Today my research showed from bunch of emails to top Chinese travel agency that I may not get the permit which will enable me to drive in China with my own car.

According to Chinese law foreigner with personal vehicle needs a special permit, local drive license, local plates and local guide to accompany throughout the trip.We hired a gentleman named Wayne and submitted all our papers (driver license copy, IDP Copy, Title, pictures of car from different angles, dimensions, VIN number and other papers).

According to Wayne our permit should be arriving by May 15th. “Should be” is the key word here. As we have to start this expedition on May 15th or 20th the latest.Addition to this permit, we still need to apply for Chinese driver licenses and local plates for the car. Not counting the expense of the guide to hang around with us for 16 days –his daily salary, food, accommodation and flight back to the original departure location.

As Time is coming close and we have not heard any specific dates of arrival of permit.

The dilemma we have is booking a shipping company and that's whole new ball game. Shipping company requires month in advance to book and take the vehicle to their warehouse –Los Angeles. Therefore if we don't hear about the status of our permit soon we cannot ship our car.I decided today to cancel the China and adopt for Plan B.

Now the whole process starts again- new research, maps, Visas, car permits and much more.