Motorbikes arent allowed on the motorways or in town centres so we have to take to the back streets

China; on the tourist trail - mile 11147

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June 28th 2010
We are now on the well trod tourist trail of China; Chengdu for pandas, Xian for the Terracotta Army, Beijing & the Great Wall. Only of course we are not treading we are battling with the traffic. The stunning scenery has mostly gone and the riding involves fighting with all the other traffic on the road in hot and humid conditions. Its not unusual to take to the pavements in really bad traffi ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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