos | Kazakhstan | 254 | 3.49 |
180 | November 15, 2016 | Tuesday | Horgos | Yining | Kazakhstan / China | 115 | 1.31 |
181 | November 16, 2016 | Wednesday | Yining | Kuitun | China | 469 | 5.28 |
182 | November 17, 2016 | Thursday | Kuitun | Turpan | China | 427 | 4.56 |
183 | November 18, 2016 | Friday | Turpan | Hami | China | 416 | 4.46 |
184 | November 19, 2016 | Saturday | Hami | Jiuquan | China | 627 | 6.25 |
185 | November 20, 2016 | Sunday | Jiuquan | Lanzhou | China | 708 | 7.52 |
186 | November 21, 2016 | Monday | Lanzhou | Xi’an | China | 662 | 7.25 |
187 | November 22, 2016 | Tuesday | Xi’an | HALT | China | – | – |
188 | November 23, 2016 | Wednesday | Xi’an | Chengdu | China | 766 | 9.02 |
189 | November 24, 2016 | Thursday | Chengdu | HALT | China | – | – |
190 | November 25, 2016 | Friday | Chengdu | Zhaotong | China | 500 | 6.29 |
191 | November 26, 2016 | Saturday | Zhaotong | Kunming | China | 356 | 5.26 |
192 | November 27, 2016 | Sunday | Kunming | HALT | China | – | – |
193 | November 28, 2016 | Monday | Kunming | HALT | China | – | – |
194 | November 29, 2016 | Tuesday | Kunming | HALT | China | – | – |
195 | November 30, 2016 | Wednesday | Kunming | Baoshan | China | 502 | 6.09 |
MONTH 8
CHINA, LAOS, THAILAND, MYANMAR
December 2016
Day | Date | Weekday | From | To | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
196 | December 01, 2016 | Thursday | Ruili | Anning | China |
197 | December 02, 2016 | Friday | Anning | Mohan border | China |
198 | December 03, 2016 | Saturday | Mohan border | Muang Xai | China / Laos |
199 | December 04, 2016 | Sunday | Muang Xai | Huay Xai | Laos |
200 | December 05, 2016 | Monday | Huay Xai | Chiang Saen | Laos / Thailand |
201 | December 06, 2016 | Tuesday | Chiang Saen | Tachileik | Thailand / Myanmar (border) |
202 to 206 | December 07-11, 2016 | Wednesday | Tachileik | HALT (waiting for permission) | Myanmar (border) |
Due to conflicts in Myanmar, we could not enter Myanmar from China through Riuli-Muse route. We tried to enter Myanmar from another side. As a consequence, we visited Laos and Thailand (both these countries were not part of our original itinerary) and tried to enter Myanmar through Tachileik border. However, we could not get adequate clearance from Myanmar officials to be able to cross the border. Therefore, we did not consider it useful to spend our days at the Tachileik border without any affirmation. We decided to return back to India for Christmas and New Year celebrations with family and friends. We returned back after 7 months on the road.
But The Lifetime Journey doesn’t end here. With our strong determination to accomplish our road journey we will be flying back to Tachileik, Myanmar on the 8th January 2017 and on the 9th January, we will once again commence our journey by road from Myanmar to Mumbai.
THE LIFETIME JOURNEY
resumes
Jan 09, 2017
Living the
JOURNEY

If our journey and the experiences we will share, motivate you to try out a similar road adventure, it would have made our day.
