Silk Roadapalooza 2014

If your going to have a travel blog it is probably a good idea to start with where you are actually going. For all of you who have been wondering where the hell we are off to this time here it is!

The Odyssey! (picture courtesy of Odyssey)

To be specific, we will spend 13 weeks exploring the following countries:

China,  Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and into Turkey, finishing in Istanbul.

Pakistan and Afghanistan are not on the itinerary.  Death by stoning isn't on my bucket list and Ken was not receptive to the Dalton Fury Relive the Hunt for Bin Laden Reality Tour add-on.  So don't expect any blog entries about trekking with retired special ops in the Khyber Pass or night clubbing in Kandahar.

For those of you who were literally and vicariously on the African Overland with us, this is pretty much the same style of travel with a few discernible differences:

1)  The chances of being trampled to death by a rogue bull elephant or angry hippo are nil.
2) The chances of jackals making off with your underpants, ALL your food (except a bottle of canola oil) and shitting in your shoes while you sleep should be almost nil
3) Our driver is not a drug mule (so far as we know...)

To sum up, this is an overland journey in a truck with tents, some home stays and actual rooms thrown in to keep people civilised.   We are hoping to recapture the joyous essence of overlanding without another "Survivor Meets Lord of the Flies" experience.  (Although the rogue elephant incident was kind of fun...sort of...well maybe not...<go to my happy place.  go to my happy place.>