China Motorcycle Misadventure: Part 2

I’m heading out again tomorrow for a ride from Beijing east along the Great Wall to the coast where it disappears into the sea.  Teresa can’t join me but Diny will, and she’s bringing her 24-year-old son Steffan, who will ride his own Chang Jiang, and one of the gang named Sebastian has texted me that he’s coming, and we’ll see who else shows up.

I hear you can easily get to the coast in a day but I’d like to take the scenic route through the mountains and around some reservoirs, so we’ll take four days. I’ll be blogging and uploading photos when I can. Sebastian said there are some old Ching Dynasty tombs up there, not the famous ones, but they’re just sitting in the middle of a field and you can tromp around at will. He camped up there with a friend last week the night of the shooting stars. We may stop there. Who knows!

By the way, here’s a Google Earth shot of the plan, in case you want to browse the terrain, see the roads, the wall, and photos people have uploaded from various sites. If you have Google Earth just launch it, go to Beijing, and take a look at the possible routes to the coast at lat=39.9679286549, lon=119.794032537.

Thank you so much for all of your encouraging emails. I’m glad you’re enjoying the dispatches, and I look forward to hearing from you via email or, better yet, on each blog entry’s comments area.