On our final day in China we stopped with Jiao for our last meal. This is what we had.

This video was taken just a few days before we left China as we traveled around a beautiful mountain lake.

Katie and I have tried to keep up a daily (most days anyway) routine of push-ups to help keep our backs strong after a day of being hunched over our handle bars. That includes finishing late at night in a desert.

Crossing international borders by air is usually an efficient process. Just line up, hand your passport over, smile politely and wait for your exit or entry stamp. Oh, were it that simple to cross by land. Our trip across the frontier at Khorgos took most of the day and a most of my patience. When [...]

Naan has become a staple food for us since we have entered the XinJiang province and the way they bake it is very cool.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post called Toll Booth Willy about how we would either ride fast through an expressway toll booth and try not to get stopped by the workers or find some other way on. Here is a video of how to get on the expressway. [mediaplayer src="http://www.brakingboundaries.org/wp-content/uploads/video/holeinfence.wmv"] To watch [...]

Here are the videos of where the day went wrong. David Breaks a Spoke Now the Weather David Gets Dirty

Here are the videos I took on the day we decided to take the road less never traveled. This is a 2 part post as there are six videos. Getting on the Road Dark Tunnels Avoiding Traffic

Today is the day we should be crossing the Kazakhstan border marking the completion of our first and biggest country. With well over 5500 kms under our belt now we are trucking along just fine, looking forward to the learning curve that will be faced when entering a new country, culture and language. So on [...]

It has taken 5700km, 74 days, 2 visa extensions and a long time sitting on our bikes, but on the 24th of June 2009 we made it to the Chinese border town of Korgos. As I sit here early on the morning of the 25th thinking about packing and getting ready to make my first [...]

We had the opportunity to chill out in Urumqi for just under and week while waiting for our Kazakh visas to be processed. Urumqi seems to be a hub for the more adventurous types with people showing up in 4WD trucks, on motorcycles and also bikes. This is where we had the opportunity to meet [...]

Nothing like waking up to a gorgeous day in a valley far away from the noise of Xi’an to see that the truck traffic jam that had been avoided the nday before now stretched 30km or so. Here is the tail end of it. [mediaplayer src="http://www.brakingboundaries.org/wp-content/uploads/video/traffic-jam.wmv"] To watch movies on the Braking Boundaries site you [...]

As you would expect, riding in the desert involves carrying a lot of water. Most days we can get away with 3-6 liters on the bike and refill at small towns or villages along the way, but there have been a few days where carrying over a days supply plus enough for camping has been [...]

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Over the past couple of days you have been able to read about our mission to get to Urumqi in a day. Here is some footage of that trip.