The tour
5th - 17th june 1999

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Please see below  the details of our tour which started on 5th June 1999. If you wish to see the daily updates we prepared en- route, including photos, of where we went and what we did please click on the relevant day.  Contact us at hightower@cyclechina.freeserve.co.uk if you have any questions.
Where photos have a blue border, double click on them to see a full size image.
We  arranged to stay on for four extra days after the cycling had finished and those days are also included in the tour details.
5th June Day1 Travel to Beijing
6th June Day2 Transfer to Lake Yanxihu
7th June Day3 The start of the ride, from the Great Wall Of China at Mutianyu to The Ming Tombs
8th June Day4 From The Ming Tombs to Longquin Gorge at Badaling
9th June Day5 From The Great Wall at Badaling to Fragrant Hill
10th June Day6 From Fragrant Hill to Shidu
11th June Day7 From Shidu to the Marco Polo Bridge and on to Tiananmen Square. The end of the ride!!!!
12th June Day8 Free day in Beijing
13th June Day9 Forbidden City and travel to Xi'an
14th June Day10 Xi'an and travel to Beijing
15th June Day11 Tiantan Park
16th June Day12 Summer Palace
17th June Day13 Travel home