ODYSSEY: Driving Around The World - Route

Route

Starting from the San Francisco Bay Area, the team heads down through Mexico and Central America. They catch a ship from Panama to Ecuador to circumvent the Darién Gap and continue south to the tip of Argentina to the southern-most city in the world, Ushuaia. Then they swing north to Zarate where the cars catch a ship to Australia. From Brisbane, Australia they drive north to Cairns and begin their westbound stretch across 900 miles of the Outback on the Gunbarrel Highway. From Perth the vehicles and team catch a ship to Singapore, where they head north through South East Asia. After crossing Myanmar from east to west along the Stilwell Road, the route continues west into India. They dodge sacred cows and stomach illnesses and meet with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala. He blesses their journey and signs the hood of their car. Continuing up the Himalayas in Kashmir the team travels over the highest motorable road in the world, the Khardung La Pass and up the Karakoram Highway through Pakistan before descending into China. Their route continues north through Kazakhstan and into Siberia where they head for the city Yakutsk. With the Siberian winter in full gear they drive over the Lena River and the Aldan River before heading west along the Road of Bones to catch their last ship from Magadan to Alaska. Their home stretch first takes them up to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska where they walk on the Arctic Ocean. They travel down the Dalton Highway and the Alcan Highway, through the towering forests and craggy coasts of Canada back to San Francisco a year after their voyage began.

ODYSSEY travels through the 26 countries of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, India, Pakistan, China, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Canada, and the United States.