By Robert Emslie
Twisty, narrow, and lacking anything more than a few ramparts between you and a quick ride to the bottom, this long and winding road on Tianmen Mountain seems made with vehicles like the Lotus Elise and sport bikes in mind.
Image source: [Further to Fly via Flickr]
Jeff Glucker
Paging Mr. Escher, Mr. Escher…
this is the result of intelligent infrastructure spending…
A chicken in every pot and every road a potential WRC stage!
That's insane. Time to check for bargain flights.
Not to open the whole bicycle can of worms again but … damn, that would make an awesome pedal scraping downhill.
Apparently, a Toyota Coaster would do in a pinch. (And judging from experience, that thing's absolutely FLYING through those corners. Minibus drivers are mad!)
Ok, I've got a three day weekend ahead of me, this mountain is somewhere outside of Wuhan in the Hubei province, so just a couple of hours' flight outside of Beijing. Just need to find a rental car agency that accepts my French driver's license and I'll go dodge me some minibuses!!
No illusions as to the availability of any decent driver's car; I'm guessing a FAW or BYD will have to do.
Whar about a small Motorcycle and start at the top.
The Googles say that it would take me 37 days to get there by ferry, including stopovers in Hawaii and Japan. Sounds good but summer semester starts next week, so that rules it out. Jetskiing across the South China Sea might be a challenge though.
Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads. Oh wait, yes we will.
Disappointing lack for rubber on that road.
I'm sure we could fix that.
It looks like a bus tour through the cover image of a medieval fantasy novel.
I guess that when you embed a video, you can't edit your post?
This road + Chinese ownership of MG + new TF replacement due in 2013. Coincidence?