The Great Ride of China The 34,000km ride around China

The Epic 34,000km Motorcycle Ride Through Every Province in China

Heading back north now through central/eastern China before heading over to the coast. Pollution in eastern China during the winter can be especially harsh, giving us the wrong kind of fuzzy feeling inside when thinking about heading back to Beijing. A nice reunion with a motorcycle club in Shandong helps to take our mind off of it though!

Continuing on after our final rest days of the trip in Shanghai. We pass through a few of the popular sights that are in the area including one of the largest Buddha statues in the world and one of China's most sacred mountains.

Busy couple of days but not much distance covered. We do two fund raising presentations, one in Hangzhou and one in Shanghai with a little bit of a break for Thanksgiving festivities in between. This, at least for us mentally, marks the beginning of the last leg of the trip for us.

Entering the final stage of our motorcycle ride through every province in China getting back into familiar territory on the east coast, most notably the place where we first made our pitch to CFMoto trying to get them on board with our project.

Getting back into the mountains after a week-long hiatus. 3 days exploring the hills of Fujian province including visiting a UNESCO heritage site, the one of a kind Tulous (Earth Buildings), then a drop down to Xiamen and then back into the mountains again.

A hectic few days as we cross two borders (twice) and participate in a fundraising event with Free Lunch for Children. Great time wandering around Macau, even making some money while we're there. Lots of time commuting while in Hong Kong though.

On November 26, 131 days after leaving from Beijing on July 19th, we passed the distance of the official world record for longest distance traveled by motorcycle within a single country.

We manage to cover over 1,200km in three days as we make the choice to take the highway to get back down south to the coast where we have plans to visit Macau, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen.

So much to see in this area and so little time! We pass through the Ancient Phoenix City for a morning stroll and then another couple hundred kilometers onward we pass through the Zhangjiajie National Park where we visit the famous Tianzi Mountains, inspiration for the Hallelujah Mountains from Avatar.

High concentration of scenic areas and tourist attractions in this area. Nothing beats the mountains of Guilin though! Traveler's tips in this post for things to do when visiting Guilin and Yangshuo county.