• The Middle Kingdom Ride Book & DVD Review

    When I was offered The Middle Kingdom Ride Book and DVD set to review I had to think about it for about a second! It’s not the kind of book I would normally read or review. But, I am so glad I accepted, this book and DVD is so fascinating!  Written by two brothers that rode their BMW motorcycles through China, an 18,000-km loop around China. The book and DVD; is a memoir of this 65 day trip. Actually, calling it a trip doesn’t do this book justice; it’s an adventure! An adventure that helped them set a Guinness World Record! Freelance photographer Ryan Pyle; Colin Pyle a currency trader in Toronto both put their jobs on hold and took a self-financed road trip through China. Beginning in Shanghai, which just happens to be Ryan’s new home. The brothers travel from the North Korean border, west to the Mongolian border and across the Xinjiang region, south through Tibet, then east through southern China back to Shanghai. This DVD should be shown on the Discovery Channel and on National Geographic. This DVD takes you on a ride through the most remote areas of China with two very charismatic brothers. While Ryan does…