Surviving a Car Race from Beijing to Paris - Dina Bennett

The Peking to Paris Road Rally bills itself as an "Endurorace," and author Dina Bennett confirms that the race takes stamina. She tells Boyd that a working knowledge on how to fix a 1940 Cadillac LaSalle as well as an ability to read maps and road signs in multiple alphabets. Despite the difficulties in navigating the highways from China to France, Bennett tells Boyd that once they arrived in France, they kept on driving all the way to Greece. Her new book, titled Peking to Paris: Life and Love on a Short Drive Around Half the World.