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Monday, October 29, 2012

Pushed to the limits

Fan Meng knows all about pushing himself - and his mother, who has polio - all the way.

The 26-year-old Beijing man has just completed a 96-day, 3,360 km journey, pushing his 53-year-old mother, Kou Minjun, in a wheelchair from the Chinese capital to Xishuangbanna in Southwestern China's Yunnan province to give her a taste of leisure travel with a difference.

Using a smartphone to navigate, declining free rides along the way and even traveling with their pet dog, the pair arrived in Xishuangbanna on Friday, enjoying a warm welcome from locals.

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