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realjd:
A post in another thread got me wondering about the highway between eastern and western Russia. It turns out that there is a road, but not a very good one! This Wikipedia article gives a good basic description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Highway

I also found a terrific National Geographic account of a guy who hitchhiked from Vladivostok to Moscow. It's a great read: http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/2008/06/trans-siberian-highway/mckenzie-funk-text

Looking at a map, it appears that there is a more southerly route across Kazakhstan and China. I wonder if those roads are any better!

I'd love to take a road trip from the northern tip of Scotland to the far east edge of Russia someday.

Brandon:
There have been a few rallies between Bejing and points west (Paris, London).  I saw one on TV that happened in 1997.  There was a considerable lack of paved roads in deep rural Tibet and across Pakistan and India.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/motorsports/1269066.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_to_Paris
http://www.pekingparis.com/

Chris:
The best roads are via the northern route, that is Russia and Kazakhstan. Getting into Tibet may be hard to impossible these days. Another issue are serious safety-problems in southeastern Iran and southwestern Pakistan (Baluchistan area). Both the Iranian and Pakistani government barely control that area. I have read you can only travel there with armed convoys.

realjd:

--- Quote from: Chris on January 22, 2010, 02:36:17 PM ---The best roads are via the northern route, that is Russia and Kazakhstan. Getting into Tibet may be hard to impossible these days. Another issue are serious safety-problems in southeastern Iran and southwestern Pakistan (Baluchistan area). Both the Iranian and Pakistani government barely control that area. I have read you can only travel there with armed convoys.

--- End quote ---

The Trans-Siberian "highway" goes even farther north than that, although it looks to be a tough road at times.

Bickendan:
Whenever it rains, right?

That said, is E40 the longest signed route out there?

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