Photo gallery – Silk Riders

By Gareth Morgan on July 20, 2005 in Photo Gallery

In the footsteps of Marco Polo, our Silk Riders trip from Venice to Beijing … in photos!

Browse through the galleries below.

Silk Riders »
China Street

Getting a few winks before teh street turns to bedlam

The old and the new - about to be swallowed by more white tiled facias

Hotel staff lining up to salute us as we leave

Desert ever ready to swallow the town up

All of China is a construction site - the work never stops

Gareth trying his hand as triped wallah

Family that bikes together stays together

Jo and Dave bask in the adoration

Getting tanked for the day's ride

Every now and then they're overworked

Bloody hot, even for Beijingers. Fans and singlets the order of the day

or if you can find some shade, a few bears streetside

Too hot for the workers as well - midday comas

Shopping mad Beijingers push each other aside to get at the bargains

Chinese live in caves - with sat TV of course

Tai Chi in Main St Xian

Good prop on for smoko break

Bicycles still prevalent in China St

Common work vehicle

Yes for real, had coops full of pigeons ready to take your mail

Taking his bike to bed, how touching

Tucked up in the recption area

Touratech-i panniers made in China

3 wheeled, single cylinder backbone of China's small business transport system

Little cave boy

3 wheeler at work

saving gas and using donkey power instead

Tried to procure this franchise for Brendan

White tiles everywhere

Come up to my cave sometime

Workers sleeping in the fields to ensure nobody nicks the boss's marrows

Old town St complete with winters coal supply stacked at the end

Motorcycle Photo Gallery

In the Beginning

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