Tony Wheeler, is the co-founder of Lonely Planet guidebook company, the largest travel guide book publisher.
In April 2017, Tony and his old friends, 14 people, drove eight 40-year-old British classic cars, start their Silk Road Adventure. He is the Silk Road Adventure’s team leader. They set off from Thailand, crossed Laos into China, followed the Silk Road, crossed Eurasia, and finally returned to London, England.
All China itineraries handled by‘Navo Tour’, Lonely Planet travel guide mentions‘Navo Tour’. They visit 11 provinces or cities in China. Such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Chongqing, Jiangxi, Beijing, Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang, etc. And visited the MGB’s factory in Shanghai. The self-driving route coincides with China’s Belt-and-Road. The CCTV interviewed this self-driving tour in China and produced seven episodes of TV documentaries. Tony was 71 years old, He has been to China 19 times, from my first visit to China 25 years ago, He witnessed the development of China.
