Hop on a motorcycle and ride across China. Ride into the West. Out of urban industrialization and into the borderlands. Over packed dirt and concrete to a land still breathing with its own lungs. Bring your friends. If you think you’re dreaming, pay more attention.
From Collages

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Day 1: Harbin, Heilongjiang to Baicheng, Jilin

Distance: 458 km (284 mi.)
Expenses: gas 75rmb, hotel 27rmb
Events:
  • Gas tube problem on T's bike, repaired using one of D's zip-ties.
  • Attempted to ride to Ulanhot (Wulanhaote), Inner Mongolia, but were forced by the rain and the coming dark to backtrack to Baicheng.

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