A Great New Adventure in China

Hi All

Firstly I must apologize for not writing for a while, I got back from NZ and I have been just flooded with work and trips.

However no excuses… so very sorry.

I will try to do better and keep you up to date with my latest adventure

Yip , I am off adventuring again, this time up into the Urumqi area.

I have been invited to join in a motorcycle rally over the May holiday break, it’s called the “Around Taklimakan Desert Race”

It’s a 10 day, staged rally across the Taklimakan Desert, covering 4000Km

The race will have approximately 60 motorbike riders and about 100 4wd, vehicles racing plus TV and support crews

This is the first time a foreign team has entered the race and getting big exposure, we are actually the biggest team with 10 foreign riders

We are sponsored by the Qingqi Suzuki Motorcycle Company here is China, with us using their bikes and them supplying all the support crews and vehicles.

I will have my www.Travel-the-Real-China.com logo everywhere trying to get good TV, media cover for my Travel China Business.

It’s a great opportunity to see this area and design some adventure trips
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To be honest, I do ride a motorbike, however not under these conditions, so I have bitten off a large piece of cake in doing this race, however, you only live once and when you get an opportunity like this... you just have to go for it.

I will try to keep online and update my “Blogs” over the race time; we only have to spend 3 days actually camping out in the desert, the rest of the time is in small towns and hotels in and around the desert, so keep an eye on this blog for more updates and if I can, some pictures as well.

MODBLOG pictures do not work all the time, so I have set up an on line picture gallery for all to see, this is easier for me to place pictures as well , hope you enjoy them as I place pictures of my travels and adventures..

Here is me in all my new gear, , full body armer, all the safety gear I could find, all the Moto cross gear in made here and sold in the US, however I have managed to find it all at a third of the price.

The gallery address is My new Bike Gear

Here is the web site if you would like more info on the - Taklimakan Desert Rally

Talk to you all again soon

Happy traveling

John
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