 7 weeks of luggage plus a tent and sleeping bag. Tiananmen square and the forbidden city in Beijing. |
 Looking good in Beijing. The Jeep in good company with the 1914 Prince Henry Vauxhall of Lord Montague. |
 Some of the competitors. Eating Peking Duck in Beijing and the nosh tent on camping night. |
 Some of the locals in China and Tibet. Each night we had military or police guards for the vehicles. |
 Milestones on the way, the 1000 and 5000 km posts and two high passes, 16,800 ft and 17,400ft. |
 China is vast. Some of the roads we used, long, hot, dusty and spectacular. |
 And the senary is endless, breathtaking views, thats if you like mountains. |
 Time controls. We had to find on average 4 of these per day and do so on time to avoid penalties. |
 Welcome banners in Tibet, Nepal and India. We must have passed under at least 50 along the route. |
 What a fantastic place. Camping at 14,000ft with the North face of Everest as a back drop. |
 Everest at sunset with my tent in the foreground. I will never forget this view. |
 Besides the good camp sites (top) we also had the bad. At Chocksum in Tibet we camped in the pig yard. |
 From Tibet to Nepal we dropped 11,000ft in 20 miles to cross Friendship Bridge. This road was a nightmare. The landslides were removed only three days before we arrived. |
 We saw temperatures of 45C inside the jeep while crossing this Desert in Pakistan. This twister crossed the road less than a mile in front of us. |
 In northern Iran (top) and eastern Turkey we saw lots of military. This is the Kurd area and no one wanted us to stray away from the agreed route. |
 Spectacular Monasteries in Greece. Waiting to start a wet hill climb that turned out to be very slippery. |
 After the Gala Dinner in Paris. Sitting with me by the Jeep is Bob Maynard, the man who prepaired the Jeep. Thanks Bob. |
 Do you like the hat? I can't wait to do the next long haul event, London to Cape Town in October 98. |