{"id":2,"date":"2016-05-10T03:48:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T03:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp452m.a10-52-158-154.qa.plesk.ru\/wordpress\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2017-02-23T04:35:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T04:35:55","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mgsilkroad.mgcc.com.au\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About The Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2015, at the end of the South American adventure, John Bastian said to Mike Herlihy, \u201cuno mas\u201d (one more). Mike, never one to refuse one more, be it beer, wine or MG trip, said, \u201cof course\u201d and so the 2017 Silk Road adventure was born.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Was this trip to be two cars (too few), six cars (perhaps just right) or eight, as it was for the South America trip? Well, it wasn\u2019t hard to find people who were keen for the adventure. Two dinner parties and a few chats at car club functions and the absolute maximum, eight cars, was quickly formed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Two years and endless planning later the trip is now a reality. The itinerary is all in place, the hotels booked and the eight cars have been loaded into two forty foot containers and are on their way.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The trip begins in Bangkok and then heads north through Cambodia, Laos and China, then into Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, before finishing the Silk Road part of the trip by travelling through northern Iran and then Turkey. From Turkey we will be doing a quick flit across Europe to finally end the trip in Abingdon, England, the home of the MG.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Briefly the cars and their drivers are as follows: <\/span><\/p>\n

Burgundy – A\u00a0burgundy 1973 MGB GT, driven by Tony, daughter Tashi and friends.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dash B –\u00a0A white 1970 MGB Roadster, driven by Ian and Loris.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dutchess – A\u00a0blue 1971 MGB GT, driven by Henk and Maja.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ginger – A \u2018ginger\u2019 1970 MGB GT, driven by Dave and Pat.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Goldie –\u00a0A gold 1970 MGB Roadster driven by John and Ros. <\/span><\/p>\n

Shamrock – A\u00a0British racing green 1969 MGB GT driven by Peter and Paula.<\/span> <\/span><\/b><\/i><\/u><\/p>\n

Shiraz –\u00a0 A burgundy 1968 MGB GT driven by Mike and Kay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vulcan –\u00a0A deep orange 1972 MGB Roadster, driven by Ian and Lindy.<\/span><\/p>\n

See the Team TAB for more details of the eight cars and their drivers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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