This is an edited (mostly spelling and grammar) version of a post originally written on Faceboook to Friends and Family …I had sent the photo below of a traveler at my hostel who was cycling back to Europe from China. Actually I had met a number of these types of travelers since crossing the border…

originally written on Faceboook to Friends and Family …ohh.. what a difference a border makes…but maybe because the bus driver and boss were from Kyrgyzstan… so just one data point which is probably not fair.. 1) standing in line at passport control Chinese side.. chatting with Chinese gentleman holding an Australian passport – on his…