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Meeting Pandas in Chengdu

Posted February 16, 2016 by Cara Crawford

My friend and I hopped on a plane from Zhuhai to Chengdu to check out the awesomeness of Sichuan province, home to China’s giant pandas. As with most visits to tourist locations, I generally rely on the receptionists at the hostel or hotel for the inside scoop about on the local hot s...

Foreign Illness in a Foreign City: Experiencing the “Best” Hospital in Chengdu

Posted February 08, 2016 by Cara Crawford

We have officially had our first visitor from the U.S.! My friend arrived mid-January, and after a few days getting over jetlag, dealing with sickness, and exploring some local sights around Zhuhai, we set off to explore the city of Chengdu in Sichuan province. She had, unfortunately,...

Colorful Gran Fondo China from Yunnan Province

Posted January 26, 2016 by Justin

My racing team in China mentioned this race in Yunnan 云南省 in passing. I am very glad I looked into it and we made it out for some fantastic riding and racing in Yunnan, which is a neighboring province to Tibet (Xizang 西藏省). Cara and I packed up our new coupled tandem into my single bike bag and ...

Tangjia Zhuhai Monthly Night ITT

Posted November 04, 2015 by Justin

Individual Time Trials are not something I normally participate in or look forward to racing in as they hurt, and I have never really done that well in them anyways. My teammate and friend Steve has been really getting into them and wanted me to come out and do this one that is on the same c...

Zhuhai Airport Road Race

Posted November 04, 2015 by Justin

Today was quite a day of racing. Cara and I awoke at 8am, so that we could go outside and walk the less than 100m to where the Tour of China was scheduled to race past our apartment. This was pretty cool and only the second time I have gotten to see a full blown UCI road race. I was pleasantly...

The BEST Way to Experience Guilin: Li River Bamboo Raft

Posted August 21, 2015 by Cara Crawford

No visit to Guilin is complete without a boat ride down the Li River, or at least that’s what we were told…Nonetheless, we were not about to miss out on the chance to take part in this quintessential Guilin experience. Getting to Yangdi Pier from Guilin Unable to pass up the smells of...

Ping’an Village, Guilin: A Remote Rice Terraced Paradise

Posted July 23, 2015 by Cara Crawford

After paying the 100 RMB/person entrance fee to Guilin’s Longji Rice Terraces, we rode our tandem bicycle up the grueling climb to the entrance of Ping’an village. Upon arriving at the village entrance, a friendly, hunchbacked and weathered woman came to offer to us her services as a ...

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Meeting Pandas in Chengdu

Foreign Illness in a Foreign City: Experiencing the “Best” Hospital in Chengdu

Colorful Gran Fondo China from Yunnan Province

Tangjia Zhuhai Monthly Night ITT

Zhuhai Airport Road Race

The BEST Way to Experience Guilin: Li River Bamboo Raft

Ping’an Village, Guilin: A Remote Rice Terraced Paradise

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