25 Years Ago, Nothing Happened Here. Move Along. I arrived in Beijing late on the night of June 3rd. The city was somber. I was to meet up with Galen, the photographer, the next day. It was almost midnight when I made it into town. The first hotel I tried rejected me. They could not …
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Just a quick video Galen did of our first day in Beijing.
My entrance into China was a rude awakening. I was entering China from Taiwan via Hong Kong. Hong Kong being so small, I took the subway to the border and crossed there. I passed behind Hong Kong’s immigration and immediately a officer in a blue police uniform was yelling at someone. “Don’t cross that line,” …
Before our journey really started, Galen and I meet up in Beijing. I had to meet with some people and it took Galen a handful of days to get over his Transpacific jetlag. While here, we walked around, taking in a few of the sites and practiced working together for photos and video. Here are …
Since winning the 2013 Outside Magazine Adventure Grant, we’ve been waiting for our trip to start. We’ve packed our bags, booked our flights and gotten our visas from the Chinese embassy. Galen has his camera gear, and Lee has his iPad. On June 6th, we will begin the journey of a lifetime, hitchhiking the Chinese …
Who the Heck are these guys? Lisa Last Although she won’t appear on the blog, and she’s not even in China, Lisa Last, Lee’s long-suffering wife is a vital, if untrumpeted member of the Silk Road Hitchhikers. Lisa is the one-woman support team, editing the blog, dealing with photo problems and handling other issues that …
Who the Heck are these guys? Lee Moore Lee Moore was born and raised in Jonesboro, Georgia, the home of Gone with the Wind, just a twenty minute drive south of Atlanta. Lee came to the University of Georgia interested in literature and Asia. While an undergrad, he studied Chinese and Japanese and majored in …
Who the Heck are these guys? Galen Burke Born in in Bloomington, Indiana, the Midwest’s coolest college town, Galen grew up in Thomasville, Georgia, a ten minute drive to the state line and a twenty minute drive to Tallahassee, Florida. Galen came to the University of Georgia thinking that he wanted to be a dentist, …