Price - US$5990
Tour Length - 45 days
Starting Point* - Moscow
Ending Point - Kolkata
Departure Date** - 4/3/2010, 8/28/2010
Highlights - Moscow Ride from Europe to Asia on the Siberian Express Lake Baikal ship and shore camping Russian homestay and banya Circum-Baikal Railway Stay with Mongolian families in gers (yurts) Ancient Mongolian city of Kharkhorin (Karakorum) Mongolian Orkhon waterfall and Lake Ogii Beijing Great Wall hike between Jinshanling and Simatai Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square Terracotta Warriors Camel ride and camping amid Gobi sand dunes Mogao Buddhist Grottoes Tibet train Lhasa’s Potala Palace, Drepung and Jokhang monasteries Panchen Lama’s Tashilumpu monastery Hike to Everest Base Camp Kathmandu Picturesque, non-touristed village of Bandipur River rafting down the Seti River Chitwan National Park, the home of the rare One-Horned Asian Rhino among many other tropical species Temples, ghats and allyways in holy, ancient Varanasi Bodhgaya, where Buddha found Nirvana Kolkata
*option to join in Irkutsk
**specific dates can be arranged upon request

For more details see individual 3 quests
	The Jade Express (EFS, Moscow to Beijing)
	Journey to the Roof of the World (EFS, Beijing to Kathmandu)
	Himalayan Tributaries (EFS, Kathmandu to Kolkata)
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In the book, The Long Walk, Slavomir Rawitz wrote about his escape from a Siberian gulag, traveling on foot to freedom in India. This trip follows his approximate route from Moscow to Lake Baikal, Siberia; to Mongolia; through Beijing and Xian, China; across the deserts of western China; through Tibet; across the Himalayas; to Nepal and India; ending up in Kolkata where Rawicz himself finally found freedom. There is no evidence that the trip actually occurred, but the trip lays down a fascinating path for us to follow, and we can look for clues as to whether the journey really took place.

We feel that this is the most exciting adventure trip available on the market. It is a real quest through some of the most interesting places from the most northern environs to the tropical lowlands of the Indian subcontinent. This trip can be done in its entirety, or in segments. For more detailed information and itineraries see EFS, Moscow to Beijing, EFS, Beijing to Kathmandu, and EFS, Kathmandu to Kolkata.

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For more details see individual 3 quests
	The Jade Express (EFS, Moscow to Beijing)
	Journey to the Roof of the World (EFS, Beijing to Kathmandu)
	Himalayan Tributaries (EFS, Kathmandu to Kolkata)
Go to EFS Series Home