Saturday, October 14, 2006

35 km ride

Canal close to Huaxia Rd.


Not sure what it is, but riding through the Pudong countryside I feel totally in my element. Seeing common folks work, eat, socialize; exploring new places, seeing a lot of greenery; exercising, plus a couple close calls with other cyclists and trucks and buses, give me a sense of freedom and adventure.
This Saturday afternoon I rode about 35 km in just under 2 hours, going through the villages of Huanglou and Jichang, and then through the town of Chuangsha. I don't have an odometer on my bike, but on Google Earth I can track exactly the roads I've been on and it will calculate the distance for you.
For example a Google Earth pic of that same bridge as in the pic above. Great detail!
Nothing spectacular happened today, except that the last half an hour was in the dark; while taking a shortcut, I had to go through some very narrow and pitchdark streets of a small village. Don't think a foreigner had ever been through it.

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