The Sprawl

Korla, XinJiang Province, China to Islamabad, Pakistan via the Karakoram Highway...On a Recumbent

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September 28th 2009
After several years of fantasizing about riding my bike on the Karakoram Highway, I'll finally be pushing off from XinJiang province in a few days! I am first going to see if I can do something about the monstrous amount of gear I've got laid out. Some of it has got to go! ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more