Sunday, July 6, 2008

Zhujiajiao Bike Ride


Zhujiajiao Bike Ride
Originally uploaded by jimwink

Rachel already told you about the first part of our trip in an earlier post (pudong to puxi). Keep in mind that we had already ridden 20km by the time we reached the start of our group trip to Zhujiajiao. Zhujiajiao is a water town about 45 minutes west of Shanghai. After we arrived, the tour guides unloaded our bikes, made sure everyone had water, their lunches and we were off for another 25-30km ride. Rachel started out great but it was soon apparent that the morning ride was just a little too much for her backside to endure. She toughed it out though and in the end appreciated how much fun it was to go site seeing on bike. The beginning of the ride was really muddy so I didn't have my camera out but there was an incident where Rachel fell off the bike and almost ended up taking a swim. I think at this point Rachel was ready to quit but she knew the only way home was to get back on the bike and finish the ride.

Click on the picture to the right to see the rest of the photos.

2 comments:

TitanKT said...

Those photos were all outstanding. You have a very good eye for composition and balance. I especially like the first two: the dog with the moped in back and then the run down house... and then the one with the Chinese bikes leaning against the wall. Great prints, you should put them up for sale... for sure frame them!

Katy

Jim said...

Thanks! You should see how many 'bad' pictures I took. Digital cameras have been great for my hobby.