Yu Juanjuan
1st woman to ride around
China's border
Starting in Beijing September 27, 1987
Route taken
by Yu Juanjuan from September
1987 to July 1989. 40,000 kilometers, or around 25,000 miles.
Yu Juanjuan was born in Beijing in 1958.
Having lived most of her life in a huge city (2 years were spent in the
country farming.) she had a yearning to see what was outside of Beijing.
Here is a list of her travels:
1981- From Beijing to Bei Dai He river
to the China Sea.
1982- Beijing to the Northeast Summer
Palace, 500 Kilometers.
1983- Beijing to Hunan Western National
Park Zhang Jin Jie,
1984- Beijing to Hainan Island.
1985- Beijing north to Mohe.
1986- West to the ancient Capital of Xian.
1987 to 1989- 2 years, 40,000 Kilometers
around the border of China, see map. Visited 22 provinces and met
37 minorities. Yu Juanjuan wrote 300,00 entries in her journal.
Eating on the street, Shao Xing, Zhe Jiang
province, October 1987.
Pingxiang,
in Guangxi province, on the border with Viet Nam.
Leaving Chengdu, Sichuan,
April 1988.
In Lhasa June 1988.
Tanggula, the highest road
in the World.
Northern Tibet on the road
to Qinghai province & plateau. 5,231 meters, or 17,164 feet.
June, 1988
Stupas, Tibet.
With watermelons, Southern
Xinjiang province, Oct.1988.
Near the Altay Mountains,
below the western tip of Mongolia, November 1988.
Turpan, Turfan depression,
154 meters below sea level. Xinjiang province. Old Silk Road
Jiayuguan, Gansu province,
December 1988, Western terminus of the Great Wall.
Inner Mongolia January 1989
If you are interested in finding out about
her plans to circle the World via bicycle please contact us at pwegener@csd.net
