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Introduction

Rob Luxton’s adventure on a three wheeled recumbent tricycle will take him 25,000km all around China, passing through every province on the mainland.

The expedition will help raise awareness and money for two Charities. Sowers Action and Care For Children. Both dedicated to improving the lives of children in poor areas throughout China.

Beginning near Hong Kong the journey is estimated to last two and half years taking him from busy cities to remote mountain villages, deserts to great plains, deep lush valleys to the the scary heights of the Tibetan plateau and finally into the jungles of the South, before returning to Hong Kong in August 2010.

Click to play the China Wheelie Promo.

China Wheelie Promo Video from rob luxton on Vimeo

UPDATE

Rob is currently in Hong Kong and was all set for the next big push. Unfortunately, due to the Beijing Olympics, new visa restrictions have been put in place. All visa's now have a maximum stay period of only 30 days. It is impossible for him to continue with this kind of restriction. It would mean flying back to Hong Kong every 20 days to get a new one.

He has no choice but to wait until the restrictions are lifted. This is supposed to be in September / October...... thats when the fierce winter begins, so the journey looks like it is on hold until March 2009.

Any changes will be posted on here. In the meantime, have a read through some of the old entries or watch the video to get a better idea of whats been going on.

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Yes its the 5th of May and I am still in Hong Kong. The visa situation is still the same...... I've been finding out about getting Ditch back to Hong Kong. Not a nice thing for her to have to endure. The minimum quarantine period from a Class III country such as China is 4 months. The kennel size is 1m x 2m. Thats a tough time for a pooch. Chatting with a few people about their experiences and they say their dogs were not in a good way. Psychologically disturbed. Well.. as Ditch grew up with me she is already slightly damaged in the brain. She is already a bit nutty, but even so..... Its gotta be horrible.

I'm now looking into sending her off to France to live with a family for a short time. France could act as a transit point, from which she can return to Hong Kong with out being locked in a box. Big green fields, running free with other dogs. Thats got to be better....

I have a sneaky suspicion though that it will cost a fortune.... We shall see. What am I doing at the moment.??? I'm reading, swimming, pottering and working. Mainly the first three though. Hopefully the 4th will snap into action very soon.....I have a few plans in the pipeline.......but for the moment I'm quite enjoying taking it easy in Cheung Chau. ............Although I'd much rather be up in China pedaling away.......

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I've checked and checked again. I've tried going through the back door..... Its basically come down to this.

I can't travel around China this year. There is no way I can travel on 30 day visas I will just have to be patient and wait until after the Olympics. Hopefully all things will go back to normal after then and longer visas will be issued........There is nothing for it......wait I must

I'll get Ditch and Wheelie back to Hong Kong and flow with things here....... so much for boosting off..


Gutted.....

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Japan part 2 is delayed... serious things are happening.

Things are not looking good. Due to new policies in China with the run up to the Olympics, all visa's now, including those people with permanent Hong Kong ID cards (thats me) have been cut to 30 days maximum duration........ This is terrible news.

2006 I had a one year do as you like, go anywhere visa.....
2007, it went down to 6 months. At the beginning of 2008 it was reduced to 3 months.......that was up until a few weeks ago.

3 months was already going to prove problematic in doing an extended trike tour around China.... having to leave the country every 90 days, when you in the middle of a desert on a tricycle with a dog.

A 30 day visa is basically useless, and can only be extended inside China once. I now also need to prove a hotel booking and return flight tickets.....

Unless I can find a way around this..... China Wheelie until after the Olympics is TOTALLY scuppered..... or I spend a fortune flying in and out every 30 days...

Damn it.......

The exploration continues... This is such a huge, serious set back.. Already I have put things on pause for 1 year..that has been frustrating enough... 2 years... Well... I'm just going to pop !

Keep you posted... fingers crossed

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