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TRIP DURATION MARCH 20, 2001 - OCTOBER 23, 2001 (Revised August 2001)

Leg 1: Ottawa - Halifax, Canada (complete)

Leg 2: Ireland - India (complete)

Leg 3: Australia (complete)

Leg 4: Mexio - Ottawa, Canada (underway)

 
Leg 1: CANADA
Date Location Distance Total
March 20 Depart Ottawa - Montreal - Quebec City 456 km 456 km
March 21 Quebec City - Fredericton - Saint John 713 km 1169 km
March 22 Saint John - Moncton - Charlottetown 305 km 1474 km
March 23 Charlottetown - Halifax
(via Wood Island Ferry)		 272 km 1746 km
March 24 Halifax (Air crew from Halifax to London)
March 25-28 (Rest days in London)
March 29-April 3 (P.R. days in London)
April 3 (Ferry to Dublin)
April 5

(Pick up vehicle)
LEG 1 COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE

LEG 2: IRELAND - INDIA

IRELAND/SCOTLAND
Date Location Distance Total
April 5 Dublin - Londonderry - Belfast - Glasgow 320 km 2166 km
April 7 (P.R day in Glasgow)
April 8 Glasgow - Stirling - Perth - Inverness 417 km 2583 km

April 9

 

 Inverness - Aberdeen - Dundee - Edinburgh 523 km 3106 km
ENGLAND/FRANCE
Date Location Distance Total
April 10 Edinburgh - Newcastle - Manchester       550 km 3656 km
April 11 Manchester - Birmingham - Guildford 470 km 4126 km
April 12 Guildford - London 98 km 4224 km
April 13 (Rest day in London)
April 14 - 15 (P.R. days in London)
April 16

London - Dover - Calais - Paris
(Chunnel Dover to Calais)

 

 585 km 4809 km
FRANCE/SWITZERLAND/GERMANY/ITALY
Date Location Distance Total
April 17 (P.R. day in Paris)
April 18 Paris - Zurich 727 km 5536 km
April 19 Zurich - Munich 445 km 5981 km
April 20 Munich - Venice 675 km 6656 km
April 21 Venice - Rome 705 km 7361 km
April 22 (Rest day in Rome)
April 23 Rome - Brindisi 650 km 8011 km
April 24

(Ferry overnight to Prevenza, Greece)

 
LEG 2A (Europe) COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE
GREECE
Date Location Distance Total
April 25 Prevenze - Larissa 325 km 8336 km
April 26

Larisa - Thessoloniki - Kavala

 

 470 km 8806 km
TURKEY
Date Location Distance Total
April 27 Kavala - Istanbul 455 km 9261 km
April 28 (Rest day in Istanbul)
April 29 (P.R. day in Istanbul)
April 30 Istanbul - Ankara 550 km 9811 km
May 1 Ankara - Sivas 490 km 10301 km
May 2

Sivas - Erzurum

 531 km 10832 km
May 3 (Extra day spent in Erzurum)    
May 4 Erzurum - Dugubayazit (near Iran border) 300 km 11132 km
LEG 2B (Turkey-Greece) COMPLETED 2 DAYS OVER SCHEDULE
IRAN
Date Location Distance Total
May 5 Dugubayazit - Tabriz 380 km 11512 km
May 6 Tabriz - Zanjan 300 km 11812 km
May 7 Zanjan - Tehran 360 km 12172 km
May 8 (Rest day in Tehran)
May 9 (P.R. day in Tehran)
May 10 Tehran - Esfahan 450 km 12622 km
May 11 Esfahan - Yazd 400 km 13022 km
May 12 Yazd - Bam 593 km 13615 km
May 13-14 (Rest Days in Bam)
May 15 Bam - Zahedan 333 km 13948 km
LEG 2C (Iran) COMPLETED MAY 15, 2001
PAKISTAN
Date Location Distance Total
May 16 Zahedan - Pakistan border - Dalbandin 510 km 14458 km
May 17 Dalbandin - Quetta 460 km 14918 km
May 17 (Rest Day in Quetta)
May 19 Quetta - Loralai (slow road) 254 km 15172 km
May 20 Loralai - Multan (slow road) 315 km 15487 km
May 21 Multan - Lahore (good road) 354 km 15841 km
May 22 (Rest day in Lahore)
May 23

(P.R. day in Lahore)
May 24 (Rest day in Lahore)
LEG 2D (Pakistan) COMPLETED MAY 24, 2001
INDIA
Date Location Distance Total
May 25 Lahore - India border - Armritsar 105 km 15946 km
May 26 Armritsar - Ambala 190 km 16136 km
May 27 Ambala - Delhi 278 km 16414 km
May 28 (Rest day in Delhi)
May 29 (P.R. day in Delhi)
May 30 Delhi - Agra 250 km 16664 km
May 31 (Rest day in Agra)
June 1 Agra - Sagar 325 km 16989 km
June 2 Sagar - Nagpur 367 km 17356 km
June 3 (Rest day in Nagpur)
June 4 Nagpur - Hyderabad 410 km 17766 km
June 5 Hyderabad - Vijayawada 298 km 18064 km
June 6 Vijayawada - Madras 460 km 18524 km
June 7 (Rest day in Madras)
June 8-11 (P.R. day in Madras)
June 12-26 (Air crew from Madras to Bali to Perth)
(Sea freight vehicle - Madras to Singapore to Perth)
LEG 2 COMPLETED JUNE 11, 2001
   
 
LEG 3: AUSTRALIA (Route, dates and mileage revised July 2001)
Date Location Distance Total
June 26 - July 3 (Rest days in Perth)
July 5 (Pick up vehicle in Perth)
July 6-7 Vehicle prepared for travel
July 8 (P.R. day in Perth)
July 9 Perth - Geraldton  
July 10 Geraldton - Point Quobba  
July 11 Point Quobba - Dampier  
July 12 (Rest day)  
July 13 Dampier - Mandora  
July 14 Mandora - Yeeda River  
July 15 Yeeda River - Halls Creek  
July 16 Halls Creek - Timber Creek  
July 17 Timber Creek - Darwin  
July 18 (Rest day)  
July 19 (P.R. Day in Darwin)  
July 20 Darwin - Daly Waters  
July 21 Daly Waters - Tennant Creek  
July 22 Tennant Creek - Alice Springs  
July 23 (Rest day)  
July 24 Alice Springs - Marla  
July 25 Marla - Woomera  
July 26 Woomera - Adelaide  
July 27 (Rest day)  
July 28

(P.R. day in Adelaide)

  
July 29 Adelaide - Mount Gambier  
July 30 Mount Gambier - Melbourne  
July 31 (P.R. day in Melbourne)  
August 1 Melbourne - Albury  
August 2 (P.R. day in Albury)  
August 3 Albury - Canberra  
August 4 (P.R. day in Canberra)  
August 5 Canberra - Katoomba  
August 6 Katoomba - Port Macquaire  
August 7 Port Macquaire - Brisbane  
August 8 (Rest day)  
August 9 (P.R. day in Brisbane)  
August 10 Brisbane - Cofffs Harbour  
August 11 Cofffs Harbour - Sydney  
August 12-13 (P.R. days in Sydney)
August 14-19 (Air crew from Sydney to Mexico)
(Prep. and Freight vehicle - Madras to Mexico)		 33,000 km
       

LEG 4: Mexico - Ottawa, Canada

MEXICO (Route, dates and mileage revised August 2001)

Date Location Distance Total
August 20 (Rest day in Mexico City)    
August 21-22 (Vehicle arrival and prep.)    
August 23 Mexico City - Fresnillo
    
August 24 Fresnillo - Chihuahua    
August 25 Chihuahua - Tucson (US)
    
UNITED STATES (Route, dates and mileage revised July 2001)
Date Location Distance Total
August 26 (Rest day - Tucson)    
August 27 Tucson - Los Angeles    
August 28 (P.R. day in Los Angeles)    
August 29 Los Angeles - San Francisco    
August 30 "Mike Nemesvary Day" in San Francisco    

August 31-
September 2

 San Francisco - Seattle    
September 3

(Rest day in Seattle)

 

    
CANADA (Route, dates and mileage revised August 2001)
Date Location Distance Total
British Columbia
September 4 Arrival in Vancouver    
September 5-7 (P.R. days in Vancouver)    
September 8 Vancouver - Kamloops    
September 9 (P.R. day in Kamloops)    
Alberta
September 10 Kamloops - Calgary    
September 11-12 (P.R. day in Calgary)    
September 13 Calgary - Medicine Hat    
September 14 Medicine Hat - Regina    
Saskatchewan
September 15-16 (P.R./rest days in Regina)    
September 17 Regina - Brandon    
Manitoba
September 18 Brandon - Winnipeg    
September 19 (P.R. day in Winnipeg)    
Ontario
September 20 Winnipeg - Kenora    
September 21 Kenora - Thunder Bay    
September 22-23 (P.R./rest days in Thunder Bay)    
September 24 Thunder Bay - Sault Ste. Marie    
September 25 (P.R. day in Sault Ste. Marie)    
September 26 Sault Ste. Marie - Sudbury    
September 27 (P.R. day in Sudbury)    
September 28 Sudbury - North Bay    
September 29-30 (P.R./rest days in North Bay)    
October 1 North Bay - Toronto    
October 2-5 (P.R./rest days in Toronto)    
October 6 Toronto - Peterborough    
October 7-8 (P.R./rest days in Peterborough)    
October 9 Peterborough - Belleville    
October 10 (P.R. day in Belleville)    
October 11 Belleville - Kingston    
October 12 (P.R. day in Kingston)    
October 13 Kingston - Cornwall    
October 14 (P.R./rest day in Cornwall)    
Québec
October 15 Cornwall - Montréal    
October 16-19 (P.R. days in Montréal)    
October 20 Montréal - Hudson    
October 21 (P.R./rest day in Hudson)    
Ontario
October 22 Hudson - Hawkesbury    
October 23 Hawkesbury - OTTAWA
(Parliament Hill)		   40,553 km
Completion of the 'Round the World Challenge!

 
 
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