I don't know if you've been following these folks travels in a Westy,
interesting trip.
A lot of fees to drive across China  & these two are taking a stab at
kickstarter to get the fees together. They explain it here.
http://www.drivenachodrive.com/2013/04/kickstarter-to-the-silk-road/

Everybody has different views on this kind of thing, I enjoy the read
(& really like the water system he put together in their Vanagon) so
I'm going to pledge a few bucks.

Rob
vwrobb@gmail.com
Volkswagen Enthusiast ....