A Brief History of the Grand Tour of Asia

ROMANDORBlogNews rubricA Brief History of the Grand Tour of AsiaNews itemMain parametersh1A Brief History of the Grand Tour of AsiaAnons<img src="/images/cms/data/BLOG/lighthouse.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="533" /> When: June 10, 2016 – June 9, 2017 (365 days) Number of countries: 16 Primary method of transportation: hitchhiking (70%) Total number of vehicles: 418ContentRoute: Kursk – Voronezh – Volgograd – Astrakhan – Checkpoint Kotyaevka (KAZAKHSTAN) (+1 307 km) – Atyrau – Beyneu – Aktau – Beyneu – Checkpoint Uzbekistan (+1 740) – Muynak – Nukus – Urgench – Bukhara – Shahrisabz – Samarkand – Tashkent – Checkpoint – Tashkent Tajikistan (+ 2 070 km) – Khujand – Istaravshan – Dushanbe – Rogun – Darvoz – Khorog – Murgab – Checkpoint Kyrgyzstan (+ 1 390 km) – Osh – Uzgen – Jalal-Abad – Bishkek – Tokmak – Balykchi – Bokonbaevo – Karakol – Kazakhstan (+ 13+ km) — Kegen – Zhalanash – Yesik – Lake Issyk – Almaty – Kapshagay – Kurty – Priozersk – Balkhash – Karaganda – Korgalzhyn – Astana – Ekibastuz – Pavlodar – Kurchatov – Semipalatinsk – Checkpoint Veseloyarsk (RUSSIA) (+ 2 835 km) Novosi – Barnabas – Barnabas – Bisk – Gorno-Altaysk – Checkpoint Tashanta (MONGOLIA) (+ 1 730 km) — Bayan-Ulgiy – Khovd – Altai – Bayan-Khongor – Ulan-Bator – Nagaikh — Ulan-Bator – Darkhan – Checkpoint Kyakhta (RUSSIA) (+ 1920 km) – Urkutsk – Irkutsk Ulan-Ude — Checkpoint Kyakhta (Mongolia) (+ 1 400 km) — Ulaanbaatar — Sain Shand – Checkpoint China (+ 1 000 km) – Erenkhot – Datong – Dingzhou – Beijing – Tangshan – Shenyang – Shanghai – Hoizhou – Shenzhen – Guangzhou – Yangzhou – Nan Checkpoint Vietnam (+ 6,930 km) – Hanoi – Danang – Nha Trang – Phan Tkhet – Ho Chi Minh City – Moc Bai Checkpoint (CAMBOJA) (+ 1,960 km) – Phnom Penh – Kampot – Sihanoukville – Phnom Penh – Battambang – Siem Reap – Sgt Lahren (+ 50+ 150 km) – Pakse – Sawanahet – Vientiane – Luang Prabang – Vientiane – Checkpoint Thailand (+ 1,510 km) – Udonthani – Champas – Phitsanulok – Sukhothai – Kamphengphet – Ayutthaya – Pattaya – Bangkok – Phekhaphe – Phuketchap – Khp Checkpoint Malaysia (+ 2,530 km) – Kedah – Langkawi – Kuala Perlis – Alor Setar – Georgetown – Kuala Lumpur – Malacca – Johor — Singapore – Malacca – Checkpoint Dumai (INDONESIA) (+ 1,450 km) – Pekanbaru – Bangladesh – Bangladesh – Bangladesh – Lampung Anyer – Jakarta – Yogyakarta – Semarang – Jakarta (+ 2,800 km) – Kathmandu (NEPAL) – Baktapur – Nagarkot – Kathmandu – Pokhara – Lumbini – Checkpoint India (+ 470 km) – Gorakhpur – Varanasi – Allahabad – Hajra – Orcha – Agra – Modak Delhi – Jaipur – Jodhpur – Ahmedabad – Vapi – Mumbai – Arambol – Mapsa – Panaji – Pune – Delhi (+ 5,660 km) – Kursk (+ 500 km) Russia (1,307 km) – Kazakhstan (1,740 km) – Uzbekistan (2,070 km) – Tajikistan (1,390 km) – Kyrgyzstan (1,430 km) – Kazakhstan (2,835 km) – Russia (1,730 km) – Mongolia (1,200 km) – Russia (1,740 km) km) – Mongolia (1,000 km) – China (6,930 km) – Vietnam (1,960 km) – Cambodia (1,580 km) – Laos (1,510 km) – Thailand (2,530 km) – Malaysia (1,210 km) – Singapore – Indonesia (240 km) 800 km) – Nepal (470 km) – India (5,660 km) – Russia (500 km) TOTAL: 42,212 km Of these: Hitchhike – 28,802 km, Train – 12,080 km, Bus – 1,100 km, Ferry – 230 km Seas: Caspian, East China, South China, Andaman, Java (5) Ocean - Indian <img src="/images/cms/data/tent/tent15.jpg" alt="" width="1600" height="1066" /> 364 nights. Of these: By couchsurfing: 163 at 61 hosts (Aktau*3, Urgench*3, Kitab*2, Tashkent*3, Dushanbe*3, Khorog*2, Osh*2, Bishkek, Alma-Ata*3, Karaganda*2, Astana*2, Ekibastuz*2, Pavlodar*2, Kurpatov*2, Semipatov*2, Semichalatynsk* Barnaul*3, Novosibirsk*2, Biysk, Gorno-Altaysk*3, Ulan-Bator*3,2 Ulan-Ude*4, Shanghai*3, Guangzhou*2, Guilin, Hanoi*3, Da Nang*2, Kuang Gai, Nha Trang*2, Phnom Penh*4, Siemens*5, Uganda*3, Pittsburgh*3 Sukhothai*2, Bangsafang*2, Phuket*4, Langkawi*2, Alor Setar, Kuala Lumpur*4, Malacca*2, Bandarlampung, Jakarta*3, Kathmandu*7, Nagarkot*2, Varanasi*3, Allahabad*3, Khajuraho*2, Orcha*2, Molik*2, Deli*2* Jaipur*3, Jodhpur*3, Ahmedabad*2, Wape*2, Mumbai*3, Arambol*16, Panjim*2, Pune*4) In the tent: 109 (Volgograd, Astrakhan*2, Dossor, Aktau, Beyneu, Uzbek checkpoint, Muynak, Nukus*2, Romitan, Bukhara, Samarkand, Charvakskoe vdhr.*2, Syrdarya, Khujand, vdhr.Bahri Tochik, Pamir*4, Kyrgyzstan, Kadyp, pod Bishkek, Bishkek, Tokmok, Issyk-Kul*5, Przhevalsky Museum, Kazakh Steppe, Kaindy Lake, Issyk Dachi, Issyk Lake, Kopchagayskoe Vdhr., Tambaltas, Balkhash*3, Spassk, Samarka, Manshuk, Altai Krai, Altai Krai, ZhR Bayan-Ulgi, highway, Bayan-Khong, suburb of Beijing, Shanghai, Yansho, Vinh, Fankhet, Kega lighthouse, Cambodian checkpoint Mok Bai, Sihanoukville*3, Battambang*2, minefield, Laos waterfall, Pakse*2, Paksong, Luang, 2* Prabang*2, Phong, Thai border, Sukhothai, Ayutthaya*3, Pattaya*5, Bangkok, Petchaburi, Krabi, Malaysian checkpoint, Langkawi, Pinang*5, highway, Johor, Singapore*2, Pekanbaru, highway, Jambi, Palemban, Port, Anyar, Serge Lumbini, Indian village) At friends: 27 (Irkutsk*12, Beijing*5, Shenyang*4, Hoizhou*5, Shenzhen) Visiting new acquaintances: 20 (Chirakchi (UZ), Istaravshan, village*2, Kalaikhusan, Murgab (all — TD), Jalalabad, Sovetskoe, Barskoon, farm in the mountains (all — KG), military town Kosh-Agach (RU), village under Khovdom (MG), Kampseg (*2), Styngtren CB), Thai village, Kampangphet (TL), Bangkinang*2, Yogyakarta (all — ID)) In hotels: 20 (roadside Kazakhstan, Atyrau, Bayan Khongor, Ulaanbaatar*2, Saint Shand, Erenhot, roadside Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City*2, Pakse, Luang Prabang, Bangkok*3, Pokhara*3, Gorakhpur, Agra) In transport: 14 (by car to Volgograd and Ulaanbaatar; by bus to Yogyakarta, Lumbini; by train to Beijing, Shanghai, Hoizhou, Guilin, Nanning, Khajuraho, Agru, Ahmedabad, Pune and Delhi) And also. At relatives: 3 (Voronezh region); At the airport: 2 (Jakarta, Delhi); In the police station: 2 (Indonesia); In the boiler room: 1 (Mongolian Altai); In the corridor of the hostel: 1 (Kyahta); Under the canopy: 1 (Borobudur); At Railway Station: 1 (Mumbai).Publication propertiesPublish dateMon, 12 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0300