BEIJING BLAST! - we gain two new follwers to the Great Cause. November 16th 2006 Day 163, 10th November
Beijing
Today I did the tourist stuff with Scott. We walked to Tianammen Square and visited Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum, how bizarre that was! So grandiose and regimented, just to see what looked like a waxwork dummy with a light bulb inside it. Scott burst out laughing and got a hard stare from one of the guards. I bought some Mao tat from the souvenir sellers on the st ... read more
Asia » China » Beijing 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
Hi! I'm Andy Ganner, known as the "BIKEPACKER". Meaning I put everything on my bike; tent, cooker, clothes, food, tent, and sleeping bag... and just set off on an adventure.
Been doing it nearly 20 years and have hand-written journals for every trip from my RTW backpacking trip of 1986, up to present.
Over the next years I'll be publishing my "Memorablogs" of these trips. It will take time as there are many slides to scan, I only went digital in 2009.
You can already read the epic England to Singapore trip: 2001 a Bike Odyssey, now. It's all there, word for word from my written jour... full info