In order to find a traffic path to a specific host I suggest using traceroute (tracert utility on Windows OS) utility. By running a traceroute you will see how the traffic travels between your workstation (or server) to the remote host you are tracerouting.
On the linux platform, simply enter
traceroute www.thehostuwanttotraceroute.com
on windows OS (from the DOS command line shell):
tracert www.thehostuwanttotraceroute.com
You can also turn off the hostname resolving, -d on the Windows, -n in Linux Shell.