The MG Beijing experience

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Yesterday morning we departed from the 6th 'periferique' of Beijing heading for one of the porches of The Great Wall. We don't want to sound like 'been there, seen it, done that'  but hey.., how many of you crossed under The Great Chinese Wall by MGB? We did. And we will never forget. Photos of course cannot capture the emotion or graphic experience of seeing and being there, we can only recommend to the same or similar on whatever remote continent you may visit in a lifetime. Getting to one of world's wonders in a classic is an experience in its own right.

The funny thing is that when you get there children will do exactly the same whatever the car, whatever the iconic location. Crawl all over it, jump in it, sit in it and ask for a sticker. And we could only say happily Yes to all requests (one more shot for our 2015 classic kids calendar!). One but last shot is showing Mr. Zong, director of the The China Classic Car Challenge 2014 who made all this possible, including the '71 MGB he most kindly made available to us. Thank you Mr. Zong! 

We also want to tell you about the amazing fast mountain trip (275 km /170 miles) to Tanjin, and about the most lively Chinese farmer villages we crossed on the way and the challenging traffic after dark. But that will need to wait a bit. After an 18 hour day-trip our bed seems a more  attractive alternative. So for the moment we close off (last pic) with a Chinese Wall modern style. Multi-story compounds are the modern way of life here. If you think we have many of those in Europe, forget it. Even our large cities are quiet country villages compared to what you see here. China nowadays has over 65 cities with each more than 5 million inhabitants. And they all want a decent life and maybe... maybe a bit later on an... MGB! (at least that's what they tell me).

(Text and pictures by Joris Bergsma)

      

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