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!
Read More »Racking Up Some Sights: Giant Buddha, Rich Man’s Gardens, And The Sacred Mountain
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.
Read More »This Is It: Getting Ready For The End
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.
Read More »When It All Starts To Come Full Circle
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.
Read More »Fujian Province: Diving Back Into The Mountains
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.
Read More »City States and Celebrity Golfers
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.
Read More »The Record Surpassed But Not Yet Officially Broken!
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.
Read More »Doing the Expressway Dash Back Down To The Coast
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.
Read More »Phoenix City and Avatar Mountains, The Sights of Hunan
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.
Read More »Through Picturesque Guilin and the Hazardous Road into Hunan
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.
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