Location: Lushan, Henan, China (33.75002°N, 112.89805°E) Mile: 513 We woke up at 5am, loaded our bikes and rode to the Shaolin Hotel for breakfast with the other Yichang riders. After breakfast and a group picture, we split into two groups: three of us heading towards Yichang and the rest towards another nearby city to [Continue reading Tour de China – Day 12] 
Location: Dengfeng, Henan, China (34.46308°N, 113.04591°E) Mile: 398 (at bicycle club meeting) This morning my roommate and fellow Yichang bicycle club rider decided to go to another hotel in the city (that’s hosting meeting participants) for breakfast. The rest of the Yichang team is there and they told my roommate that the steamed bread was [Continue reading Tour de China – Day 11] 
Location: Dengfeng, Henan, China (34.46308°N, 113.04591°E) Mile: 398 (at bicycle club meeting) The day began with a very wet 11km ride to the Shaolin monastery. The monastery grounds is pretty large, consisting of a number of different temples and cultural sights. The Shaolin temple itself isn’t that large. It consists of a number of [Continue reading Tour de China – Day 10] Location: Dengfeng, Henan, China (34.46308°N, 113.04591°E) Mile: 398 (at bicycle club meeting) This morning we actually had a meeting at the annual China bicycle club meeting. It was to decide where next years meeting would be. Here’s the process. We all sat down in the town lecture hall in front of eight town officials. [Continue reading Tour de China – Day 9] 
Location: Dengfeng, Henan, China (34.46308°N, 113.04591°E) Mile: 398 (at bicycle club meeting) No sleeping in here. Up at 5:30am to get to breakfast, which was quite an experience. In fact, for humor’s sake I may coin a new axiom: crazy as a buffet in China. It was literally a mad rush at the breakfast [Continue reading Tour de China – Day 8] Location: Dengfeng, Henan, China (34.46308°N, 113.04591°E) Mile: 398 (at bicycle club meeting) Today is traditionally a day of rest. However, I did so much talking in Chinese that my brain is fried. All I had to do was be anywhere outside the hotel and entire groups of bicycle club riders would see my meeting [Continue reading Tour de China – Day 7] |