Paris–Beijing Tour 2006 / Day 19: After 14 hours, there at last
• E-Class Experience crosses the border to China
• Longest day to date, from Almaty to Yining
• Weather: sunny, maximum temperature 20.5 degrees Celsius
Yining – The E-Class fleet, consisting of 33 E 320 CDIs and three 320 BLUETEC saloons, crossed the border to China in Korgas today and thus began the final leg of the diesel marathon from Paris to Beijing. At this, the largest border crossing for road traffic in western China, all the vehicles were given new registration plates and the drivers were issued with Chinese driving licences.
In glorious sunshine and spring-like temperatures the fourth-phase drivers left Almaty in the early hours of morning, heading for the Chinese border. Although the stage covered only about 500 kilometres, the day was to prove the longest of the tour to date, because of waiting times and long stretches when the vehicles were required to remain in convoy. Not until midnight, some 16 hours after departure, did the teams reach the Twin Star Hotel in Yining.
You can get a lot of new car pictures on the site www.carpicgallery.com, and modifications car is on www.road4road.com.
You can get a lot of new car pictures on the site www.carpicgallery.com, and modifications car is on www.road4road.com.
You can get a lot of new car pictures on the site www.carpicgallery.com, and modifications car is on www.road4road.com.
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