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.

Had to find a shop to look into a suspicious rattling sound near the rear of the bike and ended up staying another night as we got invited for dinner at one of the biggest cow husbandry "factories" in the province.

Got a late start today as we waited for one last package to be delivered before hitting the road. When we did, we unexpectedly got drawn into a funeral ceremony and the dinner afterwards.

A very tough day as we failed to do a second 400+km day. Started out with some very rough construction but ended on several very positive notes!

Our first 400km day as we try and get back on track. Good weather and nice roads though make it pretty easy. As a plus, we meet our first "Road Angels"- nice people/good Samaritans we meet on our travels