Michael and Kay’s Travels

The boys get up early this morning to run a check over some of the cars and in particular tighten up the exhaust nuts as […]

Today we have a 430 km drive to Kuytun on the highway and we see the biggest wind farm that we have seen so far, […]

As it is very hot today we have a free morning so after we do a bit of work in our room we head to […]

Today we drive 400 km to Turpan with a visit to the Astana ancient tombs and the flaming mountain on the way. It is very […]

Today we drive 400 km to Hami and as we leave Dunhuang it’s already starting to feel quite warm. We drive through the Hami desert […]

Our alarm goes off at 5 am and we drag ourselves out of bed, dress and walk back to the sand dunes as the gates […]

Today we have a 400 km drive to Dunhuang and Shiraz is the lead car, so instead of Kay sitting in Burgundy with Tony, she […]

Today we have a 230 km drive to Jiayuguan on the highway. We have the snow capped Qilian mountains to our left and a barren […]

This morning we have a smooth departure out of the city of Xining with a 340 km drive to Zhangye mostly on “G” roads which […]

Today we have a 330 km drive to Xining with a lunch stop at Ta er Monastery or Kumbum Monastery which is a Tibetan Buddhist […]