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.
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Thursday, August 2, 2007

Day 23: Zhangye to Jiayuguan, Gansu

Distance: 290 km

Expenses: gas 20rmb, hotel 27rmb
Events:

  • We said goodbye to Evan as we headed onto Jiayuguan.
  • The Feiying mechanics in Zhongye were very helpful and did what they could for our bikes before sending us on.
  • Arriving in Jiayuguan, we couldn’t find the Feiying dealership. A guy named FuJie came up to us, and mistaking him for Feiying, we followed him to his shop. While he wasn’t Feiying, he turned out to be a good mechanic and friend.
  • D got new shocks installed by the inept Jiayuguan Feiying dealer, paid for by the Feiying dealership in Lanzhou.
  • D found a German expat owned bar. He later discovered their interest in country music and in their belief that the South will rise again. They even had a Leonard Skynard CD, among others. D later returned a bit jaded after being told to leave the local chuarbar for no apparent reason.
  • FuJie showed up at our hotel with beers in hand at 11pm, late by Chinese standards. FuJie and P had a few beers and simple conversation (very simple) in the lobby before getting the personal night tour of Jiayuguan via his motorcycle. The best part was riding around in Jiayuguan's Triathlon Park.
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