1. Around Beijing, China
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...nterviewing schedule and the mere fact that we had done lots of sightseeing the last couple of months in China.  The Temple of Heaven in Beijing was heavily crowded, and its spirituality was lost...

2. Beijing, China
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...ith lots of noise and commotion (day 160).       BLOG ENTRY  BEIJING , CHINA AUGUST 7 DAY 170  KM 11266   The road after Luoyang is smoot...

3. Luoyang, China
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...g. This was one of the best experiences we have so far had. (day 155) BLOG ENTRY  LUOYANG , CHINA JULY 27 DAY 159  KM 10244   Today we went on a bike tour around Xia...

4. Xi'an, China
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...now have about two weeks and 1400 km left until Beijing .   BLOG ENTRY  XIAN, CHINA JULY 19 DAY 151  KM 9789 We have decided to take a different route than that of o...

5. Lanzhou, China
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...us people and the master himself, who offered us a parchment as a gift.  It wrote “ Greece and China are one word.” BLOG ENTRY  LANZHOU, CHINA JULY 9 DAY 141  KM 9016 ...

6. Zhangye, China
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... a hospitable habitat.  We have seen that all throughout the deserts of Central Asia and Northwest China .  Treelined wide bicycle and pedestrian ways, square city architecture with tremen...

7. Anxi, China
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...r we camp under a bridge – which is both rain and waterproof.   BLOG ENTRY  ANXI, CHINA JUNE 23 DAY 125  KM 7914 Our rest day in Kucha was restful with the exception of ...

8. Kucha, China
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...hrough the centuries and Europeans stolen most of what survived (day 108).  BLOG ENTRY  KUCHA, CHINA JUNE 8 DAY 110  KM 6449 Our first day heading towards Taklamakan desert, which in...

9. Osh and Kashgar
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... We slowly climb the highest pass on this trip ( 3630 m ) accompanied by loads of trucks arriving from China. Heavy wind and low temperatures and less and less oxygen in the air makes our breathing ...

10. Fergana Valley
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...rrow is our rest day in Osh (day 90).  Our group is facing a big problem because we cannot enter China with our minivan.  We are required to hire a Chinese car with a Chinese driver, and ...

11. Baku, Azerbaijan
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...solving one of our main problems.  We still are not sure whether our van will be able to cross into China since the Chinese insist that we rent another van and a local driver.  The others...

12. Black Sea Coast
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...rtain members who seem to drive each other crazy. I guess no “normal” person would travel from Greece to China by bicycle. It’s really interesting to see group dynamics at play. A short walk around ...

13. Beginning in Olympia, On to Athens
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....08 The beginning of the bicycle ride which will connect the birthplace of the Olympic Games to Beijing, China, the current holder of the Games. We will cover 12000 km, traverse 9 countries (Greece, T...

14. Our Journey
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...es. How could we say no to such an opportunity to experience life in the East, crossing Central Asia and China? Vasilios studied psychology and became interested in psychotherapy (Georgetown U...