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I understood that your choice was to buy one in china, and I think this is a pretty good thing if you want to ride there.
For me personally at the moment useless, because i take a longer ride.
I just wanted to give the information from my friend, who really tried at the moment riding in china and had no chance, not even with chinese support
By the way, we met 2013 in Mongolia.
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If you have a Chinese driver's license, it is relatively easy to rent anything 4 wheels and travel anywhere (except Tibet) without a guide - maybe just do that for China and ship the bike on to the next destination? We (as China-based expats) drove pretty much all over China (except Tibet, and now more problematic around Urumqi) in a series of short-ish trips with no problem.
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Originally Posted by Laura73
Hi everyone,
From everything we gathered, this is the first LEGAL self-ride and guide-less tour of China.
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How much info did you u gather? .... I already did that in 1994. Foreign bikes, foreign riders, getting Chinese number plates, registrations and drivers licences, and riding across China without guides. Judging by the registration numbers they gave us and the fact that the head of Shanghai Traffic Police kept #00001 for himself (he put it into his desk drawer in front of my eyes, before giving us 00002 ans 00003) I think you might not be the first.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by klausmong1
I understood that your choice was to buy one in china, and I think this is a pretty good thing if you want to ride there.
For me personally at the moment useless, because i take a longer ride.
I just wanted to give the information from my friend, who really tried at the moment riding in china and had no chance, not even with chinese support
By the way, we met 2013 in Mongolia.
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I remember it well. Passing you and your friend in the middle of the Gobi Desert. The first thing you said to me after asking if I was Doogle "How's your wife?" I got misty eyed. And again 7 years later seeing your picture. She is doing fine now.
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I see, you really rememberwell !
Good to hear that.
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