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START HERE for Touring Bikes and Commuting Bicycles
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Bicycle Touring Frames 
The Steel Repair Myth.
Steel and Aluminum Derailleur Hanger Repair.
Bicycle Touring Wheels
Phil Wood: The Best Bicycle Hubs

Panniers / Bike Bags
Cargo Trailers Vs Panniers
Tires for Bike Tours..
Bicycle Touring Saddles.
Women's Specific Bike Touring Saddles
Brooks Leather Touring Bicycle Saddle Care and Conditioning
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Pictures of Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi, China.

Beijing to Xian, Shaanxi China
(July 16 - Sept. 3, 2005)
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Pictures from Beijing to Jining, Inner Mongolia, China.

(July 15 - 28, 2005)

Photo of smoke stacks from a power plant, Cindie is in the bike lane.
Tim fixing my flat with local onlookers for company.

Photo of the Cindie cycling along the remainder of the Great Wall.
Photo of typical rural town in this area of China.


Photo of restaurant near the border of Inner Mongolia.


Cindie deciding which way to go.

Pictures from the grasslands of Jining, to Wuchuan (near) Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.

(July 29 - Aug 2, 2005)

Image of Cindie standing in a flowering grassland.


Cindie taking a break from cycling on the long deserted dirt road in Inner Mongolia, China.


Photo of Cindie mountain biking on the trail to our camp.
Photo of our tent drying in the morning sun after illegally camping in China.


Picture of Tim in front of a small Inner Mongolian village.


View from a donkey cart:  What it looks like to be passed by us.


Picture of Tim getting water from a village well.  The Chinese man in the white shirt is lowering a bucket tied to a rope while the other Mongolian men are reading our printed flyer printed in Mandarin.


Picture of small village or town in Inner Mongolia with washed out bridge.


Picture taken with our new tripod of our bikes and campsite.

(near) Hohhot to Bautou, Inner Mongolia, China.

(Aug 8 - 12, 2005)

Cindie rides through an adobe village with Chinese advertising.
Picture of Tim camping in Inner Mongolia China and listening to the BBC on our shortwave radio.

A photo of a farmer harvesting wheat by hand.
Cindie bicycles over the pass.


Crowds usually gather when we stop in seldom visited areas of China.  Most Chinese in this area have never seen a foreigner before.

Wudang Lamasary

(August 7, 2005)

Wudang Lamasary, Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Inner Mongolia.
Inside the SuGuQing DuGong (Palace).

Guardian of the Buddha.
Close up view of offerings in SuboGai Tomb, Tibetan Wudang Lamasary
 


Copper Buddha's in QueYiLa Palace.

Bautou to Yulin, Shanxi, China with Photos from Genghis Khan's Mausoleum.

(August 13, 2005)

Tim standing in front of a sand dune in Inner Mongolia.


Yurt Village near Genghis Khan Memorial.
Photo of Mongolian man traveling through camp.


The shrine where Genghis' ashes are kept.


On the road to Yulin, riding through the sand dunes.

Yulin to Yanan, China.
 (August 2005)

Photo of Cindie with a Muslim man walking by her.
Picture of Chinese boy and his mother.  This little guy insisted that we take a photo of him and his mom.

Photo of Chinese farmer giving Cindie an apple.
Photo of crane tipped over on a highway in China.

 

Chairman Mao's Headquarters and Residence in Yanan, China.
(August 25, 2005)

Image of Where the communist leaders met.
Picture of Mao mania: all the crazy Chairman Mao souvenir stuff for sale in the gift shop.

 

Yanan to Xian, Shaanxi, China.
(August 25 - 30, 2005)


Cindie waving to a mule train going by.

Tim with the kids from the restaurant/hotel, they were very friendly and helpful.
Surprised looks in a small village when residence discover that foreigners have arrived.

Photo of a Chinese funeral.
Another car off the side of the road.  This one skidded in backwards.


Photo of Cindie and other cyclists riding through the North gate of Xian.

Terracotta Warriors Page #1 from the Qing Dynasty in Xian, Shaanxi, China
(September 2, 2005)

Photo of the columns of Terracotta warriors and horses.
Close up picture of Terracotta horses.

Photo of Terracotta Warriors.
Image of Bronze Chariot with four horses.
 

 

Terracotta Warriors Page #2.  Xian, Shaanxi, China

(September 2, 2005)

Photograph of Pit one of the Terracotta Warriors.
Picture of kneeling terracotta archer.

 

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INDEX #3: SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to 9-15-06

1North and
Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03

2 South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04

3 SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to
9-15-06

4 Australia
9-15-06 to 9-15-07
5 New Zealand
9-16-07 to 5-2-08		 6 Alaska, Canada, and the USA
5-3-08 to 4-30-10		 7 India. Nepal, and the Subcontinent
5-1-10 to present		 Where am I  now

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November 22 - December 15, 2004
 Thailand
Bangkok, to Aranyaprathet, Thailand

Cindie's Daily Journals
Thailand #1

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
INTRO Crossing Over to the Other Side: Relocating to Asia

LETTER Thailand: Landing in a Whole New World.

Best Place to see Pictures
Thailand Thumbnail Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

- Bangkok, Thailand
- Royal Barge Museum
- Wat Arun in Bangkok, Thailand
- Wat Phra Kaew and Temple of the Emerald Buddha
- Pictures of Wat Pho
- Bangkok to Chanthaburi, Thailand.
- Island Ko Samet National Park
- Thailand's famous Thai Food
- Chanthaburi to Aranya Prathet and the Cambodian border.

 

 December 16- January 16, 2005
 Cambodia and Angkor Wat
 Poipet to Tien Bien, Cambodia

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Cambodia Daily Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Cambodia: Poverty Does Not Equal Crime.

Best Place to see Pictures
Cambodia Thumbnail Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

- Pictures of  Poverty in Cambodia: Poipet to Siem Reap
- Picture from Angkor Wat, Cambodia
- Temples Bayon, Angkor Thom
- Ta Prom (Temple where Tomb Raider was filmed)
- Preah Khan, Neak Poan, Eastern Mebon, Banteay Kei, Ta Som, Pre Rup
- Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Tuol Sleng S.21 Museum of Genocidal Crime
- Killing Fields of Pol Pot Cambodia
- Phnom Penh to Tinh Bien

 

(January 16 - February 17 , 2005)
 Vietnam #1.
 Tinh Bien to Cau Ganh, Vietnam

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Online South Vietnam Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)

Best Place to see Pictures
South Vietnam Thumbnails

Full size Picture Pages

- Chau Doc to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
- Floating Market and Boat Trip Tour
- Vietnam War Remnants Museum
- Cuchi Tunnels, Saigon, Vietnam
- Cuchi Tunnels Cu Chi near Saigon, Vietnam
- Pictures from Dalat, Vietnam
- Bicycling from Dalat to Buon Ma Thuot
- Jun Village
- Buon Ma Thuot to Cau Ganh

 
(February 18. - April 2, 2005)
 Vietnam #2.
 Cau Ganh, to Lang Son, Vietnam

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Daily Journal for North Vietnam.

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)

Best Place to see Pictures
North Vietnam Thumbnail Pictures.

Full size Picture Pages

- Cau Ganh to Hoi An
- Hoi An, Vietnam
- China Beach to Hue.
- Marble Mountain
- The Citadel in Hue
- Impoverished Highland Market Can Cau.
- Poverty Village of Bac Ha.

Hanoi water puppet

 
(April 3 - May 21, 2005)
 Guangxi, China
 Pingxiang to CongJiang, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Finally in China!

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Three Years and Still Going

Best Place to see Pictures
Best Thumbnail Pictures of Guangxi, China

Full size Picture Pages

- Pingxiang to Nanning, China
- Nanning, Guangxi to Liuzhou
- China's Karst Topography Landscape.
- Liuzhou to Yangshou, Guangxi, China
- Zhuo Yue English College in Yangshuo, China
- Li River bamboo boat trip in Yangshou..
- Ancient Chinese Stone Village of Fuli.
- Impressions light, dance, and music.
- Mountain biking through Yu Long Valley.
- Guilin to Congjiang Guangxi, China
- Reed Flute Cave Guilin China.
- Ping'an Guangxi, China.
- Dragon's Backbone and Rice Terraces.

 

May 22 - June 27, 2005

  Guizhou and Hunan, China
 Congjiang to Zhangjiajie National Park China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Guizhou, China

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Made in China: Free Birds in a Caged World!

Best Place to see Pictures
Pictures of Guizhou, China.

Full size Picture Pages

- Congjiang to Kaili, Guizhou, China
- Kaili Guizhou - Wulingyuan National Park, Hunan.
- Wulingyuan (Zhangjiajie) National Park, Hunan.

 

(June 28 - July 15, 2005)

Beijing, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Beijing, China daily Blog and Journal

Best Place to see Pictures
Best and favorite pictures from Beijing, China

Full size Picture Pages

- Pictures from Beijing, China
- Pictures of Forbidden City, China
- Summer Palace
- Great Wall from Jinshanling Simatai, China.
- Badaling Section of the Great Wall of China

 

(July 16 - Sept. 3, 2005)
 Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, China.
Beijing to Xian, Shaanxi, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, China daily journal (blog)

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
The Many Faces of China: Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, Provinces.!

Best Place to see Pictures
Thumbnail pictures from Inner Mongolia, China.

Full size Picture Pages

- Beijing to Jining, Inner Mongolia.
- Grasslands of Jining, to Wuchuan (near) Hohhot
- Hohhot to Bautou, Inner Mongolia, China
- Wudang Lamasary
- Bautou to Yulin, Shanxi, China with Photos from Genghis Khan's Mausoleum.
- Yulin to Yanan, Shaanxi, China
- Chairman Mao's Headquarters and Residence in Yanan, China.
- Yanan to Xian, Shaanxi, China.
- Terracotta Warriors #1
- Terracotta Warriors #2.

 

 (Sept. 4 - Oct. 29, 2005)

Sichuan, China
 Chengdu, to Zongdian, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Sichuan Blog

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Into Occupied Territory: Tibet!

Best Place to see Pictures
Sichuan Thumbnail Photos

Full size Picture Pages

- Giant Panda Breeding Center #1
- Red Panda  in Chengdu, Sichuan, China #2
- Chengdu to Kangding.
- Kangding, Sichuan, located in Southwestern China.
- Mugecuo Lake near Kangding, Sichuan, China.
- Kangding to Xinduqiao
- Xinduqiao to Tibetan Home Stay.
- Tibetan Home Stay to 4718 meter (15,475 feet)
- to Litang, Sichuan, China.
- Litang Lamasary Tibetan Buddhist Monk Monastery
- Litang to Sumdo, Tibet
- Sumdo to Xiangcheng
- Xiangcheng to Derong, Tibet.
- Derong, Sichuan Province to Tibetan Shangri-La, (Zongdian)

 

(Oct. 30 - Dec. 24, 2005)

Yunnan, China
 Zongdian to Mohan, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Yunnan daily blog - journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Out of China: slipping past the watchful eye of censorship.

Best Place to see Pictures
Yunnan thumbnail photos

Full size Picture Pages

- Shangri-La, - Lijiang - Dali, China.
- Dali to Jingdong, Yunnan
- Jingdong to Puer
- Puer to Jinghong, Yunnan, China
- Xishuangbanna Tropical Flowers and Plants Garden.
- Mengla to Mohan, Yunnan, China (border with Laos))

 

December.25, 2005 - January 23, 2006
Laos
Boten to Vientiane

Cindie's Daily Journals
Laos daily blog journal

Click here for our first downloadable video called
 "LAOS: VIDEO POSTCARDS FROM THE ROAD.

Best Place to see Pictures
Laos Thumbnail pictures

Full size Picture Pages

- Boten to Oudomxia, Laos.
- Laos Wood Carving Factory
- Oudomaxi - Luang Pabong
- Luang Phrabang, Laos: Monks, Wats, and a boat tour on the Mekong River.
- Luang Phrabang to Vang Vieng, #1
- Luang Phrabang to Vang Vieng, #2
- Vientiane, Laos

 

January 23 - March 12, 2006

Northeast Thailand
 Nong Khai, Thailand to Bangkok

Cindie's Daily Journals
Northeast Thailand Blog and Daily Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Four Years DownTheRoad!

Best Place to see Pictures
Northeast Thailand Thumbnail Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

- Nong Khai to Dan Si
- Dan Si to Lop Buri
- The Ancient Ruins and Historic Temples of Ayuthaya
- Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand.

 

(March 13 - April 18, 2006)

Southern Thailand
 Hua Hin to Satun, Thailand

Cindie's Daily Journals
 Cindie's latest daily journal for South Thailand.  Now with over 4 years of entries!

5 minute Thailand Video
 http://downtheroad.org/video/Files_Video/2Thailand_DownTheRoad.wmv

Best Place to see Pictures
Pictures from South Thailand.

Full size Picture Pages

- Hua Hin to Ranong
- Ranong to Krabi
- Boat Tour of Ao Phang Nga Bay
- Ko Lanta Beach to Satun Tropical Thailand

 

(April 18 - Sept. 15, 2006)

  Malaysia #1
 Langkawi, Malaysia to Parit Buntar

Cindie's Daily Journals Malaysia

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Two 1-Way Tickets to Australia Please

Best Place to see Thumbnail Pictures of Malaysia

Full size Picture Pages

- Langkawi to Nebong Tebal
- Underwater World Aquarium Langkawi
- Bird Paradise, Langkawi, Malaysia.
- Malaysian Home Stay and Cyclist Guest House.
- Traditional Tamil Indian Wedding
- Malaysian Home Cooking and Traditional Food
- Hand Made Pottery Factory
- Chinese Fishing Village and Party.
- Toddy Plantation Farm and Palm Oil Production.
- Malaysian Chinese Temple of Heaven and Hell.
- Malaysian Indian Hindu Temple and Religious Ceremony

 

(May to August, 2006)
 Malaysia #2

Tanah Rata to Taiping, Malaysia

Cindie's Daily Journals

Video: Malaysian David's Cyclist Home Stay (5:35 min)
 http://www.prescottyellowpages.com/Video/3Malaysian_Cyclists_Home_Stay.wmv

Best Place to see Pictures
Thumbnail pictures of Malaysia #2

Full size Picture Pages

- Cameron Highlands Trails and National Park
- Butterfly Garden
- Boh Tea and Sungai Palas Tea Plantation and farm
- Mardi Research Center, Tanah Rata
- Tanah Rata, Cameroon Highlands, Malaysia
- Indian Fire Walking Ceremony at the Hindu Temple
- Our 8th Wedding Anniversary the Cultural Indian Way
- Chinese Cultural Opera and Traditional Arts Celebration
- Malaysian Indian Religion
- Malaysian Guesthouse and Homestay #2

 

(July - Sept. 15, 2006)
  Malaysia #3 and Singapore.
Taiping, Malaysia to Singapore

Cindie's Daily Journals for Malaysia

Best Place to see Pictures
Malaysia #3 and Singapore

Full size Picture Pages

- Penang hill Chinese Temple
- Taiping to Melaka, Malaysia.
- Taman Alam Kuala Selangor Natural Park
- Melaka, Malaysia, Southeast Asia.
- Cheng Hoon Teng Temple and Chinese Hill (Bukit China) Cemetery
- Melaka, Malaysia to Singapore

1North and
Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03

2 South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04

3 SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to
9-15-06

4 Australia
9-15-06 to 9-15-07
5 New Zealand
9-16-07 to 5-2-08		 6 Alaska, Canada, and the USA
5-3-08 to 4-30-10		 7 India. Nepal, and the Subcontinent
5-1-10 to present		 Where am I  now

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