May 28 – December 20, 2016
Prologue (not depicted on map above):
Singapore
Hong Kong
Macau
Guilin, Guangxi, China
Chaozhou, Guangdong, China
Overland from Hong Kong:
Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
Greater Tibet
Lhasa, Tibet, China
Shigatse and Mount Everest, Tibet, China
Garzê, Sichuan, China
Larung Gar and Yarchen Gar, Sichuan, China
With love (part 1)
Yushu, Qinghai, China
With care (part 2)
Xining, Qinghai, China
Silk Road
Dunhuang, Gansu, China
Turpan, Xinjiang, China
Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
Karakul, Xinjiang, China
Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Pamir Highway and Wakhan Valley, Tajikistan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Arslanbob, Kyrgyzstan
Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
Southern Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
Song-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Astana and Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Almaty and Turkistan, Kazakhstan
Tashkent and Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan
Samarkand and Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Termiz and Boysun, Uzbekistan
Khiva, Uzbekistan
Moynaq, Uzbekistan
Darvaza, Turkmenistan
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Mashhad, Iran
Yazd to Shiraz, Iran
Shushtar to Chelgerd, Iran
Esfahan, Iran
Tehran, Iran
Sanandaj to Tabriz, Iran
Doğubeyazit to Istanbul, Turkey
Plovdiv and Sofia, Bulgaria
Belgrade, Serbia
Budapest, Hungary
Vienna, Austria
Belgrade, Serbia
Budapest, Hungary
Vienna, Austria