Jinji Sadan

I got a spoiled eye but Yangshuo surprise me.

This is not a traveler blog it’s a journey diary. Usually I am not telling people where to go, I believe that people need to listen to the hearts and then they will see the places or the people that they always dream of, but in this case I will tell you that you HAVE to see the crust mountains of the small city yangshuo in the area of Guilin city in south china.

I waited long time to meet William Lu a friend of my family and this was magic time. William has a great hostel and café (7th heaven) and his wife, Linda, has a cooking class in her restaurant (cloud 9) so I got a “vip” treatment…

my man william lu

Eating good and try to rest my mind from the deserts of china before planning New Zealand and Australia. William is a guy that always smiles he gives you energy in his words and wisdom and I was so happy that he could show me this amazing place.

with william and cristina

It’s always nice to meet travelers and to feel “normal” again, to joke about the challenges that the chine’s people give you.

Its no secret that china took everything that I got, physically but more mentally and that’s why I got her just to clear my mind.

Article about me in bejing news paper in English.

It’s a different china when you are traveling in touristy place and to look at the people when you are not thinking about how cold is it or “how the hell I am going to cross this desert” it’s a different sight when you look a at a view point when you resting and don’t need to think (yet) where I need to put my tent. I see different things when my eye is resting, I have more time to be with the locals to eat there food and for some time not to be on the costume of jinji cycling around the world with out people asking all the time where and when I am going and all the usual questions that I can answer from my sleep already.

A girl that I meet in Chengdu, Miri, came to visit me and we had amazing time. We rent a tandem bicycle(Emuna needs to rest…) and for once in my life some one helps me to push the bike… Actually she wasn’t that good in paddling she were busy taking photos and asking me all the time “do you understand how amazing this place?” It’s always nice to be in this kind of places but if you can share it with someone its nicer.

pushing the bike and Miri

That’s the end of china and the end of Asia and I already miss her I had a flight to Australia but I could not believe that I am leaving this continent, I will not write now a continent summary I will wait for the right time and usually when I fly on a simple plane I can understand what I did with amazing bicycle.

start to plan the future

Before I finish I want to share with you what I learned in the last week even in the most beautiful places on earth you could still meet much more beautiful people then there surroundings.

The eye forgets but the heart will always remember.

Roei jinji sadan All ready got to Australia!

After finishing my last cycling chapter in china and Asia I took a bus back to bejing.

I didn’t have time to rest too much because I had a presentation in the bejing international school and I don’t mind to push my self for the children.

In bejing invited to stay with the Boeker family, I meet this amazing family months ago in Uzbekistan and they offer me to contact the school and arrange the things before I am coming.

The Wab School in bejing is one of the best schools in the world and I was very imprested from the quality of this school.

‘It was the last day of school before 3 weeks of Christmas break so all the children were excited and I had 4 sessions with the middle school before going to the big event –the presentation for the high school.

500 pupils had a warm welcome for me when I enter with the bike to the gym.

I talked with them about the journey and how I was happy to be there because I just finished my 5th continent and I earned there warm claps.

With the movies and photos I tried to give them as much as I can from my dream and to share with them the world.

Everyone were enjoyed this presentations and I got power from the kids.

One girl came to me after we finished and told me that I am an Inspiration.

All the tough time that I had in the last 3and a half years are worth one word that coming from the heart.

I didn’t have the time to relax because I need to deal with the visa to Australia and with the arrangements before going to my last chapter.

It’s funny to say that but the wheels in my head keep rolling faster even when I am not cycling.

I was happy to travel with Ruth, a friend from my home town Oranit in Israel and even that we didn’t meet in the last 10 years or so we had good time like years ago.

We went to see the Forbidden City and the temple of heaven a place with magic energy.

with Ruth in temple of heaven

This stroll in the garden was really good for me I needed the time to think what I just did in this challenging continent.

to eat or not to eat? thats is the question

We also went to the food market and I could finally taste how is to eat a scorpions and more “interesting” things to eat. It tastes ok, very crunchy with not much meat…

Don’t come hungry if you going to eat scorpions ok?

My body got used to the adrenalin of cycling every day; I think that also my mind is used to the challenge and if I don’t give them that I start to be a little tense and not relaxed.

I have to learn how to rest and I hope that I could have the time without thinking where I am going to sleep or how cold it will be in the night I wish to arrange everything that I had in my mind and digest the finishing of Asia before planning the next continent.

do i have something in my teeth?

For the future I will be in Christmas at the boeker family (thorsten, gunda, Yannis and Valerie) and will go to relax in yangshu in south china and to celebrate my b day in this beautiful place.

I wish you all happy  Christmas and that you kissed your love ones in new years day.

Now I will try to get some rest.

Jinji in bejingji