Planting the Paddy

Phase I: Intro to Chinese Psycle-touring!

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May 21st 2005
Day 1: After a morning warmup at the monastary, I got off to a great start; feeling good, and the riding just got better and better. From what I knew, I was in for a 80km day, rising a couple of hundred metres, and ending up in a place called Jian Chuan. Basically my checklist for this first day looked a little like this: Wearing clothes: Yes Durability of Bike: Unknown Condition of Roads: ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan

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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