Young German in Shanghai after 14,000 Mile Ride Having completed 14,000 miles by bicycle, "Herbert Rietig arrived in Shanghat on Friday in the course of his travels which commenced. at Dresden on September, 1992. Part of his tour has necessarily been made by ship and train, but these portions are not included in the above total.
Rietig, who is a German, was 25 years of age on Saturday. He came to Shanghai from Nanking by train, instead of by roads and native paths, as he did not wish to spend his Birthday in some small village. In @ week or so he is leaving for Hangchow and Nanking by road, and intends to tind his way to Tientsi Peking, through Manchuria if possible, and Korea, and thence to Japan. After ne intends to try to get to Canada and America.
His tour has led him to Vienna, Budapest, Sofia, Athens, Istanbul, Teheran,' Kabul, Delhi, Calcutta, Bangkok, Saigon and" Haiphong, amongst other places. From Indo-China he took ship to Hongkong, rode his bicycle to Hankow from Canton, and took ship down the Yangtze to Nanking.
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