Quote Originally Posted by Tawi2 View Post
Interesting that he went to urumqui and the desert he mentions was probably the taklamakhan,i followed the old silk route through that part of china when i was a kid theough Xinjiang,i wouldnt mind doing the trip solo on a bike,motorbike that is not pedal bike.
I noticed Urumqui on the map on the in-flight entertainment system while flying across China on my last trip to the Phils. I looked it up when I got back home and it's the world's furthest major city from any ocean. Always thought Birmingham was the furthest!