Arriving in Beijing - mile 12,133
July 3rd 2010 We're on the last 1000 miles with the bike, Beijing is almost in sight. However, the traffic is getting heavier and heavier - I thought they all rode bicycles here but that's obviously not true!! The biggest traffic jams are caused by the coal lorries queuing to get into the power stations, a 5-10 mile queue in each direction is not unusual. Most days we pass at least one coal fired power stat
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