Table of Contents
Preface: Flirting with Disaster
Beijing: Take One
Courthouse Revelations
Why I Said Yes
Beijing: Take Two
Grill That Beaver, Ride That Ditch
Car Troubles
What I Learned
Beijing: Take Three
In Which I Make Friends
Finding Roxanne
Three, Two, One
Into the Chinese Countryside
Frozen
Borders: Take One
Time Trial
Sandstorm
Giving Up Gold
Ulaanbaatar Pizza
A Good Day
The Nature of Things
Trouble-Free Day, Troubling Evening
What Women Do
Circus Elephant
Morning Rituals
A New Country
Our Private Heaven
Fixers
Siberian Cartoons
Police Procedural
Truckin’
Ballet
Going Solo
Borders: Take Two
Race Bunny
Bonds
Finished?
Post P2P Blues
Epilogue: Are We There Yet?
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: Roxanne’s Rebuild
Appendix 2: Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2007 Route
Appendix 3: Peking to Paris Competitor Vehicles
Appendix 4: What Roxanne Carried with Her
Appendix 5: Rally Terminology