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Chinese Cycle Diaries


Good gravy, we did it. This page contains all of the diaries from our first cycling trip through China.

Route: Nanning to Xiamen
Time: 6 weeks
Distance: 2,254 km
Pain: Arse

Map of the entire route (why is China so gigantic?)

Map of nanning to Xiamen

Quick reference guide:

Nanning to Yangshuo – 450 km; 6 days
Yangshuo to Macau (technically to Zhuhai) – 639 km; 12 days
Zhuhai to Shantou – 650 km; 11 days
Shantou to Hukeng – 345 km; 6 days
Hukeng to Xiamen – 170 km; 3 days

Nanjing

The Last Leg: Hukeng to Xiamen

Posted onMay 29, 2016June 18, 20162 Comments

Here lies the final chapter in our cycling tour of China. We traveled from Hukeng to Xiamen, completing two months and over 2000 km of riding. Read More …

CategoriesChina, TravelTagsbicycle, Chinese Cycle Diaries, cycling, fujian province, hukeng, nanjing, touring, xiamen, zhangzhou

Shantou to Hukeng

Meeting Mountains: Cycling from Shantou to Hukeng

Posted onMay 24, 2016January 11, 20175 Comments

This is the fourth diary in our cycling lives. We finally leave the city behind and take the mountainous roads from Shantou to Hukeng Read More …

CategoriesChina, TravelTagsChen Ci Hong, china, Chinese Cycle Diaries, cultural revolution, cycling, Fujian, Fujian Tulou Kejia Folk Culture Village, Gaungdong, hakka, hukeng, pinghe, raoping, Shantou, sunrou, travel, tulou

cycling from zhuhai to shantou

Cycling Inland from Zhuhai to Shantou

Posted onMay 15, 2016June 19, 20163 Comments

The third part of our Chinese cycling tour brought us from Zhuhai to Shantou; two towns on the coast. Of course, we kind of took the long way. Read More …

CategoriesChina, TravelTagschina, Chinese Cycle Diaries, cycling, eggbanana, Fengshun, heyuan, Huizhou, Humen, Jieyang, mountain, Shantou, travel, Wuhua, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Zijin

Cycling from Yangshuo to Macau

Posted onApril 23, 2016June 18, 201610 Comments

The second chapter in our new cycling lives takes from from the Guangxi province to Gangdong province; from Yangshuo to Macau. Read More …

CategoriesChina, TravelTagsbicycle, china, Chinese Cycle Diaries, cycling, Deqing, Gaoming, guangdong, guangxi, Jiangmen, macau, mengshan, taiping, touring, travel, wuzhou, xi river, yangshuo, Zhaoqing, Zhuhai

Nanning to Yangshuo by bicycle

Cycling from Nanning to Yangshuo

Posted onApril 9, 2016August 17, 201611 Comments

This post is a diary of our first ever dip into the world of cycling. We take a 450 kilometre ride over six days from Nanning to Yangshuo, China. Read More …

CategoriesChina, TravelTagsbinyang, china, Chinese Cycle Diaries, cycling, laibin, lipu, lizhou, nanning, qingming, tomb sweeping festival, toupai, yangshuo, Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival

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