Feature: From Venice to Beijing: Italian cyclists retrace over 10,000km of Marco Polo's Journey
ROME, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Riding on the road in Beijing on Thursday, Italian cyclist Alberto Fiorin felt surreal reflecting on the past 98 days, during which he covered 10,250 kilometers by bike, winding past cities and villages, grasslands, and deserts.
"I looked at the winding Ming Great Wall; it was covered with dirt and wild grass, stretching to the horizon," the 64-year-old described the view of Jiayuguan in