It is not the most straightforward route to anywhere really and after much thought we have decided to take the trip through Central Asia, as it’s an area not too many people know about.

We intend to start from outside the Exodus Offices in Balham, London at 1600 on Friday 6^th of July and get a late ferry from Dover to Calais

Then through France, Germany and down to the Czech Republic to stop in Prague for a Stein and a spot of culture. Onwards through Austria, Romania, Bulgaria before another stop in Turkey in Istanbul. The long drive through Northern and Eastern Turkey will take us into Iran. We will cross Iran all the way over to Mashad and then up into Turkmenistan and deep into the Stans.

Through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and up to Kazakhstan. Then we have to jump into Russia, or to be more accurate, Siberia and down into Mongolia and across to our destination in Ulaanbaatar – hopefully!

Although we have planned as far ahead as we can get, especially as many of the Stans and Russia require date specific entry and exit dates (and indeed border crossings) there is huge scope for it to go horribly wrong and we may have to change our plans drastically!

But in the event of it all going well here is our Plan A: