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

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

We are forced to earn our ascent to Everest Base Camp. Nearly two full days each way of dirt track start to take its toll on both of us and the bike, but nearly a month since visiting the lowest inland place on earth we make it to the 5,220m camp!

We push onward into Tibet. Significantly more favorable weather allow us to enjoy this beautiful area of the country much more as we visit monasteries and holy lakes along the way.

Well the sand storms and desert heat from only a few weeks ago certainly seem far away now! Read about the start of our adventure on the G219 into Tibet as we hit snow, 5,000m high mountain passes, and the beautiful scenery of the Kunlun Mountains and into Tibet.

Left in Kashgar as we await for our guide for Tibet and our cold weather that is getting shipped over for the next portion of the trip. We visit the sights around town including the major mosque, bazaar, and old style terraced homes.

Food has been a big part of this trip. The Chinese are very proud of their local dishes and we wanted to try as many new things as possible.  So here’s a summary of our food experiences on the Great Ride so far. I wanted to list the most common foods we’ve found, what’s not ...

I make a solo and complicated visa run from Kashgar to Kyrgyzstan to fulfill a requirement of my tourist visa. Two full days involving under construction roads, highway bribery, Kyrgzstan truck stops, and sleeping over night at a local police barracks make for an interesting experience to be able to legally stay in China.

We met our competition for the world record today and it wasn't so bad as it may have at first seemed. Some creepy desert roads as we make our way to the most westerly point of our trip in Kashgar.

We leave Urumqi after a day off for our last maintenance stop before Tibet. We take a risk on a road to avoid backtracking 200km that led us on a beautiful but precarious climb up 4,600m mountain pass.

How to pack light for 4 to 5 months on the road. As a female I've had some qualms about traveling for long periods of time in terms of hygiene, so here's a list of the things I've found useful from a first-time traveler's perspective having been on the road for over 40 days now.

Turning up the heat as we move into Xinjiang province. We visit (one of?) the lowest points on earth at the Turpan Depression and get stranded at the abandoned tourist center in the middle of a massive sandstorm.