Pandemic Purgatory - CycleBlaze

Pandemic Purgatory

A Journey Through the In-Between Place

By Fit Steve
1,691 km (1,050 miles) over 416 days between Dec. 27, 2020 and Feb. 15, 2022

Overview

Introduction and Journal Re-Organizing heart 2
2020 Was Only the Start heart 6

First Domestic Trip: Fujian Mountains

The First Vaccine Dose heart 11
To Restore the Montague heart 13
The Second Dose heart 11
The Montague Gets a Makeover heart 12
Day 1: Tried and Tested heart 13
Day 2: The Two Finger Salute heart 25
Day 3: Breakdown in the Mountains heart 21
Day 4: A Few Screws Loose heart 16
Blast From the Past: This Same Trip in 2003 heart 3
Day 5: Made It! heart 13
Off to Shenzhen heart 4
Day 6: Shakedown in Shekou heart 10
Day 7: Ride Around the City heart 12
Was the Vaccine Worth it? heart 5
Day 8: Next Up, Guangzhou (By Bike and Bus) heart 6
Logistics: Getting a Bike on the Plane heart 2
Shenzhen the Second Time heart 10
Trip Over for Now heart 3

Second Domestic Trip: Shenzhen and Guangzhou

So Much for the Vaccine heart 0
The Route and Plan heart 0
Shenzhen Decompression and Fitness heart 0
Day 1: Fences to Beaches heart 0
Day 2: HIITing it up heart 0
Day 3: Power On heart 0
Day 4: Into the Beast heart 0
Guangzhou Chilling heart 0
Day 5: The Test heart 0
Day 6: Sunshine and Discounts heart 0

A Short Getaway

Day 1: Dashing Out the Door heart 0
Day 2: Blast From the Past heart 0
Day 3: Searching for a Scooter heart 0

Third Domestic Trip: Hainan Island Traverse

Groundhog Day heart 1
The Third Dose heart 1
Day 1: Successful Island Arrival heart 2
Day 2: Leaving the City heart 0
Day 3: The GPS That Got Away heart 0
Day 4: Back to Civilization heart 0
Day 5: Enter Sanya heart 0
Day 6: Active Rest heart 0
Day 7: Bay Transfer heart 0
Ending the Trip in Style heart 0

Fourth Domestic Trip: Shenzhen and Guangzhou Again

Day 1: Missing a Flight at the Hangzhou Airport heart 3
Days 2-6: Rained Out in Shenzhen heart 3
Days 7-9: Guangzhou Side Trip That Went Sideways heart 12
Days 8-9: Amusement? heart 0
Bike Serviced, Trip Over heart 0

What Next?

Takeaways from Nearly 3 Years heart 0