Well, this is it. The last post of the trip! Officially we've been off the road for a week now. It's been a very busy week, moving into an apartment, applying for the Guinness record, and catching up with friends who we hadn't seen in nearly half a year. The last few days into Beijing were by no means easy though. We hit some of the coldest weather since Tibet, strongest winds since Urumqi, and boatloads of trucks.
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 »Fundraising in Paradise
3 days off at the beach in Sanya but we are kept busy as we participate in fundraising events with the hotel and Free Lunch for Children. We also meet with some of the local press talking about our trip and our charitable efforts. All in all, managed to raise nearly RMB40,000 to go towards school lunches in rural China!
Read More »A Hop, Skip, and Jump To Chongqing
Riding from Chengdu to Chongqing, getting kicked off the highway twice in the name of safety... Rain, mud, and construction on the National Roads sure sound safer to me! (end sarcasm)
Read More »Days 72-74: A Trip Around Qinghai Lake
Wondering what that circle in the center of our GPS track is? We took a day to tour around China's most famous lake, the high altitude Qinghai Lake before heading onwards on our path.
Read More »Days 69-71: Cold Days, Speed Controls, and 15,000km
Though not as long or difficult as our stretch on the G219, our trip north from Lhasa and out of Tibet was not without its challenges! But by the end of the three days there was no denying we were starting the next big leg of our journey.
Read More »Day 65- The Long Night Ride Into Lhasa
We make our final push into Lhasa, marking a few major milestones in our trip. It's not without it's challenges though as we find out 500km, 13 hours, and 3 mountain passes later...
Read More »Days 53-59: Into The Snow Covered Mountains and On To Tibet!
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.
Read More »Days 43-46: Meet The Competition
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.
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