One of the must do things while motorbiking around the Beijing mountain ranges is a stopover at the Chinese restos serving fresh caught trout, grilled on top of charcoal - delicious......

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Beijing to Weichang overnight ride, cloudy misty day on the way up and all day rain on the way down.
No worries, still a great ride through the Chinese outback....

Some info about Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weichan...onomous_County

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Overnight stay in the Weichang Hotel, typical very basic Chinese hotel with a few associated restaurants and KTV / Karaoke outlets next door...

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Breakfast from the snack bag preferred as I am not a big fan of rice porridge, century eggs and dumplings....

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Some basic Weichang chinese food available in roadside restaurants and at street stalls....

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Great Wall section up the mountains from the famous Mutanyiu Great Wall area, no crowds on a Wednesday late afternoon, perfect opportunity for some pics.....

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Heading back to Beijing checking out a new bike shop, all tarted up and fully farkled Chang-Jiang 750 sidecar (China 1938 BMW R71 copy) on display....

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Quick visit to the Donghuamen Night Market not far from the Forbidden City and Tianamen Square in Beijing.
A sight in itself, the bustling night market near Wangfujing Dajie is a veritable food zoo...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donghuamen_Night_Market

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Relaxed afternoon run up the G45 expressway from Beijing to explore a remote Great Wall of China section between Simatei and Jinshaling near the Hebei province border.
Simatai: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simatai
Jinshanling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinshanling

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Quick break and snack stop along the Black Dragon Pool Road in the mountains North of Beijing, pair of lizards perform a little sideshow.

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After the snack break on top, riding into the Black Dragon Pool valley for some exploring.

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Rolling back to Beijing, my second puncture right on the expressway, must have driven over a lane divider reflector or reflector bolt mounted into the asphalt as the hole was a perfect round, shaped like a bullet hole.
Had to use two sticky ropes to seal the puncture perfectly and secure. Now the real danger was standing in the right lane (emergency lane), in China crazy drivers use the emergency lane as a regular driving lane all the time..... TIC = This Is China!

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Trail riding in the mountains to one of the very few know arch ways in the Great Wall of China approx. 85k's from the Beijing, last few days of my Beijing riding...

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Chinese food at trout farm and restaurant near the Mutanyiu Great Wall section after the arch way trail ride....

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Very nice pictures !

Too bad it looks so difficult to ride in China.

China works in mysterious ways, really do hope the government powers refrain from turning the great mountain ranges and grasslands around greater Beijing region into the "big modern city dream".......

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