| Visiting
the Red Dragon - Traveling China on Motorcycle
How do people in different cultures and far away countries
live? This question thrives Doris Wiedemann again and again
to leave her bavarian hometown and drive on two wheels into
uncertainty. She already has visited Europe, the USA, Australia,
Africa, Russia, Korea and Japan on her motorcycle. But China?
You are only allowed to travel with your own vehicle in the
country of the Red Dragon if you are accompanied by an authorized
chinese guide. Never mind, there is no rule without exemption:
When a biker promises to get Doris and her motorcycle into
China she starts her trip: She travels through Poland, the
Ukraine and Kazakhstan into Mongolia. there she meets the
american Jim, the mongol Tilek and the dutch Sjaak. But entering
China as planned does not work out. After an arrest by the
border military and several further attempts Doris Wiedemann
continues her trip through Mongolia on her own ... until she
finally manages to enter the Country of the Red Dragon on
her own.
Doris Wiedemann travels six months and over 10.000 miles through
the densely populated Country of the world and experiences
the China behind the sightseeing spots and governmentally
arranged reality. She is reading road maps like a memory game,
visits English lessons in a high school, conquers uncountable
steps o stairs and lives through some more adventures together
with her bike. On top of her list of curiosity are the manifold
culture and cuisine, the Chines humor and their hospitality.
„Technical Data“ about the book:
Unterwegs zum Roten Drachen - Mit dem Motorrad nach China
Doris Wiedemann
ca. 280 Seiten, 50 Fotos, Karten, Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag,
Delius Klasing Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7688-2606-8, €19,90
(D), SFR 34,90; € 20,50 (A)
You can order the book "Unterwegs zum Roten Drachen"
(in German!) via
e-mail. Please transfer 19,90 Euro
plus shipping costs to my bank account toget a personally
signed copy from me. Shipping within Germany is free, within
Europe I have to charge 2,50 Euro and worldwide shipping is
5,50 Euro via air mail. |
