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Beijing, China
Well I've just arrived back from my 400km charity cycle ride in Beijing. The smog was unbelievable, but once you could get to see through it to take in the landscape - it really was something else! We started off cycling in the industrial part of Beijing and through the rural villages where the locals would set up a make shift market stall at the side of the road selling fruit and corn. Everyone was looking at us, though we were all wearin...