Originally Posted by
DanKearney
Carl,
I've done a couple of short rides already. Mostly down near Guangzhou where we have our apartment. I was also able to putt around the LiJiang, Yunnan area on a visit up there. I've driven (cars) around Guangzhou and so far my longest car trip was from Guangzhou up to Yangshuo (Guilin), Guangxi. That was a 500km, 20 hour adventure in itself. . .
I'm up for riding anywhere pretty much, but as I hate the traffic in the cities I'm much more interested in riding in the rural areas. I'll be coming back to China for about 3 weeks in 2009. Haven't nailed down the time yet.
My wife wants to attend an MBA preparatory school so she has to stay for about three months. I'll be able to burn about three weeks of vacation. Probably no earlier than late Spring and no later than late June.
We've got a friend now who owns an new apartment near to Tian'an men square, so I'm hoping maybe that I'll be able to scare up a bike there and be able to ride it out to a more remote section of the Great Wall and do some camping up there.
Cheers,
Dan K.