Wheels

First Days in Yunnan

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February 7th 2011
Visit www.greatrideforward.com to follow the trip. More pics, stories, and moto. ------------- Before our trip started, one of the major conundrums I was mulling over was exactly how to write about motorcycling. Sure, the adventures of our non-riding days would surely make for great stories, but how exactly do you write about 500km of highways? It’s easy enough to write about problems on the ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Jinghong

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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