This map shows the westbound route:

Shangjie near Zhengzhou (China)
Nanning (China)
Chiang Rai (Thailand)
Bangkok (Thailand)
Yangon, formerly Rangoon (Myanmar, formerly Burma)
Kolkata/Calcutta (India)
Ahmedabad (India)
Karachi (Pakistan)
Bahrain
Hurghada (Egypt)
Corfu/Kerkira (Greece)


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