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Yu Juanjuan, 1st woman to ride around China's Border, September 1987 to July 1989Yu 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.
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 Yu Juanjuan winning the Tour of Beijing, May 1987 |
 The 5 of us are about to leave Beijing for 2 years |
 My teams members escorting us to the edge of Beijing. |
 Old European buildings in Shandong. |
 Having fun in a bamboo forest in Zhejiang |
 Juanjuan & another team member in Jiangsu |
 In Xiamen, Gulangyu Island. |
 Feeding Monkeys on Hainan Island in a game reserve. |
 Guanxi Province on the border with Vietnam, the "Friendship Gate" One team member had already left. |
 Yunnan Province, Stupas near the border with Thailand and Laos. |
 Yunnan Province, In Dali Juanjuan is wearing a dress worn by the Bai women. In front of the "Three Towers", "San Ta". |
 Leaving Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. By now we were down to 3 team member. The next day another left. |
 In Lhasa Tibet. It took us 70 days to bike here, Lhasa sits at 3,650 meters (11,975 ft) & is one of the highest cities in the world. |
 By now Juanjuan was alone, all team members had abandonded the trip. Enjoyed her "huge dining room" Wide open spaces and no one to bother her |
 But not always the best sleeping conditions. |
 Stupas on the Tibetan Plateau |
 Tanggula Pass, the highest road in the World, 5231 Meters high, 17,162feet. On the Tibet to Qinghai Road. |
 Nice Summer weather, August on the Tibetan Plateau. 4,000 plus meters. |
 Now at 2,000 meters, saying goodbye to the Tibetan Plateau, hello to the Silk Road Desert. |
 With Watermelons in Xinjiang Province, the Muslim area. Juanjuan is wearing one braid for each year. Traditional Han clothing and a Xinjiang hat. |
 Hand made noodles in the Silk Road area. |
 My 1st real meal in a week, Nang, a local flat bread, and mutton. |
 In Kashkar, near Afghanis tan & Kyrgyzstan. |
 The border with Pakistan |
 At a horse race in the northern Silk Road Desert. Borrowed horse and dress. |
 Taklamakan desert at a 2,000 year old outpost, now called the Devil's City. |
 The power lines were my friend |
 Turpan basin beneath the snowclad Tian Shan mountains. The western most point in China |
 From Urumchi, the capital of Xinjiang Province to Gansu Province, nothing. |
 The Xinjiang/Gansu border. |
 Tian Xia Xiong Guan, "Under Heaven Hero Gate at Jiayuguan Pass The western end of the Great Wall. |
 Inner Mongolia in December 1988 |
 I am lucky to be alive. |
 Inner Mongolia Very warm & comfortable |
 Juanjuan met a couple of women originally from Beijing. In the 60's during the Cultural Revolution they were both sent to the desert. |
 After Mao died they were allowed to return to Beijing with their husbands and one child. The problem they both had was that they both had 2 children. This didn't matter to the Communist Party, just one child each. |
 A traditional Evenki woman. Originally from Siberia the Evenki live in the Hulun Buir area of Inner Mongolia. Still following the old ways. |
 At a border station spying on the People's Republic of Mongolia. |
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 Talking to the local TV station |
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