A man from our neck of the woods in eastern China has made a gruelling bike trek of over 2,000 kilometres, all in the name of a summer school holiday with a difference and an unsurpassable life experience for his 6-year-old son.
一名来自中国东部山区的男子以学校暑假为名，骑自行车艰苦跋涉了 2000 多公里，这对他 6 岁的儿子来说是一次不同寻常的人生经历。
On 6 June, Zhu Hong, 50, a native of Taizhou in our very own Jiangsu Province, began his preparations. He was about to embark on a bike ride that would take him and his son, Zhu Jiaoyu, from the Sichuan capital of Chengdu all the way to Lhasa in Tibet.
6月6日，50岁的江苏泰州人朱宏开始了准备。他正准备和儿子朱教宇一起踏上自行车之旅，从四川省会成都一直到西藏拉萨。
Those preparations needed to be thorough. On the list, clothing for all four seasons for the two of them. And for little Zhu, a rather-adorable special trailer in which to ride out the journey.
这些准备工作必须彻底。清单上有他们两个人四个季节的服装。对于小朱来说，还有一辆相当可爱的特殊拖车，可以用来度过这段旅程。
Once on the way, moral was kept up thanks to passing motorists. Some cheered the two on, while others donated some supplies and food.
上路后，由于路过的驾车者，道德得以保持。一些人为两人加油，另一些人则捐赠了一些物资和食物。
In an interview for MyTaizhou.net, Zhu Hong spoke fondly of the sights they had been lucky enough to see along the way; alpine cattle, glaciers and snow-capped mountains, as well as the spectacular architecture of the Potala Palace.
在接受我的台州网采访时，朱红深情地讲述了一路上有幸看到的景色；高山牛、冰川和雪山，还有布达拉宫的壮观建筑。
But he also confided in some of the less appealing aspects of their marathon journey, specifically altitude sickness and its accompanying headaches and diarrhea.
但他也透露了马拉松之旅中一些不太吸引人的方面，特别是高原反应及其伴随的头痛和腹泻。
Once in Lhasa, the two had travelled 2,160 kilometres over 22 days and had experienced every imaginable kind of extreme weather.
到达拉萨后，两人在22天内行驶了2160公里，经历了各种可以想象的极端天气。
Much of their journey had been along the G318 highway that is China’s longest national highway at 5,476 kilometres. It links Shanghai to Zhangmu which lies on the China-Nepal border.
他们的大部分行程都是沿着 G318 高速公路行驶，这是中国最长的国道，全长 5,476 公里。它连接上海和位于中国-尼泊尔边境的樟木。
The road is also part of the Asian Highway 42 (AH42) between Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province here in China, and Barhi of Jharkhand in India.
这条公路也是亚洲 42 号高速公路 (AH42) 的一部分，连接中国甘肃省省会兰州和印度贾坎德邦巴尔希。
