# Not exactly a '59 adventure...

**URL:** https://59plymouth.net/t/not-exactly-a-59-adventure/1769
**Category:** Travelogues
**Created:** [January 31, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/not-exactly-a-59-adventure/1769 "2011-01-31T02:28:19Z")
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### Author: ![Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/faulkner/32/21944_2.png) [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/not-exactly-a-59-adventure/1769/1 "2011-01-31T02:28:19Z")

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…but a Plymouth adventure for sure!

Mark Winkelman, a University of Pennsylvania alumnus, recently published this “Peking to Paris” article in the Pennsylvania Gazette, the official publication of the University of Pennsylvania. This story is reprinted by permission of the Pennsylvania Gazette, where it originally appeared - and with permission by Mark Winkelman. Look for this story in an upcoming Plymouth Owner’s Club “The Bulletin” publication.

Dan  
[Gazette\_cover.pdf](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/short-url/pusZooO8DIXvffQ1ENZjS4XQMCn.pdf) (389 KB)  
[Plymouth\_Story.pdf](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/short-url/97revdfQDhuPJHYtFVbsUjR49QC.pdf) (1.15 MB)  
Mark also sent a number of additional, low resolution images with commentary which I will post here. Please ignore the image artifacts - you’ll get the idea!

 ![1 map.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4091093f5d13865f4e837d8fd8f2cbcd34cf2d3d.jpeg)  
_the route. over 9,000 miles._

 ![P2P.049.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/2X/5/558e1d89daaa7affe518e72d21f0d8a8aebf6f7a.jpeg)  
_making camp in the Gobi desert_

 ![P2P.054.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/2X/8/84931321f31a2e7693639f18b54081ce306ef185.jpeg)  
_full speed (40mph), in the gobi (no asphalt, for more than a week:)_

 ![P2P.070.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/2X/6/628db5f74f69eb3879ea88a80d41365cfd1a58d4.jpeg)  
_sometimes no bridges!_

 ![P2P.133.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/2X/2/278c871537c5c8d3b59b93d0fd93128938f34799.jpeg)  
_sometimes you wish, there were no bridges!_

 ![P2P.096.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e64847c7412e8e743ce08fec0adc9bcd82c85f3c.jpeg)  
_what the american west must have looked like!_

 ![P2P.108.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d124944d938deee3e825c888b833f58ad309bf4d.jpeg)  
_leaving camp early each morning_

 ![P2P.080.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/2X/9/91d788d93c4e12e10a38477f5f6b372aafb7190a.jpeg)  
_Siberia, finally some trees 🙂_

 ![P2P.209.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a97c0f2d85e45f95a45c93483a9fa97a2503dd14.jpeg)  
_the town of Talesh in Iran, "welcoming" the rally participants_

 ![P2P.219.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d479a9e14ada096256f4709fe0732c979e7ef858.jpeg)  
_trying to further repair the damage in istanbul (navigator, victor conceicao)_